Cindy Welik-Salgado

Cindy Salgado has been a member of Crystal Pite’s Kidd Pivot since 2009. Graduating from the Juilliard School with the Princess Grace Award in 2005, she has performed with Aszure Barton and Artists, Peter Chu’s ChuThis, and on various projects for Mia Michaels and Andy Blankenbuehler. As a choreographer, Cindy has collaborated with writers Alejandro Rodriguez & Daniel Watts, directors Jesse Perez & Mauricio Salgado, choreographers Yvon Crazy Smooth Soglo of B-boyizm & Jermaine Spivey, and cinematographers Yazmany Arboleda & Devin Jamieson among other great artists.

Cindy was the co-founder of Artists Striving To End Poverty (ASTEP). She was an Assistant Rehearsal Director for Cedar Lake and the Assistant Choreographer for Crystal Pite with Netherlands Dance Theatre’s Kunstkamer. She also assisted on Cirque du Soleil’s Delirium and in preproduction on Hamilton, In The Heights, and other Broadway shows.

Cindy has taught for NDT, Geneva Ballet, the Juilliard School, NYU, and at other universities and intensives around the world. She also travels the United States serving on the faculty of the New York City Dance Alliance.

Class Description
This contemporary partnering class is designed to help people improvise better together through contact improvisation techniques as well as other non-contact based exercises in pairs and groups. Partners will constantly change throughout the class, so don’t expect to stick to one partner throughout. Socks and knee pads are encouraged but not necessary to participate.