About Sandra Antognazzi

“Sandra Antognazzi’s strikingly quiet, powerful presence made each stretched calligraphic pose count...” — The New York Times

Born and raised in Argentina, Sandra Antognazzi is a dancer, choreographer, and educator whose work bridges modern dance and Argentine tango. With more than 25 years of professional experience, she has built a multifaceted career spanning dance company performances, tango productions, opera, theater, choreography, company direction, and teaching. Drawing on this breadth of experience, Sandra brings an integrated perspective to movement, combining technical skill and artistic expertise, extensive performance experience, a deep engagement with improvisation, choreographic vision, and a student-centered approach to dance education that values collaboration, active participation, accessibility, and lifelong learning, as well as an understanding of how movement can communicate, engage, inspire, and connect people.

Sandra trained in modern dance and ballet with master teachers in Argentina and the US. She performed with renowned choreographer Ana María Stekelman, whose innovative work first introduced her to Argentine tango. After relocating to New York, she became a principal dancer with the Doris Humphrey Repertory Company, performing many leading roles. She also danced with Mary Anthony Dance Theatre, Pat Cremins/Wyoming Dance Theater, and the Errol Grimes Dance Group, exploring both the traditions of modern dance and more contemporary approaches to movement and choreography.

Drawn to reconnect with her Argentine roots, Sandra deepened her study of tango in Argentina, collaborated with celebrated tango dancers, and toured extensively throughout the United States and internationally. Her background in modern dance informs her approach to tango through a broad artistic sensibility, an expansive range of expressive possibilities, and an ongoing exploration of movement through research and improvisation—an essential element shared by both dance forms.

In 2000, Sandra founded Fusión Tango, a company exploring the intersection of contemporary movement and traditional Argentine tango. Her own work has been presented at the Queens Theatre in the Park, Summer Concerts on the Hudson, and the Spanish Repertory Theater, among other venues. Her performance and choreography credits include The Tango Diaries; directing and choreographing Pablo Aslan’s Avantango; Todo Tango with the Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra; Tango & Tango with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Leonardo Suárez Paz’s Cuartetango; and Ensemble Rómulo Larrea’s Tangos de Gardel a Piazzolla. Through these and other tango projects, she has performed at prominent venues including Town Hall and Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall.

Teaching has been central to Sandra’s artistic life since the beginning of her professional career. From 2002 to 2024, she served as adjunct faculty at Ramapo College of New Jersey’s School of Contemporary Arts, teaching Modern Dance and Tango. Her teaching experience also includes Bergen Community College, the Center for Modern Dance Education, You Should Be Dancing Studio, and the Park Performing Arts Center, where she taught Argentine tango and created opportunities for community participation and performance. She holds a BA in Dance from SUNY Empire State College.

Sandra continues to extend her artistic practice into community settings, creating opportunities for people of different ages and backgrounds to engage with dance. Through Friends of Argentine Tango, she has taught older adults at Hudson Guild and, as a 2026 SU-CASA grantee, taught Argentine tango at Inwood Older Adult Center. She also teaches tango to breast cancer survivors at Yale New Haven Hospital. In July 2025, she completed AdapTango Fundamentals for Older Adults and Individuals with Neurotoxic and Neurodegenerative Conditions, a certification provided by MDT Education Solutions and approved by the American Council on Exercise (ACE).

Across performance, choreography, direction, and teaching, Sandra brings together a lifelong engagement with movement in both professional and community settings. Her work continues to explore the possibilities of dance as an art form, a means of personal expression, and a way to foster meaningful human connection.