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Miguel Alejandro Castillo is a queer interdisciplinary artist from Caracas, Venezuela. A choreographer, director, installation artist, educator, and performer, he is drawn to the permeability of art forms and the new inquiries that arise from cross-disciplinary and multicultural collaborations. His current research investigates diasporic imagination and future folklore. Recently recognized as one of the "25 to watch" in 2024 by Dance Magazine, Miguel has performed in the U.S and internationally in the works of Faye Driscoll, Jeanine Durning, Tzveta Kassabova, Alex Springer & Xan Burley, Laurel Jenkins, Delfos Danza Contemporánea, among others. Castillo was a 2021 danceWEB scholar at the ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna and a 2022-2023 Fresh Tracks Artist in residence at New York Live Arts. He is a proud United World College alumnus and holds a bachelor’s in dance and theatre from Middlebury College and an MFA in Choreography and Performance from Smith College.