Leonel Linares Arts Foundation
about us.
Leonel Linares Arts Foundation is a nonprofit organization, a creative collaboration space for future artists and provides communities with cultural knowledge, awareness and sensitivity. We promote diverse and unique education outreach and research programs in performance and visual arts offering an alternative approach for cultural and sustainable human development. Creating and promoting events that promote and show essential and inclusive topics facing the contemporary society, for all audience without regardless.
meet the directors
An esteemed team dedicated to the promotion and preservation of various art forms, fostering creativity, and enriching the cultural fabric of communities. Our team is comprised of diverse and talented individuals who are deeply passionate about the arts and their transformative power.
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executive & artistic director
leonel linares
Leonel Linares is a dancer, choreographer and arts educator, based in NY.
Leonel currently performs with Accent Dance, East Coast Contemporary Ballet and FJK. He is a certified teacher in Vaganova technique from Bolshoi Academy of Moscow. Leonel Linares previously served as the Choreographer in Residency and Ballet Master at the Staten Island Ballet for seven years. Additionally, he is one of the founders of La Casa de la Cultura Venezolana en NY. His professional career in Venezuela included work with Ballet Nuevo Mundo de Caracas under the direction of Zhandra Rodriguez, Ballet Nacional de Caracas Teresa Carreno, Compañía Danza Actual.
associate director
maui parada
Emmy winner award, Production Manager 2024."La Fuerza de Creer”
Maui has a Master's in Sociocultural Management, multimedia choreographer, curator, and producer of festivals, events, and exhibitions. Her artworks and choreographies have been presented in Venezuela, Panama, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Peru, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Argentine, Russia and United States. She won the First-Class Merit Order for Work in Dance (2009).
Grishka Holguin Contemporary Dance Honor Award (2008).
Best Choreography, Bento et Dance Festival, Brazil (1994). Individual Artist Grant, Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs (2024). Miami New Media Festival Grant (2016-2018).
Invisible Woman Project Grant, Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs (2018)
programs
Our programs are as varied as the communities we serve, ranging from educational workshops to thought-provoking exhibitions and captivating performances. Each service we offer is tailored to meet the unique needs of our audience, ensuring that cultural growth is both relevant and enriching.
artist engagement
education and outreach
collaborative events
community awareness
