Kevin Pajarillaga

Biography

Filipino American artist Kevin Pajarillaga is most curious about the process of sharing the lived experiences of the body through time and space fused with a little bit of fantasy and imagination. Pajarillaga has performed with artist Doja Cat at MTV VMAs 2021, Banana Republic’s “Art of Work campaign”, GAP’s 2018 spring campaign “Experiment in Color”, Celia Rowlson-Hall’s short film “First Snow” featured on NOWNESS and Times Square Arts’ “Midnight Moment”, and “SPACE END” by Wilder Yari and Maddy Talias. He has danced for events including H&M x Rabanne 2023 Collection Launch, Sky High Farm x Black trans liberation Gala and “Kiss My Face” NYC. He has been featured in magazines including, MOB, VOGUE, HYPEBEAST, and Vanity Fair. He danced with companies including Gibney Company, NW Dance Project, Yin Yue Dance Company and Sonya Tayeh Dance. He guest performed with Parsons Dance Company, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. Pajarillaga has performed original roles for Choreographers such as Alan Lucien Oyen, Felix Landerer, Gustavo Ramirez, Ihsan Rustem, Yin Yue, Michaela Taylor, Maleek Washington and others. He has performed works by choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Johan Inger, Alejandro Cerrudo, Amy J Gardner, the Kupperman Brothers, Marla Phelan and others. He has choreographed for Gibney Company’s “Company Created’, NW Dance Project’s “In Good Company”, The Juilliard School’s senior concert, and the DREAMscape Gala. He co-choreographed “The Executioner” with painter/sculptor Dan Colen and Claude Johnson.