Vanessa Sanchez

Sanchez’s work has been shown on stages throughout the SF Bay Area, the United States and Mexico. She created and directed a virtual Concert for Kids for the Lincoln Center. She choreographed and danced, and acted in Paul Flores’ “History Matters in the Mission,” where Sanchez portrayed the legendary Chicana artist Yolanda Lopez. Her choreography has been featured in John Jota Leanos’ “Imperial Silence- Una Opera Muerta.” Sanchez has been featured as a guest lecturer at UC Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, San Francisco State University, CSU Channel Islands and CSU East Bay. She held a 10-day guest artist residency at Arizona State University and has led dance workshops throughout organizations including The San Francisco Museum of the African Diaspora, the Dance/USA national conference and for environmental activist Collette Pinchon Battle’s Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy. As a professional dancer, Sanchez has performed with group’s including Las Bomberas de la Bahia (Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba), Afoutayi (Afro-Haitian), Arenas Dance Company (Afro-Cuban), Aguas da Bahia (Afro-Brazilian), and Duniya Dance and Drum Company (Bhangra/Bollywood/West African). She has performed throughout the United States, Mexico and Europe at events including San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Bomplenazo (Bronx, New York), El Festival de las Brujas (Veracruz, Mexico) and at Teatro Maria Matos in Lisbon, Portugal.