Zaquia Salinas is a choreographer and dance artist working at the intersection of performance, community practice, and social inquiry. Her work engages diasporic memory, practices for collective liberation, and interdisciplinary form through live performance, film, and site-responsive installation. She shape-shifts as a performer, choreographer, educator, curator, administrator, producer, and organizer. Originally from San Diego, Zaquia is the founder of DISCO RIOT (est. 2018) – a nonprofit organization that supports creative possibilities for advancing the dance scene in her hometown. In 2023, Zaquia was a recipient of San Diego’s inaugural Far South/Border North award for artists working in socially engaged practice. Zaquia is currently serving as Resident Curator with ODC Theater in San Francisco, teaching in higher education, and developing creative and education offerings through her company, Ephemeral Artery. Her 200-hour yoga teacher training program, built specifically for dancers, welcomes its inaugural class in 2026. For more information about her and her work, visit zaquiasalinas.com
