Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez
Artist in Residence (2026-2028)
Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez (he/him) is a Costa Rican/American choreographer and performance artist known for his sensory-based movement and innovative audio description. His work explores themes of disability, immigration, and indigeneity. In 2023, Art in America named him one of 20 “New Talent,” and he received a Bessie Award nomination for “Outstanding Performer.”
Recent projects include Electric Fish: Bring my Dead Body to the Surface (Lincoln Center), The Circle or Prophetic Dream (Danspace Project), and A Garden in the Shape of Dreams (The Kitchen). He has held residencies at institutions like Loghaven (TN), Movement Research (NY), Abrons Arts Center (NY), and BAM (NY).
Núñez is a recipient of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship (2023), Dance/USA Fellowship (2023), Princeton Arts Fellowship (2022), and Leslie Lohman Museum Fellowship (2018). His Vortex Methodology, which integrates proprioceptive breathing and bioelectricity, is taught at Movement Research in NY and institutions like Princeton University and The New School.
Currently, he is writing a book on his methodology and researching two projects: Tamata, an exploration of votive offerings, theology, and disability, and Hulero, which examines the socio-ecological history of rubber extraction in Nicaragua’s Atlantic coast.
Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk