Internationally recognized dancer, teacher, choreographer and co-artistic director of DoubleTake Dance. Vanessa has been trained in Contemporary, Ballet, Lyrical, Musical Theater, Hip Hop, Tap, Modern, Areal Silks and Acting. She can be seen dancing in Daniel Gwirtzman Company (now celebrating 10 years as a soloist. Some of her favorite shows include Lincoln Center Outdoors, Battery Dance, Rochester Fringe Festivalā¦), Christy Walsh Company and DoubleTake Dance.
Recently seen as āThe Queenā in the Contemporary Ballet production of āThe Queen of Nƶriā by Stoneworks Productions (performed in Oahu, Hawaii) and in the Fashion Magazine BAZAAR Indonesia, dancing/modeling for Fashion Designer Yinglun Zhang. And the show āPlanetsā as a dancer/choreographer produced by KDA (Oahu, Hawaii).
Honored with a professional development scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Culture Vanessa moved to NYC to pursue her dance career. Credits in Spain include choreographing āTick Tickā¦BOOM!ā and āI Love You, You’re Perfect …Now Changeā produced by Tela-Katola as well as performing with the European show “Compradores de SueƱosā.
Vanessa has produced, choreographed and directed several full length shows with her dance company DoubleTake Dance along co-director Ashley Carter. Featured in Dance Informa Magazine; with shows in festivals & events such as SummerStage; Battery Dance, NY Half Marathon, Ailey Theater; Carnival, NYC Fashion Week, Higher Ground Festival, the ACLU’s 100th birthday celebration, United Palace, Webster Hall; Gerald Lynch Theater, Dixon Place, Teatro la Tea, JCE (NY),Teatro Madrid & SalaTriĆ”ngulo (Spain). DTD is a proud recipient of commissions such as NY City Arts Grant, Rock that Rolls for Dancing Wheels (Cleveland, OH), HTChen New Steps (NYC); Next Step (JPAC NYC);
Other companies and choreographers include: LLMoves, BalaSole, Noir Tribe Media, Burnt Sugar, Ikada, Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions, Ryan Beck, Derek Mitchell, GuillĆ©m Alonso, Gabrielle Lasner, Alan Onickel, Lynn Schwab (Tap City -Symphony Space) and Tony Waag (Career Transition for Dancers Gala at City Center) Featured in āSteel City Rhythm” workshop by RSW & associates; āDIY Nutcrackerā (NY), āRabi Thakur: A ballet on the Life of Rabindranath Tagoreā (NJPAC); āThe jazz Hip Hop Nutcrackerā by Momentum Dance Theater: (Washington D.C ). Other shows include āMitridateā by The Little Opera Theater in NY; āThe Golden Cockerelā & āAuroraās Weddingā with ABT at the MET, āArrivalā (Theater 80), āLOVEartJAPANā (Raising funds for Japan and ā3 for 1ā by DTD with AJR Brothers.
Vanessa is a versatile performer who has worked as an actress, model and dancer for international brands and commercials like: L ĢOREAL, Heineken, Ameriprise, Athleta, NYRoadRunners, Tag Heuer, Netflix āUmbrella Academyā, Yahoo, Ursus Vodka, KDDance, Lush Cosmetics/Gorilla Perfumes, El Pais newspaper, channel Tele5, Fuse TV, X-Box/Kinect (Times Square with NeYo and Lady Sovereign) Fashion Center Arts Festival, One Truth, Dru Cutler, Guerilla Toss, The Rachel Ray Show, Dropps, Smartphone Users Guide to Etiquette by Mary John Frank with Ariana deBose. Film credits include āThe Ryde of Tom & Valkyrieā, & “Friends With Benefits” with Justin Timberlake (IMDB 2011)
As a dance video director, editor and dancer her latest work āPielā has successfully premiered in the Festival āEncuentrosā (Ciapas, MĆ©xico.)
Currently on faculty at BAE and BeFit other teaching credits include: Peridance, Joffrey, PMT, Steps, Bridge for dance in NY; Alonzo Lines in San Francisco; LeHigh Valley Alliance in Pennsylvania; Hawaii Univ, Punahou, Mid-Pac, Kailua Dance, in Hawaii; Round Rock Rep, and Tarrytown Dance in Austin; V. Ullate, Arte de Bailar, Luthier, Latelier, Ross in Spain; PAO Dance in Belgium, T- Stage in MĆ©xicoā¦). Vanessa loves traveling as a teacher, judge and choreographer and is also a Pilates Mat Certified Trainer, with choreography featured in the YAGP finals.
