Francesca Dominguez is a choreographer, performer, and educator whose work merges dance and anatomical inquiry. She holds an MFA in Dance from Hunter College, where her research earned her the Shuster Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis in 2022. Her extensive training in Countertechnique with its founder, Anouk van Dijk, has deeply influenced her approach to movement, enriching her professional dance career with company and freelance work with Thomas Noone Dance, Soluq Dance Theater, Keith Johnson/Dancers, Maria Angela Talavera Tejeda, SAXYN Dance Works, and Liony Garcia.
Francesca teaches across New York City’s leading dance institutions, including Gibney Dance Company, The Juilliard School, Barnard/Columbia Dance, Mark Morris Dance Group, and Peridance Center.
Her choreographic voice emerged in 2022 with Galvanizing Steel, a sold-out evening at Gibney Dance Theater. That same year, she was selected for the Doug Varone Devices Performance. Since then, she has been recognized with a grant and performance residency from The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) and, most recently, completed a commission for Barnard Dance Department in 2024.
Whether performing, teaching, or creating, she is dedicated to movement as a space for physical dialogue and human connection.
