Joëlle Antonia Santiago (b. New York, NY) is choreographer and writer based in New York. She uses movement and a preoccupation with language to Evoke the body’s relationship to narrative, Fantasy, and iconography.
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Santiago is a recipient of the Fulbright Harriet Hale-Woolley Award for the Arts, acting as an Artist in Residence at the Fondation des États-Unis where she created choreographic projects throughout the 2023-2025 season (Paris, France). She has presented work at X-posed on the Chelsea Highline, Roulette Intermedium, Chelsea Piers, The Clark Art Institute, NYU Tisch School for the Arts, The International Studio and Curatorial Program, la Fondation des États-Unis and CitéSHORTS Festival de Court Metrage (Paris). Santiago was selected as a 2024 choreographic fellow for AXIS Dance Company, one of the nation’s most acclaimed ensembles of disabled, d/Deaf and neurodiverse performers. She is an adjunct professor at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she directed the Summer High School Dance Intensive. She currently teaches Dance History/Theory and acts as a choreographic mentor to the Pre-College students. Santiago has guest lectured at the Fulbright Association and published writing in CultureBot. She speaks English, French, and Spanish.
Santiago began her training at the New Jersey School of Ballet, and the NYU Tisch School of the Arts through the Future Dancers and Dancemakers Program. She graduated Cum Laude from Barnard College of Columbia University, studying with Jodi Melnick, Caroline Fermin, and Katie Glasner (2020).