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 Festivalโฆ), Christy Walsh Company and DoubleTake Dance.
Recently seen as โThe Queenโ in the Contemporary Ballet production of โThe Queen of Nรถriโ by Stoneworks Productions (performed in Oahu, Hawaii) and in the Fashion Magazine BAZAAR Indonesia, dancing/modeling for Fashion Designer Yinglun Zhang. And the show โPlanetsโ 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 โTick TickโฆBOOM!โ and โI Love You, You’re Perfect …Now Changeโ produced by Tela-Katola as well as performing with the European show “Compradores de Sueรฑosโ.
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 & SalaTriรกngulo (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, Guillรฉm Alonso, Gabrielle Lasner, Alan Onickel, Lynn Schwab (Tap City -Symphony Space) and Tony Waag (Career Transition for Dancers Gala at City Center) Featured in โSteel City Rhythm” workshop by RSW & associates; โDIY Nutcrackerโ (NY), โRabi Thakur: A ballet on the Life of Rabindranath Tagoreโ (NJPAC); โThe jazz Hip Hop Nutcrackerโ by Momentum Dance Theater: (Washington D.C ). Other shows include โMitridateโ by The Little Opera Theater in NY; โThe Golden Cockerelโ & โAuroraโs Weddingโ with ABT at the MET, โArrivalโ (Theater 80), โLOVEartJAPANโ (Raising funds for Japan and โ3 for 1โ 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 ฬOREAL, Heineken, Ameriprise, Athleta, NYRoadRunners, Tag Heuer, Netflix โUmbrella Academyโ, 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 โThe Ryde of Tom & Valkyrieโ, & “Friends With Benefits” with Justin Timberlake (IMDB 2011)
As a dance video director, editor and dancer her latest work โPielโ has successfully premiered in the Festival โEncuentrosโ (Ciapas, Mรฉxico.)
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 Mรฉxicoโฆ). Vanessa loves traveling as a teacher, judge and choreographer and is also a Pilates Mat Certified Trainer, with choreography featured in the YAGP finals.
