Joëlle Antonia Santiago (b. New York, NY) is an Ecuadorian-American choreographer and writer based in New York and Paris. She uses movement and a preoccupation with language to invoke the body’s relationship to narrative, ideology, and iconography.

Joëlle is a recipient of the Fulbright Harriet Hale-Woolley Award for the Arts in Paris, France. She was an Artist in Residence at the Fondation des États-Unis (Paris), where she created choreographic projects throughout the 2023-2025 season. Joëlle 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, and more. Joëlle was selected as a 2024 choreographic fellow for AXIS Dance Company and has collaborated with Dance Pour Parkinsons, Paris. She is an adjunct professor at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she has directed the Summer High School Dance Intensive. She currently teaches Dance History/Theory and acts as a choreographic mentor to the students. Joëlle has guest lectured at the Fulbright Association and published writing in CultureBot.

Joëlle speaks French and Spanish. She graduated Cum Laude from Barnard College of Columbia University.