Jessica Rabanzo-Flores
Jessica Rabanzo Flores is a native San Diegan and grew up training and performing with Eveoke Dance Theatre. She holds BAs in Sociology and Dance from UC Irvine where she had the honor to perform legendary works from the late Donald McKayle with UCI’s Etude Ensemble.
She was the winner of the San Diego Dance Theater's Young Choreographers Prize in 2013. Jessica joined Malashock Dance in the winter of 2023. She has also performed works by local San Diego artists Khamla Somphanh, Cecily Holcombe, Blythe Barton, Erica Buechner, and Patricia Sandback. She has presented work in New York City and has also been commissioned to create works for Malashock Dance, Canyon Crest Academy, and most recently San Diego School of the Creative and Performing Arts. She is currently choreographing for the dancers at Mesa College as an adjunct professor.
Jessica is a certified trauma-informed personal trainer and founded her own dance-inspired fitness method Untitled Movement in January 2019 in New York City. She currently trains clients (both virtual and in-person) and teaches classes virtually and at San Diego Dance Theater.