San Francisco

Dance was Sarah’s first love and justice was her second. Sarah (she/they) is a queer Bolivian-American dancer, filmmaker, and cultural strategist based in the Bay Area, creating at the vibrant crossroads of movement, storytelling, and collective liberation. She is the founder of Dear Queer Dancer, an arts service organization birthed from her PBS-aired documentary of the same name, and the creator of the Queer Dance Film Festival, a global celebration of LGBTQ+ dance on screen. Her work centers and uplifts queer and trans dancers of color, inspired by her path of weaving together artistry and activism. A devoted lover of Latin dance, Sarah trains as both a lead and a follow, and formerly performed with In Lak’ech Dance, a queer-centered Afro-Latin dance company. With each dance, film, and event, Sarah promotes a future where our full selves are both seen and celebrated.

Supernova is a queer, disabled, child of immigrants, Latine dancer. Over the last twenty-five years, they have trained in jazz, hip hop, and various latin dance styles and began their focus on bachata 15 years ago. In 2017 they founded and directed La Tormenta Dance Company based in Berkeley/Oakland which included various weekly bachata classes, training and performance teams in bachata and Latin fusion, private lessons, over 50 social dancing events, and quineañera/wedding services. In 2021 they took a break from dance after going back to school and last month they graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Women and Gender Studies with a minor in Human Sexuality at San Francisco State University. Taking a break and going back to school has allowed them to re-emerge into the dance scene with a vision of the world they want to foster within the dance scene. They aim to create a dance space that is inclusive and accessible for queer folk, people with disabilities and the working class, because dance has a healing and joyful power that should be accessible to anyone who desires to express themselves through music and movement.