Interconnecting Indigenous Communities from South & North of America
Coopdanza,Inc.
WHO WE ARE
We are a non-profit organization, created in 2012 in the USA and in 2019 in Colombia, dedicated to collaborative interdisciplinary art creations, combining ancestral indigenous values with digital storytelling and dance: traditional and contemporary. We promote the environmental protection in the American Continent.
Art work by Luis Garay from his book "Popol Vuj"
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS USA
Cristina Cortés
Board Title: Executive and Artistic Director, Chair
Year appointed: 2011
Profession: Artivist, Director and Choreographer.
María Victoria Whittingham
Ph.D.
Board Title: Latin America
Advisory
Year appointed: 2011
Profession: Research Coordinator of High Government.
Yvonne Wakim Dennis (Syrian - Cherokee)
Board Title: Co-Chair, interim Executive Director.
Year appointed: 2015
Profession: Author, Educator and Activist.
Patricia Tovar Ph.D.
Board title: Treasurer
Year appointed: 2020
Profession: Anthropologist, writer and researcher.
Carolina Forero
Board Title: Board Advisory. Strategic Planning, Development Team
Year appointed: 2022
Profession: Business Faculty and Consultant.
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS COLOMBIA
Maria Cristina Cortés
Board Title: Legal Representative
Year appointed: 2019
Profession: Artivist, Director and Choreographer.
Daniela Santana
Board title: Interim Secretary
Year appointed: 2019
Profession: Communication Researcher.
Martha Pinilla
Board Title: Deputy Legal Representative
Year appointed: 2019
Profession: Civil Engineer, Specialist in Urban Development.
Luis Fernando Acalo Higon
-Kunay- (Nasa - Yanacona)
Board title: Indigenous Advisor
Year appointed: 2019
Profession: Indigenous communicator and Arts Educator, Dancer Choreographer.
María Victoria Whittingham
Ph.D.
Board title: Development Team
Year appointed: 2019
Profession: Research Coordinator of High Government at ESAP.
Esteban Rugeles
Board title: Educator Advisor
Year appointed: 2020
Profession: Professional in Contemporary Dance, emphasis in communitarian dance.
Carolina Forero
Board Title: Board Advisory. Strategic Planning, Development Team
Year appointed: 2022
Profession: Business Faculty and Consultant.
STAFF
Daniela Santana
Communications, Social Media Manager, Graphic Design, interim Administrator.
Carolina Cortés
Audiovisual Director: Video Editor, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics.
Nicolás Briceño Saldivar
Development Team, Grant Writer.
Laura Cristina Cortés
Graphic Design, Video Editor.