Press & features

In the press

Two decades of work across stage, screen and scholarship — from Lincoln Center to the United Nations.

SELECTED FEATURES
Radio
May 2025
Los Herederos · LH Radio↗

LH Radio “Creators” — a conversation on rediscovering roots and building diasporic connections through movement.

Podcast
2025
Peruvians in the USA↗

Guest conversation on the diaspora, identity and Dance Your Ancestors.

Collaboration
2024
Kántuas

Jewelry-line collaboration and dance photoshoot with Kántuas.

Feature
2023
Dancing Earth Summer Institute↗

Featured artist at the Dancing Earth Summer Institute, centering Indigenous and ancestral contemporary dance.

Feature film
Jun 2021
In the Heights↗

Appears in the Lin-Manuel Miranda film adaptation, directed by Jon M. Chu.

Pepatián
2021
Reflecting Archives↗

Featured among South Bronx / Latine dance artists in conversation on legacy and archive.

UN Symphony Orchestra
Feb 2019
El Cóndor Pasa: Andean Hope↗

Choreographer for the UNSO production — libretto by Luis Valdéz Pallete, premiered in NYC.

The Bronx Free Press
Jan 2014
When Roots Dance↗

“For Cynthia Paniagua, dancing is more than just an occupation or passion — it’s an expression of who she is.”

El Comercio
2006–2009
Paukartampu↗

Choreographer of the Lima production fusing circus, theater and dance.

Documentary
2007
Soy Andina↗

Featured dancer and protagonist of the acclaimed documentary — workshops and Q&A screenings followed.

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