Dandara Veiga

Dandara Veiga (Alegrete, RS, Brazil) began her dance training at Social Project Primeiros Passos before receiving a scholarship to her hometown school, Escola de Dança Ballerina. She also studied at Studio Margarita Fernandez in Argentina, Opus Ballet in Italy, Annarella Academia de Ballet e Dança in Portugal, and as a scholarship student at The Ailey School in 2016. From 2017 to 2023, Veiga danced with Ballet Hispánico New York, where she originated the title role in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Doña Perón, featured on PBS’s NEXT at the Kennedy Center series. In 2023–24, she was a soloist with The Metropolitan Opera and performed with Site-Specific Dances, Opus Ballet, Noname, and the Black Iris Project. Veiga was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2023. She has worked with artists including Charla Genn, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Noah Gelber, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Edwaard Liang, Christopher Huggins, Ray Mercer, and Ebony Williams. Veiga joined the company in 2024. Instagram: @iamdandaraveiga