Carlo Antonio Villanueva
500 21st Avenue S
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
CARLO ANTONIO VILLANUEVA (he/him, b. 1986) is a Filipino American performer, choreographer, scholar, and Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. His contemporary dance work is driven by the egalitarian spirit of Judson-era postmodern dance, toward ever-deepening questions about training, aesthetic, embodiment, and belonging in the Information Age. Carlo currently focuses his attention on choreographic process, studio practices, performance coaching, and improvisation. This performance season, he continues international touring with choreographer Faye Driscoll’s Weathering. Carlo is a 2024-2026 OMNIVERS Artist with Red Eye Theater, a 2025 Dance Research Fellow at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and a grant recipient of the inaugural 2025 Bridge Fund for Dance from the City of Minneapolis. Carlo is at home on Lenapehoking and Bde Óta Othúŋwe/Gakaabikaang.
Photo by Maria Baranova
Educational Background
- Master of Fine Arts: Dance, University of Maryland
- Bachelor of Fine Arts: Dance, Rutgers University
Specialties
- choreographic process
- performance coaching
- dance improvisation
- rehearsal direction