About me.

Brianna López is a dance artist from California based in New York City. She holds a B.A. in Dance Performance from San Diego State University and an M.F.A. in Modern Dance from the University of Utah. During her studies, she danced with the San Diego State Dance Team, the University Dance Company, and the Performing Dance Company.

Brianna’s dance research explores the interplay between multitasking, effort, and agility, unraveling their contributions to developing the available body. Drawing upon her training in Gaga and contact improvisation, she explores these elements in the creative process and performance.   

In 2020, her dance research led her to move to Tel Aviv to train in Ohad Naharin’s movement language, Gaga. She regularly attended Gaga/People classes and ProMornings at Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance and Theatre. She collaborated with Israeli photographers, videographers, filmmakers, musicians, singer-songwriters, and fashion designers in performances and videos. Some artists include Yemima, Shay Moshe Moshe, Avi Perrodin, Irit Dekel, Eldar Baruch, DADA by Dana, and Nanig Fashion. In 2022, Michal Ben Lior, Artistic Director of ImPort, invited her to join her performing group of musicians and dancers. They have performed together in SOHO House, The Zone, Edna, and Collabo in Tel Aviv. The FEX Festival invited ImPort to perform an evening-length work at Habait Theatre. Lior also cast Brianna in her evening-length work, “Piñata,” performed in Alpha Beit Theatre. 

In 2023, she joined the School of Music & Dance faculty at San Diego State University. She taught lecture and studio courses for non-majors and majors. She collaborated with her colleague, Jess Humphrey, in a transborder experiment, Portal, where she taught and performed at the Tijuana Cultural Center (CECUT) as a part of the “Festival De Danza Transfronteriza” and at the AUKA Escuela de Música del ICBC” in Mexico. She recently created an evening-length work, “Quietude,” with an emerging contemporary dance company, SISU, based in Tijuana, Mexico. The work was part of a residency with ConnectArte Multidisciplinario Espacio and premiered at the CECUT. 

She relocated to New York City to deepen her artistry in dance-making and performance. She trains at Gibney Company Community Center, Mark Morris Dance Center, Movement Research, and Ballet Arts Center for Dance.