Zoia Cisneros is a dancer, educator and mother...born and raised in the barrios of the west side of Caracas, Venezuela...transported to small towns of Southern Maine. She stands in two worlds and speaks with movements of different languages.
Zoia has been studying traditional Venezuelan and Caribbean dance since she was six. She came to the U.S. in 1993 and widened her study of dance, exploring modern, jazz, West African, hip-hop and capoeira. She earned a BA in Anthropology and French from Bates College and has received fellowships for dance education and dance research that have allowed her to work in her native Venezuela as well as in Trinidad, Martinique, Gambia, Senegal and Australia. In addition to dancing with Kulu Mele, she has also performed in Philadelphia with CHOSEN (House, Breakin', Hip Hop, Poppin' and Lockin' forms of Hip Hop dance), Montazh (an all-women modern-jazz and hip hop dance company) and Tania Isaacs Dance Projects (a contemporary Caribbean and modern dance company). |
