"LIFT + EMBRACE" BY ARCH DANSÉ ENSEMBLE / CARLOS FRANQUIZ

JUAN CARLOS FRANQUIZ, II was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Fort Hamilton High School’s Joffrey Ballet Academy, under the direction of Sabrina Jaafar, he also received the Joffrey Ballet Academy Dance Award along with the Joseph Graffagnino Scholarship. He is the recipient of the 2019 Samuel H. Scripps - BAM scholarship, and the 2019 - 2020 C. Michael Tidwell NEXT Step Scholarship. He is an alumni of MOVE |NYC|’s Young Professionals Program under the Direction of Nigel Campbell and Chanel DaSilva. While in the Young Professionals Program he was selected to choreograph: "Unity Within Humanity" (2019) and he was a part of the Inaugural Peer Mentor Cohort (2020 - 2021). Carlos has choreographed and performed at the Brooklyn Dance Festival, BAM Kids Film Festival (2019) (2020), York College Youth Dance Showcase (2019). During his continued training he was selected as an Emerging Choreographer (2019) at Earl Mosley’s Institute of The Arts. Carlos was honored to have been selected to co-choreograph for Hearts of Men (2020) Earl Mosley's Dancing Beyond; A benefit for Dance Against Cancer. He was also selected to choreograph on one of MOVE |NYC|’s newer programs called the Pre-Young Professionals Program the summer of (2022). While pursuing his BFA at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance Carlos is currently a Dance Artist for the Dash Ensemble (2021) (2022) in Texas, and performed a unique hybrid of dance and visual magic. Carlos seeks to continue to collaborate and create to inspire in his future as an artist. @carlosfranquiz1

Photo by Isabella Pagano