Bio

Santina Leone is a New York based dancer and choreographer. She is reentering the NYC dance scene after a summer spent in Berlin, where she trained, created, and performed for three months in the "mavericks" program, a new offering from the b12 research or die festival. Her performances included works by Akira Yoshida and Dor Mamalia. She has performed in "The Nutcracker" with Eglevsky Ballet and was a featured movement artist with North Carolina based Circus EVO. Her choreography was selected for the 2025 White Wave Solo/Duo festival in NYC. 

Originally from Long Island, New York, Santina received a B.F.A. in Contemporary Dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (2024). Her training at UNCSA  exposed her to the styles of Cunningham, Limón/Humphrey, West African, Horton, ballet, pointe, and Countertechnique, as well as compositional practices. At UNCSA she performed contemporary works by Brenda Daniels, Darrell Grand Moultrie, and Dwana Smallwood. She has performed repertory by Trisha Brown, José Limón, Paul Taylor, and Yue Yin. 

Santina is an intern in the costume shop at the Paul Taylor Dance Company. She also does freelance administrative work for various arts organizations and is a certified Classical Pilates Mat teacher.