Dance Your Ancestors Program
Reconnecting the Peruvian diaspora to its roots through Peruvian cultural dance
Come dance with me
Peruvian contemporary and fusion classes in NY — public, private, group and virtual. All levels, all bodies welcome.
Bring this work to your stage
Classes, cultural speaking, choreography, company workshops and events — all rooted in the same ancestral practice.
Peruvian culture, for your students
Cultural presentations and residencies for schools — an NYC-credentialed teaching artist bringing Afro-Peruvian and Andean dance into the classroom.
Dance is medicine. Dance is memoria. Dance is liberation.
I’m Cynthia Paniagua — a New York–born dancer of Peruvian and Puerto Rican heritage. Through Kaypacha Dance I guide the diaspora home to its ancestral movement, always in community with the artists who keep these traditions alive.
Read my storyDance Your Ancestors
A journey home for the Peruvian diaspora — reconnecting to our roots through Afro-Peruvian and Andean dance, historical research and community. Four months online, culminating in a dance intensive in Peru: Lima and El Carmen.
One practice, many doorways
Festejo, Afro-Peruvian and Boricua dance — public, private, group and virtual.
Speaking engagements and cultural presentations for festivals, institutions and stages.
Hire Cynthia to perform or choreograph for productions and events.
Cultural presentations and residencies for K–12 — from an NYC-credentialed teaching artist.
Performance and choreography for private celebrations, rooted in the same practice.
Cultural workshops that go beyond surface-level DEI programming.
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Your ancestors are waiting
Whether you’re ready to dance your ancestors, book a class, or bring this work to your stage — let’s begin.