Alfonso Cervera is a queer Mexican American artist, choreographer, and educator whose work investigates the bodies, archives, and movements that shape who we are and where we come from. Born in San Bernardino, CA, and based between Los Angeles and Columbus, OH, Cervera’s practice dissolves borders between tradition and futurity by interweaving Mexican Ballet Folklórico, Modern dance, and experimental forms. His work centers hybridized movement languages that honor lineage while insisting on transformation — especially for communities whose histories have been marginalized or elided. Cervera is a Professor of Dance at The Ohio State University, where he mentors emerging artists and foregrounds research that attends to embodied histories, collective creation, and social justice within and beyond academic spaces. His choreography has been presented nationally at venues and festivals including [insert major recent presenting places if desired], and his collaborative projects have bridged communities across contexts, emphasizing co-creation over ego. As co-founder of Primera Generación Dance Collective, Cervera builds platforms for artists of color and queer diasporic voices; the collective was recognized in Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch (2025) for its visionary contributions to culture and community. Current projects include experimental film work rooted in place and memory — such as his recent Kaga, Japan project inspired by Kitamaebune trade routes — and ongoing development of Poc-Chuc, a hybrid choreographic approach that articulates Afro-Latin, folkloric, and contemporary vocabularies. Across his practice, Cervera engages histories of labor, migration, and connection, proposing that memory lives in the land, in the body, and in shared movement.