Bianca Mendoza

Bianca Stephanie Mendoza was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area where she began her training in classical ballet with Principal dancers of the San Francisco Ballet; Carmela Zegarelli Peter and Zoltan Peter. Bianca was accepted into the BFA dance program at the California Institute of the Arts. In her time at CalArts Bianca was trained in various styles of contemporary such as Horton, Limon, Graham, Release, Gaga and more. Bianca is also highly trained in various urban styles such as Samba, Hip Hop, Salsa, Dance Hall, Vogue and more. Having a strong passion for choreography Bianca has choreographed many works such as Jonnek’a Nok, a solo which was accepted to go to the American College Dance Festival in Champagne, Illinois in 2010. In 2012 Bianca’s piece Loaded Yoke was chosen to go to Walt Disney’s REDCAT Theater in Los Angeles. Bianca moved to New York in May of 2017- May 2018 to study dance abroad. She performed in New York’s Winter Follies with her piece entitled Clitterfly. Now Bianca is the artistic director, creator and choreographer of her very own dance company entitled Binki Danz founded in 2013 which focuses on political, economic, racial, and gender subjects that threaten our human rights. A Latin American feminist, Bianca has shown works across the bay area that personify her views on these topics.