Christopher Unpezverde Núñez

Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez is a BESSIE Award-nominated choreographer who works on movement and spatial relationships from a sensory perspective, on themes of disability, immigration, indigeneity, and accessibility. Originally from Costa Rica but based in NYC, he is a recognized educator for his “Vortex” methodology, which works from axes and planes, using respiratory proprioception and bioelectricity as triggers of bodily movement. He is in faculty at Movement Research, and has lectured at Princeton University; The New School; NCCAkron,The National Center for Choreography; University of Michigan; Dance/USA Conference; and Rutgers University. He’s been in residence at Loghaven, TN; The National Center for Choreography-Akron, OH; Abrons Arts Center, NY; Brooklyn Academy of Music BAM, NY; Danspace Project, NY; Center for Performance Research, NY; Movement Research, NY; and The Kitchen, NY. He is a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow (2023), Dance/USA Fellow (2023), Princeton Arts Fellow (2022), and Leslie Lohman Museum Fellow (2018). Other honors include a USD$200,000 Mellon Foundation 2-year grant to support his practice (2022). In 2023, the World’s Premier Art Magazine “Art In America” selected Núñez as one of 20 up-and-coming artists for their recurring feature “New Talent.” The same year, he received a New York Dance & Performance Awards “Bessies” Nomination for Outstanding Performer. Núñez is currently working on his new commission for Axis Dance Company to premiere in Spring 2026; he’s writing a book of his Vortex methodology; and researching for his new project “Tamata,” an exploration on votive offerings, theology and disability.