Andrea Soto is a first generation Mexican American movement artist. She grew up dancing in her hometown, Juarez, where she decided to pursue a professional career in dance at an early age.

 

Her craft spans over dance, performance art, and physical theater. She received her BFA in Dance from California Institute of the Arts, where she performed in projects by mentors such as Sam Wentz, Julie Tolentino, Yusha-Marie Sorzano, Rosanna Tavarez and Dimitri Chamblas. She has trained in Europe and the UK with Hofesh Shechter, Judith Sanchez Ruiz,  Ayelen Parolin and Theo Mercier. Andrea is the recipient of the 2024 Barbara Ensley Award on behalf of the Merce Cunningham Trust, and has studied excerpts of Cunningham's works such as Fielding Sixes, Fractions, and Roaratorio. Her last public piece, Multitude (1-2) was presented at MAK Center for Art and Architecture for the opening of VALIE EXPORT: EMBODIED, curated by homeLA in Los Angeles. She has performed in pieces by Yvonne Rainer, Toru Shimazaki, Annalee Traylor, Alexsa Durrans, Erick Benitez, Gerard & Kelly, among others.

 

She is grateful to continue performing on national and international platforms, and to be working as a maker, dancer, and movement director across Los Angeles, New York and London.