Felicia Avalos

Felicia Avalos is a performer, choreographer, and educator based in New York City. In 2012 Felicia spent 10 months training with the MASA Dance Journey in Israel where she was able to work with well-known guest artists, perform around the country, and showcase her choreography. Avalos was accepted into the graduate dance program at The George Washington University, where she received a university fellowship and received her MFA in 2016. Her thesis topic was on Mexican and Central American immigration told through her father's story of crossing the Mexican border into the USA. Avalos completed a dance residency in 2017 with Unity Space AiR in Australia, where she created a work on the water crisis in Mexico. In 2018 she had the opportunity to work with Mexican American performance artist and activist Guillermo Gómez-Peña in Mexico City and perform in his exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. She is now performing and teaching with Calpulli Mexican Dance Company where she has had the privilege of performing at Summer Stage, Jacob's Pillow, New Victory Theater, Is Sanat Theater in Istanbul, Turkey, and with Mexican American singer Lila Downs. She continues to research the juxtaposition of cultural and political topics with dance.

What drew you to the M.A. in Arts Politics?

I was immediately interested in the M.A. in Arts Politics since my focus is fusing political topics with my choreography. I knew that I needed theory and methods courses that would assist me to successfully present my work as an activist and performing artist. I am extremely honored to be accepted into the program and am looking forward to meeting my artist peers.