Zaquia Luisa Salinas is a dance artist invested in movement as an act of reclamation and world-building. Her work engages diasporic memory, practices for collective liberation, and interdisciplinary form through live performance, film, and site-responsive installation. Originally from San Diego, Zaquia is the founder and Director Emerita of DISCO RIOT, an organization that supports creative possibilities for advancing the dance scene in her hometown. Zaquia currently serves as Resident Curator with ODC Theater (San Francisco) and RADFest (Kalamazoo), teaches in higher education, and facilitates creative projects and professional development offerings for artists through her company, Ephemeral Artery. Her 200-hour yoga teacher training program, built specifically for dancers, welcomed its inaugural class in 2026. Learn more at EphemeralArtery.org.

Guillermo Castro is a NYC-based dancer and choreographer from San Diego, CA. He holds a BFA in Dance and Choreography from UC Santa Barbara. There he performed works by José Limón, Shen Wei, Andrea Shermoly, Stephanie Miracle, Brandon Whited, Nancy Colahan, and Ephrat Ashire. Guillermo has toured with LitvakDance (SD) and DISCO RIOT (SD) and has performed with Santa Barbara Dance Theater under Christopher Pilafian, and Jean Isaac’s San Diego Dance Theater. Other performance credits include, Unity Dance Ensemble, Selah Dance Collective, and works by Khamla Somphanh. He is a freelance performer, while also working on his own choreographic endeavors.

Sergio Barrientos is a freelance dance artist based in NYC. Originally from California, he began his formal dance training at the age of 14. He received a BFA in dance from UC Santa Barbara where he was fortunate enough to work with faculty and guest artists including Monica Bill Barnes, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Doug Elkins, Ephrat Asherie, and works by José Limón reconstructed by Alice Condodina. Since moving to New York, he’s been training in floorwork techniques, and working with local choreographers.