is a Mestizo multidisciplinary performance artist from Phoenix, Arizona. Infatuated by dance at 14 years old, he would pursue a BFA in Dance at Arizona State University where he'd discover a passion for dance as a profound art.

 

His performance training stems from street forms including locking, vogue femme, house, and popping. While at ASU, he took it upon himself to expand his training in forms previously less familiar to him including Postmodern Contemporary techniques, Classical Ballet, and Commercial Jazz. He is currently dancing for Safos Dance Theatre, The Ladies, Weird & Wonderful, Depth Dance, and The Pachanga Collective - a collective of dance makers which he co-founded with Ruby Morales, and Zakiya Rose.

 

As a choreographer, he prioritizes abstract composition as much as performance quality; drawing inspiration from existential nihilism, glamour and absurdity. He has presented work for the Phoenix Blaktinx Dance Festival, Ten Tiny Dances at Taliesin West, nueBOX's SEED Residency, Breaking Ground, Third Space Dance Project's many performance festivals.

 

Esteban is also a professional lighting board operator, designer, and electrician. Learning the basics during his time at ASU, he furthered his growth working at Tempe Center for the Arts, Arizona Theatre Company, Southwest Ballet Theatre, and Phoenix Center for the Arts. Although lighting is his primary passion within technical theatre, he is also well versed in stage managing, audio/visual, costume design, and fly rails. You can count on seeing something a little extra in his own works as a result.

 

He is grateful for his mentors Mary Fitzgerald, Eileen Standley, Nicole Bradley Browning, Liz Lerman, Melissa Britt, and Carolyn Koch, for helping cultivate his artistic voice and setting him up for success during the early stages of his career.