Silfredo La O Vigo

I am a Professional dancer in the Afro-Cuban and Haitian tradition,
Popular Latin dances and Modern dance. I graduated from the National School of
the Arts in Havana Cuba in 1994 where I obtained a Technical degree as a
certified Dance Professor and Professional dancer. In 1993, I trained and performed for
one year with the Cuban National Folkloric Company and Danza Contemporanea de
Cuba. I was also a soloist for five years with the professional touring company
Cutumba: Ballet Folklorico Afro-Cubano, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Following, My
professional performing experience included dancing with the Modern dance
Company OCD/San Francisco from 2001 to 2003. Along with this company, I
toured places such as The Joyce Theater in New York, NY, The Getty Museum Concert
Series, Lose Angeles, CA, Cal State LA, Cal State Monterey Bay and Kentucky Center
for the Arts.. In addition, My list of guest performances includes being a principal
dancer and guest artist for the Warner Brothers film The Matrix Reloaded. In 1999,
I was a guest soloist in the Retrospective of Cuban dance Performance, La Pena,
Berkeley, CA and Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA. Also, I was a
guest dancer for "Bravura!" with The Blanke...

S i l f r e d o L a O V i g o
3865 Granada St San Diego Ca 92104
silfredolao@hotmail.com
619 358 5117

PROFESSIONAL DANCE TRAINING:

1989-1994

National School of the Arts, Havana, Cuba B.A.,
May 1994; Certified as Dance Professor and Professional dancer;
Distinction in both modem and folkloric dance

1993-1994

Trained and performed with the Cuban National Folkloric Company and Danza Contemporanea de Cuba

1986-1989

Vocational School of the Arts, Santiago de Cuba

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING EXPERIENCE:

2003- 2010

Palomar College Faculty Performance

1999-2002

Company Dancer, ODC/San Francisco
Tours include: The Joyce Theater, New York, NY; Performing Arts
Center, Newark, NJ; The Getty Museum Concert Series, Los Angeles, CA;
Leverkusen, Germany; University of Hawaii, UC Santa Cruz, Cal State LA,
Cal State Monterey Bay, George Mason University, Kentucky Center for the Arts,
Penn State University, Vanderbilt University and four seasons at the Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

1999

Performed with Robert Moses' Kin, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and
Theater Artaud, San Francisco

1994-1998

Soloist with the professionally touring company Cutumba...

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

2015 The 22nd San Diego Film Festival, San Diego CA.
2015 Show at UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 Space4Art Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2011 Space4Art Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2011 Pulse Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2011 South Western College, Chula Vista, CA.
2009 Centro Cultural de la Raza,San Diego,CA.
2005 The Arts Entertainment Center, CA
2003 ODC/Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Palace of Fine Art, San Francisco, CA.



GROUP

2015 The 22nd San Diego Film Festival, San Diego CA.

2015 The 1st Latin American Art festival, San Diego,CA.

2015 The Brokers Building Gallery, San Diego, CA.

2013 Mesa College Art gallery, San Diego,CA

2012 the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus. Los Angeles, CA

2009 La Mora Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2008 The Brokers Building Gallery, San Diego, CA.

2005 UCSD Latin American Studies Department. La Jolla, CA.