Kirsten Velasco | Dancer

Kirsten Velasco was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She was introduced to dance at the young age of 4. She trained under the direction of Marie-Louise Gashler at her home studio, Miami Dance Collective where she quickly fell in love with tap, jazz, and ballet. She went on to attend performing arts schools such as Miami Arts Charter Middle School and New World School of the Arts High School.

Kirsten was exposed to the world of concert dance during high school where she learned and performed works by Robert Battle and Jessica Lang. She has been able to work closely with Jenn Freeman, Matt Luck, and Peter Chu. She has performed work by Gerard Ebitz, Rena Butler, Sidra Bell, Antonie Vereeken, Amy Miller, Andrea Miller, Kevin Wynn, and Lea Ved. She was fortunate enough to study abroad and train at the London Contemporary Dance School during her junior year at Purchase. Kirsten has attended Hubbard Street Summer Intensive, Chu This Persepectives, Body Traffic summer program, The School at Jacob’s Pillow, Arts Umbrella, and B12.

She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance, under the direction of Darrah Carr and joins Dance NOW! Miami for the 2024 season.