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DAVID HERRERA PERFORMANCE COMPANY
Celebrating 17 years of innovative, thought-provoking dance;
Promoting Latinx Voices via modern American Movement
2007 -2024
Best Modern Dance Company, Runner-up 2024, "Bestie" Bay Area Reporter
Best Dance Company, Runner-up 2022 by "Best of the Bay"
LHDU MEMBERS
Arizona
Yvonne Montoya, Dance in the Desert & Safos Dance Theatre (Tucson)
Liliana Gomez (Phoenix)
David Olarte (Phoenix), CaZo Dance Theatre
Ruby Morales (Phoenix & Los Angeles)
Ismael Acosta, Ismael Acosta Designs (SF)
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California
Los Angeles
Ana Maria Alvarez, Contra Tiempo
Primera Generación Dance Collective
Isis Avalos
JM Rodriguez
Rosanna Tavares
Jackie Lopez (MIss Funk), Versa-Style and Lecturer of World Arts & Culture/Dance @ UCLA
Alejandro "Alex" Perez
Edgar Aguirre
Karlo E. Ramirez, Empower Dance Program
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San Francisco
David Herrera, David Herrera Performance Company & Dancing Around Race (SF)
Vanessa Sanchez, La Mezcla (SF)
Eric Garcia, Detour Dance (SF)
Karla Quintero (SF)
Katie Florez, Fullstop Dance (SF)
Snowflake Calvert (SF)
Vincent Chavez (SF)
Jocelyn Reyes, Reyes Dance (SF)
Nicole Maimon (SF)
Victor Talledos (SF)
Samuel Melecio-Zambrano (SF)
Olivia Holston (SF)
Javier Fresquez-Stell (SF)
Bianca Mendoza (SF)
Benny Avalos
Hector Jaime, Xochipilli Dance Company
Andrea Rodriguez
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East Bay
Bianca Cabrera, Blind Tiger Society (Oakland)
Catherine Marie (Cathy) Davalos, Davalos Dance & Director of Dance at St. Mary's College (Moraga)
Rogelio Lopez, Rogelio Lopez & Dancers (Berkeley)
Gizeh Muñiz (Berkeley/Mexico City)
Yeni Lucero (Oakland)
Nefariti Altan (East Bay)
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San Jose
Samuel Cortez, Los Lupeños de San Jose
Kevin Gaytan (San Jose)
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Southern California
Martha L. Z. Pamintuan, LV Dance Collective (SF) & Professor at Long Beach City College
Steve Rosa, Maha and Company & Asst. Professor of Dance at Saddleback College (S. Orange County & Long Beach)
Marlene Garcia (San Diego & SF)
Kiri Avelar, Colectivxs & Latinx Dance Educators Alliance (Santa Barbara)
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Florida
Rosie Herrera, Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre (Miami)
Carlos Torres (Ft. Lauderdale)
Leymis Bolaños Wilmott, Sarasota Contemporary Dance (Sarasota)
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Georgia
Mark Travis Rivera, Mark Travis Dance & Marking the Path Podcast (Oakland)
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Illinois
Stephanie Martinez, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre (Chicago)
Jorge Perez, Executive Director & Asst. Artistic Director, Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre & Center (Chicago)
Wilfredo Rivera, Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (Chicago)
Isabella Limosnero (Chicago & SF)
Rigo Saura (Chicago)
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Massachusetts
LROD, Independent Artist and Lecturer at Harvard University (TX & MA)
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New Mexico
Laura Elaine Garrett, Co-Artistic Director at Moving Arts Española (Española)
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New York
Omar Román de Jesús, Boca Tuya (NYC)
Greg Youdan (NYC)
Mario Ismael Espinoza, Entertainment Fund (Dancers’ Resource Program), (NYC )
Yebel Gallegos (Hudson Valley)
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Ohio
Irvin Gonzalez, Primera Generación Dance Collective & Ohio State University
Alfonso Cervera, Primera Generación Dance Collective & Ohio State University
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Oregon
Samuel Hobbs, push/FOLD , (Portland)
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Puerto Rico
Fernando Ramos-Cintron, CLAROSCURO
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Texas
Francisco "Cisco" Graciano, Asst. Professor at Sam Houston University (Huntsville)
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Utah
Fausto Rivera (Salt Lake City)
Stephanie Garcia, MFA candidate School of Dance University of Utah (Salt Lake City)
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Washington
Alicia Mullikin, El Sueño (Seattle)
Alfonso Cervera, Primera Generación Dance Collective (L.A.) and Asst. Professor at Cornish School of the Arts (Seattle)
Devin Marie Muñoz, Muñoz Motions (Seattle)
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Washington D.C.
Gabriel Mata, Gabriel Mata Movement
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Wisconsin
Chell Parkins, Chell Dance and University of Wisconsin-Madison
Virginia
Alicia Diaz, Agua Dulce Dance Theatre & Asst. Professor at University of Virginia (Richmond)
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International
Carlos Pons Guerra, DeNada Dance Theatre, Spain
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Photo: Randy Basso
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