Kira Fargas

Kira Fargas is a queer, first-generation Filipinx-American movement artist, choreographer, educator, drag performer, and community advocate. She grew up dancing at the Westlake School for the Performing Arts in Daly City, CA, and received a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona in 2017.

Kira currently performs and collaborates with UNA Productions (Chuck Wilt), EIGHT/MOVES (Mia Chong), and Detour Productions (Eric Garcia and Kat Gorospe Cole), and has also worked with New Dialect (Banning Bouldin), Rosie Herrera, Alex Ketley, Ariel Freedman, KT Nelson, Keerati Jinakunwiphat, and Rena Butler, among others.

Her own work has been showcased at UNA Productions' Glimpse and BODYSONNET's OTHER/self. Central to her artistic practice are explorations of her Filipinx and queer identity—honoring both her cultural history and her chosen family.

Kira co-directs the Contemporary Training Program at the Westlake School for the Performing Arts alongside Hadassah Perry and is deeply committed to advancing the field through mentorship and collaboration with the next generation of dancers. She is excited to be on faculty for the inaugural year of the training ground sf.