Casia Vengoechea

Biography

Casia Vengoechea is an international freelance dancer and choreographer originally from New York. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Casia began her career with the Nederlands Dans Theater II in 2012, and later joined the Royal Swedish Ballet as a contemporary artist in 2015. Casia has had the pleasure to dance repertoire and new creations by Jiří Kylián, Mats Ek, Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar, Franck Chartier, Lightfoot Leon, Marco Goecke, Alexander Ekman, Maxine Doyle, Johan Inger, and Sasha Waltz. She has also worked on commercial campaigns for Chanel, Volkswagen, Hermès, Mercedes, Longchamp, and Moncler as a dancer, model, choreographer, and movement director. Casia is a 2011 Princess Grace Award Winner and a 2008 National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 1st Level Awardee. As a guest artist, Casia has performed with L’Opéra National de Bordeaux, Staatsoper Berlin, and Le Grand Théâtre de Genève, and in 2020, Casia worked with Akram Khan for his latest production with the English National Ballet, “Creature.” Most recently, Casia has been touring internationally with Roberto Bolle and working as a choreographic assistant at Teatro alla Scala and Aterballetto. Casia is currently freelancing from Barcelona.