Norbert De La Cruz III, Choreographer – Norbert De La Cruz was born in Bayombong Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines and raised in Los Angeles, CA.  He is recognized for his versatility in performance and choreography. He is a collaborative artist scholar and movement director with roots in classical and contemporary dance.  After moving to New York in 2006 he receihttps://trentinomusicfestival.org/ved a BFA in Dance from the Juilliard School followed by an MFA in Dance from Hollins University. He is a bi-coastal freelance dance artist based in New York and Los Angeles.

He was a former soloist with Ballet Torino, Aszure Barton & Artists, Metropolitan Opera, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Norbert was also casted as a performer in Warner Brothers Pictures film adaptation of Tony-winning musical, In The Heights. Norbert has continued to create original works for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, New York City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Hubbard Street II, BalletX, Peridance, Juilliard, Olympic Ballet Theater, Big Muddy Dance Company, Ballet Hispanico, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Owen Cox Dance,  Bruce Wood Dance, Hartford Ballet, and much more.

Norbert is a Princess Grace Foundation-USA award recipient in choreography, Alvin Ailey New Directions Choreography Lab, Joffrey Academy of Dance’s Winning Works, a Jerome Robbins New Essential Works recipient, and a two time recipient of the the NY City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute. He was a former adjunct faculty member at The Juilliard School and a guest artist at SUNY Purchase, Barnard Columbia University, Boston Conservatory, the University of Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Princeton University, and the Hartt School.  His honorable mentions include the Asian Arts Alliance Award, McCallum Theatre Choreography Festival Award, Youth American Grand Prix’s best choreographer award and was featured in Dance Magazines Top 25 to watch.  His interested are vast:  from the limits of representation through his post-migratory identity, contemporary (con)fusion, the impossibility of perfection, queerness, solitude and desire, what happens in the in-between, and the endless journey of how to make everlasting art. Norbert is in constant search of inspiration; seeking for more valuable collaborations and human connections. www.NorbertDeLaCruziii.com IG: @Norbert.DeLaCruz.iii