Belinda Aimé Sáenz, MA, MEd, BFA
Multidisciplinary Performer, Teaching Artist, Instructional Specialist, Choreographer,
Scholar, Performing Arts Entrepreneur, Doctoral Candidate
Intérprete Multidisciplinaria, Artista Docente, Especialista en Instrucción, Coreógrafa, Académica, Empresaria en las Bellas Artes, Candidata al Doctorado en Educación
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.
― Martha Graham
Biography
BELINDA A. SÁENZ is an interdisciplinary performer, choreographer, instructional specialist who is currently a teaching artist with Lincoln Center Education, and Disney Theatrical Group. Belinda has collaborated with New York City Center, Canady Foundation for the Arts Repertory Theatre, Bessie-Award-Winning Joya Powell’s Movement of the People Dance Company , Callaloo Kids, TADA! Youth Theatre, MJM Dance, El Paso Opera, etc. She has performed at Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, The Kennedy Center, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Davis Hall, Queens Theatre, among many others. Her most recent choreographic work, The US in USA, was presented at the Frederick Loewe Theatre in April 2017. From the El Paso, TX - Juárez, Mex border area, Belinda is currently a candidate for the Education Doctorate in Leadership and Innovation at ASU's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. Her research interests involve the potential applications or contributions of Aesthetic Education into online dance teaching and learning.
Ms. Sáenz holds a Master of Arts in Dance Education from NYU with a specialization in Teaching Dance in Higher Education and the Professions (Institute Honors as recipient of The Western Scholarship) , Master of Education in Bilingual Education & Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre/Dance (Magna Cum Laude and University Honors Certificate) from The University of Texas at El Paso. She is a DEAR Program Fellow of The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute. Besides the USA, she has studied, taught, and/or performed in Mexico, England, and Eastern-Central Europe. Ms. Saenz served as adjunct professor at NYU Steinhardt's Dance Education program for 3 years. Some of her affiliations include the UNESCO International Dance Council, American Guild of Musical Artists, National Dance Education Organization , and New York State Dance Education Association.