Stephanie García
CDMX + SLC
Stephanie García is a Mexican choreographer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist working between the U.S. and Mexico. She is co-founder and co-director of Punto de Inflexión Project and PROArtes México. Through choreography, performance, and film, her work engages audiences in critical and embodied encounters with contemporary realities.
In 2025, she was named a Fellow in the 100th class of the Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography. Her work has been presented across the Americas, Europe, and Africa, and she has created over 30 interdisciplinary pieces shown internationally. She has collaborated with leading artists and performed at major festivals and venues worldwide, with support from institutions in Mexico, the U.S., Europe, and Canada.
An arts advocate since 2008, García has facilitated international exchange initiatives connecting Mexican artists with global platforms. Since 2016, she has developed and curated video dance festivals and live arts platforms, including Corriente Alterna, founded in 2025.
She is currently a member of the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM).
AWARDS, HONORS &
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
2025 | Guggenheim Fellowship. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. USA.
2024 | Global Connect Member 2024-2028. European Union.
2024 | Official Selection Vexed Film Festival. SLC, USA.
2023 | Official Selection at Mexico's National Performing Arts Market, ENARTES. MEX.
2022 | 2nd place at Utah Shakespeare Festival Dance Competition. USA.
2022 | Official Selection Festival Internacional de Cine de la No-Violencia Activa (FICNOVA). Madrid, Spain.
2022 | loveDANCEmore Artist-in-Residency 2022-present. SLC, UT. USA.
2022 | Finalist in Regalia, Choreographic Competition. Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT). USA.
2022 | Official Selection Wicklow Screendance Laboratory. Wicklow, Ireland.
2021 | Official Selection Moving Images International Videodance Festival. Nicosia, Cyprus.
2021 | The artist's creative capacity as an alternative for transformation. Awarded and published essay. Cultural Direction of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). MEX.
2021 | #5womenartists at Hilliard Art Museum. Louisiana. USA.
2021 | Santander Legacy Outstanding Profile Recognition. MEX.
2019 | Prince Claus Fund Mobility Award. Netherlands.
2017 | ArtsResidency at Centro Cívico Barceloneta. Barcelona, Spain.
2017 | Arts Residency at Ai Do Project Dance Company. Basque Country, Spain.
2016 | Official Selection at Mexico's National Performing Arts Market, ENARTES. MEX.
2014 | 10th Anniversary Trajectory Recognition. Barro Rojo Dance Company. MEX.
2007 | Audience Award 4a Red Serpiente Dance Festival with Camerino 4. Morelia, Michoacán. MEX.
2006 | XXVII National Choreography Award Miguel Covarrubias 2006 with Camerino 4. CDMX, MEX.
GRANTS
2025 | Project Support Grant Round II. Salt Lake City Arts Council. USA.
2025 | Assemblage Art Fund Grant. UMOCA/The Andy Warhol Foundation. SLC. USA.
2024 | Project Support Grant Round II. Salt Lake City Arts Council. USA.
2024 | Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants. New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).
2023 | Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant. NYC. USA.
2023 | Fomento a Proyectos y Coinversiones Culturales. SACPC. Mexico.
2023 | Salt Lake City Arts Council Project Support Grant. USA.
2021 | NALAC Leadership Institute Fellow. USA.
2021 | Banff Centre Contemporary Dance Creative Practice Fellow. Alberta, Canada.
2019 | IBERESCENA Co-Production Grant. Iberoamerican Countries.
2017 | México en Escena 2017-2019/National Culture and Arts Fund, FONCA. Mexico.
2015 | México en Escena 2015-2017/National Culture and Arts Fund, FONCA. Mexico.
2012 | México en Escena del Centro Nacional de las Artes (CENART). Mexico City.
2011 | México en Escena del Centro Nacional de las Artes (CENART). Mexico City.
2010 | Creadores Escénicos. Individual Grant/National Culture and Arts Fund, FONCA. Mexico.
2006 | Jóvenes Intérpretes. Individual Grant/National Culture and Arts Fund, FONCA. Mexico.