CAMILA ARROYO

(b. Mexico City, Mexico)

hola@camilaarroyo.com
@camarrrom

EDUCATION
current    PhD candidate, Performance Studies, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
2023      MPhil, Performance Studies New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
2017       MA,  Performance Studies, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
2015       BA, Dance, Theatre, Film Studies, Sarah Lawrence College
2011        Ejecutante Danza Clásica, Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli

SELECTED WORKS  | EXHIBITIONS | PERFORMANCES 
2025  Ahínco. Film. Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City. 
2024   XV Glitch. Mostra América Latina Casa França Brasil. Rio de Janeiro. 
2024   XV Glitch. The Abundance. The Compound Baltimore. Curated by Rui Jiang.
2024   Life. Dir. Bob Kil & Nina Beier. Museo Tamayo, Mexico City. 
2024   Ahínco. Trópico Escénico. Mazatlán, Sinaloa. 
2024   Screen as stage, Colector Gallery, Mexico City
2023   Derrumbe, Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City
2023   Sobremesa, Tumbao, NYC
2023   Carousel: imágenes para una cola, El Arenero Gallery, Mexico City
2022   Feromonas, Sabrina Ol SS23, Galería Unión, Mexico City
2022   Ahínco, Festival Querétaro Experimental, Querétaro
2022   Réplicas, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte MUCA, Mexico City
2022   Partirse en Dos, Loot Gallery, Mexico City
2022   Partirse en Dos, LagunaGallery, Mexico City
2022   ⋈ Dibujos que son Coreografías, Museo Jumex, Mexico City
2021    Danzas Crónicas, Centro Cultural España, Mexico City
2021    Soldaderas, short film
2021    III, Vernacular Institute, Mexico City
2021    Ahínco, Trazo, Loot Gallery, Mexico City. 
2021    III, Sala Silvestre, Ags. Mexico. 
2020   ¿Cómo volver a ser bailarinx?, Danza UNAM, Mexico City
2020   OME, 14th International Festival of Contemporary Dance, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
2020   Caminata La Serpiente, Museo Experimental El Eco/Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
2019    OME, short film
2019    Muevenoish, El Entresuelo, Los14, Mexico City 
2019    Sobre las Convenciones del Dibujo, Frontera Residency, Mexico City
2018    Retrospectiva, Xavier Le Roy, Museo Jumex, Mexico City
2018    Sidra Bell Dance New York, Center for Performance Research, New York
2017    June, Evidence Performance Series, New York
2017    Piel, Peridance Capezio Center, New York
2016    Mambo II, Evidence Performance Series, New York
2016    Mambo, Chez Bushwick, Center for Performance Research, New York
2016    Shake and Walk, Movement Research Judson Church, New York
2014    Alvin Ailey Residency, Alvin Ailey, Sarah Lawrence College, New York

SCREENINGS
2025  Ahínco. Film. Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City.
2024   XV Glitch. Mostra América Latina Casa França Brasil. Rio de Janeiro. Curated by Lucid.
2024   XV Glitch. The Abundance. The Compound Baltimore. Curated by Rui Jiang. 
2023   Soldaderas, Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today and Fashion Film Festival Milano, The Museum at FIT. 
2023   Soldaderas, Fashion Film Festival Amsterdam
2022   Soldaderas, UK Fashion Film Festival, London
2022   Soldaderas, Cinedans Festival, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
2022   Soldaderas, Fashion Film Festival Milano,Triennale Milano, Milano
2021    Soldaderas, Cine Tonalá, Mexico City
2021    OME, San Francisco Dance Film Fest, SF
2020   OME, High Line Nine Gallery, New York
2020   OME, 14th International Festival of Contemporary Dance, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
2020   OME, POOL Internationale Tanz Film Festival, Berlin
2020   OME, In/Motion International Dance Film Festival, Chicago
2020   OME, Dance Camera West, Los Angeles
2019    OME, 4th International Dance Film Festival of Mexico City, Mexico City

FILM   |  MUSIC VIDEOS  | COMMERCIAL CAMPAIGNS 
2024    La Bruja de Texcoco “Tepari”, dir. Viviana Zuñiga. choreography & movement direction
2024    Nike Jordan, Spizike. dir. Satchel Lee. movement direction
2024    Muxxxe, “Cementerio” movement direction
2024    Ecdysis, Viridiana x Nin Studio, choreography & movement direction
2023    Clairol “It’s so me”, Dir. Talia Collins movement direction
2023    Azotea: La Sala, dir. Darryl Richardson. movement direction
2023    Dior Cruise 2024 casting/choreography/movement direction/dancer
2023    Emilia Perez film, Dir. Jacques Audiard, chor. Damien Jalet, dancer
2023    Manglar, Carlota Guerrero, performer, Veracruz, Mx.
2023    Elderbrook, Talk It Over, music video. dir. Nettie Hurley, choreographer/movement director
2023    Fiebre de Oro, dir. Paloma Contreras Lomas, film. dancer
2022    Feromonas, Sabrina Ol SS23 runway show, choreographer/movement director
2022    Filia Store, campaign, dancer / choreographer
2022    Kris Goyri, SS23 campaign, dancer
2022    Laboratory with Damien Jalet for Emilia Perez film project, dancer
2022    Sauna, campaign, model
2022    Ben & Frank campaign, dancer
2022    Empress Of, music video, dancer 
2021     Ela Minus, N19 5NF, choreographer | performer
2021     8 scenes campaign, JNBY, FW21 campaign, choreographer
2021     Children, Billy Porter, dancer / movement asst.
2021     Tierra, Zaavia campaign, choreographer | dancer
2021     Ximena Sariñana, Nohbords, dancer  
2021     Innovasport, campaign, dancer 
2020    Alane, Robin Schulz & Wes, Don Diablo Remix, dancer
2020    Alane, Robin Schulz & Wes, dancer
2020    MaroonWorld TV, choreographer | dancer
2020    Scortons Creek, Isaac Dunbar, dir. Jasper Soloff, mvmnt director | choreographer
2020    Espejo, Monstruos del Mañana, choreographer | dancer  
2020    Ana, Ana de la Reguera, Amazon Prime Series, Revés Agency, dancer
2020    Malin + Goetz Campaign, Camila Falquez, model
2020    Official Rebrand Campaign, Satchel Lee, model
2020    Win It, Lola Kirke, dir. Celia Rowlson-Hall, dancer
2019     La Cultura es El Eje, dir. Ilse Salas, D. Giménez-Cacho, choreographer | dancer
2018     Connection, OneRepublic, dancer
2018     DRØME magazine, NYFW, choreographer | dancer
2017     DRØME magazine, Official Rebrand, dancer 
2016     10 Crosby, Derek Lam, dir. Celia Rowlson-Hall, dancer | asst. choreographer
2016     Pantsuit Power, dir. Mia Lidofsky, Celia Rowlson-Hall, dancer

AWARDS | FELLOWSHIPS | RECOGNITIONS 
2024-26   AFPE Becas de Posgrado para la Creación y Conocimiento Hacia el Futuro, Apoyo a Profesionales de la Cultura y el Arte para Estudios de Posgrado en el Extranjero. Conahcyt & SACPC
2024        Writing Fellow, Global Research Institute NYU Madrid 
2023        Gallim Moving Artist Residency, New York
2022        Best Emerging Talents Film Award, UK Fashion Film Festival, nominee
2022        Writing Fellow, Global Research Institute, NYU Madrid   
2022        Best New Director, Fashion Film Festival Milano for Soldaderas
2020        OME, La Biennale di Venezia, guest film
2019         OME, Dance Magazine’s dance video of the month
2019-’24   NYU Tisch School of the Arts Corrigan Fellowship Program Award
2017         NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Performance Studies Award
2017         NYU Tisch Leigh George Odom Memorial Award
2016-’17    Fundación Jumex de Arte Contemporáneo, Grant Recipient
2016-’18    NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Paulette Goddard Scholarship
2014         Spencer Barnett Memorial Prize, First Prize
2012-’15    Sarah Lawrence College, President’s Scholarship
2008-’11    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Grant Recipient
2004-’10    Cuban National Ballet School & Ollin Yoliztli Cultural Center
2011           Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli, Gold Medal
2011           Attitude International Ballet Competition, Bronze Medal, Mexico
2010          Princeton Dance and Theatre, Full Scholarship, NJ

EDITORIAL
current  Women and Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory, member: editorial collective
2020    NYU Performance Studies Prof. Alexandra Vazquez, New York, research assistant.

RESIDENCIES 
2024  Global Research Institute, writing fellow. NYU Madrid 
2023  Gallim Moving Artist Residency, New York
2022  El Entresuelo, Mexico City
2022  Global Research Institute, Residency, NYU Madrid 
2021   Sala Silvestre Residency, Agsc. México
2020   Museo Experimental El Eco, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

PRESS
2023  Soldaderas, Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today and Fashion Film Festival Milano, The Museum at FIT
2023  D’todo Derrumbe, Canal Once
2022  DNA Magazine, Girls in their Studios. 
2022  Dance Magazine, Friday Film Break, “Camila Arroyo’s Soldaderas” 
2022  i-D Italia, Soldaderas in “21 progetti dal Fashion Film Festival Milano che dovresti...” 
2021   Director’s Notes, “A Stylised Contemporary Fighter is Reborn in Camila Arroyo’s...”
2021   Office Magazine, “Soldaderas”
2021   Latina Mag., “Dancer Camila Arroyo and Designer Sabrina Ol visualize a contemporary...”
2021   Local.MX, “Sabrina Ol y Camila Arroyo presentan una coreografía...” 
2021   ONDA MX, “El Ritmo de Cargar” 
2021   ELLE Magazine Mx, Camila Arroyo x X-Ray, print
2020  La Tempestad, “OME: Cuerpo y Memoria”
2020  momo room, “OME, Camila Arroyo en la Biennale de Venecia”
2020  ELLE Magazine, “Esta es la Videodanza Mexicana invitada a la Bienal de Venecia”
2020  marte bebé, podcast interview
2019   Dance Magazine’s “Dance Video of the Month” 
2017   NBC News, “Dance group raises money for earthquake victims...”

FESTIVALS
2024  Trópico Escénico
2023  El Arenero, Performance Fest
2023  Fashion Film Festival Amsterdam
2022  Queretaro Experimental
2022  UK Fashion FIlm Festival
2022  CineDans, Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam
2022  Fashion Film Festival Milano, Triennale Milano
2020  OME, International Festival of Contemporary Dance, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
2020  POOL Internationale Tanz Film Festival, Berlin
2020  In/Motion International Dance Film Festival, Chicago
2020  Dance Camera West, Los Angeles
2020  Café Telephone, New York
2019  4th International Dance Film Festival of Mexico City

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024   Fuga: Improvisación de Movimiento y Experimentación Coreográfica. El Entresuelo
2024   “Fuga: Coreografía Crítica y Estudios de Performance.” DAJU Compañía Juvenil de Danza Contemporánea de la UNAM
2023   Introduction to Dance Studies, Adjunct Professor, New York University. fall ‘23
2023   Pensar la Práctica: un acercamiento a los estudios de performance. Workshop. El Entresuelo.
2023   El Entresuelo, “Permanente: Movement Improvisation” faculty
2021  NYU Tisch, Performance Studies, “Intro. to Performance Studies,” Prof. Alexandra T. Vazquez, teaching assistant
2013   Sarah Lawrence College, “Culture, Politics, and Violence in Latin America.” Prof. Deanna Barenboim

WORKSHOPS/MASTER CLASSES/GUEST SPEAKER
2024     Trópico Escénico, clase maestra. Escuela Profesional de Danza de Mazatlán.
2024     Praxis, NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Keynote presentation for Dr. Danielle Goldman
2024     Praxis, NYU Tisch School of the Arts. 
2023     Derrumbe, Centro de Cultura Digital
2021     SUAVE Magazine, Movement Improvisation
2021     Sala Silvestre Gallery, Agsc. Mexico, Movement Improvisation
2020     Museo Experimental El Eco, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mov. Improvisation
2019     Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Dialogues on Dance, Mexico City, Mexico
2019     Universidad Tecnológico de Monterrey, Dialogues on Dance, Mexico City, Mexico

RESEARCH
2020        NYU Performance Studies Prof. Alexandra Vazquez, New York, research assistant.
2019        Wesleyan College, Prof. Deanna Barenboim, research assistant

OTHER WORK
2021         NYU Tisch, Performance Studies, “Intro. to Performance Studies,” teaching assistant
2020        NYU Performance Studies Prof. Alexandra Vazquez, New York, research assistant.
2020        Barragán, SS20, NYFW, Maria Osado, Güerxs, casting assistant
2018-19    Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York, programming coordinator
2018         Rosie Assoulin, New York, PR assistant
2016-17    Peridance Center, international office assistant
2015-16    Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, New York, programming coordinator, admin.
2012-15    Sarah Lawrence College, Wesleyan Univ. Prof. Deanna Barenboim, New York, TA
2014         Repetto Paris, New York, PR assistant

TRAINING
2018         Sidra Bell Dance New York, Module, NYC
2017         Batsheva Dance Company Intensive, (Ohad Naharin, Batsheva dancers) 
2010         Princeton Dance and Theatre (Susan Jaffe, Julie Kent, S. Saland)
2009        San Diego City Ballet ’09 (Gelsey Kirkland, David Howard, Susan Jaffe)
2004-10   Cuban National Ballet School, La Habana, Cuba

*other select intensives include Kidd Pivot, Loni Landon, Bobbi Jene Smith, Danielle Agami (Ate9), Bodytraffic.