Isaac Bates-Vinueza



Profile

Isaac Bates-Vinueza is a writer, dance artist, choreographer, and educator.

He lives in San Francisco.

CONTACT

CV








Education
University of California, Berkeley
BA in English, Highest Honors
2025




Employment

Dance

SFDANCEWORKS
San Francisco, CA
Dance Artist
(since 2023)

Post:ballet
Berkeley, CA
Dance Artist
2023 - 2025

Amy Seiwert’s Imagery
San Francisco, CA
Dance Artist
2019 - 2022

Sacramento Ballet
Sacramento, CA
Dance Artist
2016 - 2021

LED Boise
Boise, ID
Dance Artist
2019


Education

Berkeley Ballet
Berkeley, CA
Dance Instructor
Ballet / Contemporary Dance / Improvisation
(since 2022)

Townsend Center for the Humanities
Berkeley, CA
Writing Fellow
2024 - 2025

UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Course Instructor
Departent of Theater, Dance, and Perfromance Studies
2022

SFDANCEWORKS
San Francisco,CA
Company Class Teacher
(since 2023)

Berkeley Ballet
Berkeley,CA
Rehearsal Director
2024 - 2025

Sacramento Ballet
Sacramento, CA
Dance Instructor
Advanced Contemporary Dance
2018 - 2020


Writing / Editing

Freelance Editor
San Francisco, CA
(since 2025)

The Daily Californian
Berkeley, CA
Arts and Culture Writer
2023 - 2024

Berkeley Fiction Review
Berkeley, CA
Associate Editor
2021 - 2022


Admin

SFDANCEWORKS
San Francisco, CA
Operations and Communications Associate
(since 2025)




ReferralsAvailable upon request


Selected Repertoire
A Measurable Existence
Yin Yue
SFDANCEWORKS
2025

Everything Happens Later
JA Collective
SFDANCEWORKS
Original Cast
2025

Magma

Moscelyne ParkeHarrison
Post:ballet in collaboration with The Midway, SF
Original Cast
2023 / 2024 / 2025

The Broken Glass

Brian Arias
SFDANCEWORKS
Original Cast
2023 / 2024

Sheep’s Gothic
Rena Butler
SFDANCEWORKS
Original Cast
2024

The Tone Inside
Laura O’Malley
SFDANCEWORKS
Original Cast
2023

Liminal Space
Natasha Adorlee
Amy Seiwert’s Imagery
Original Cast
2022

Tides
Amy Seiwert
Amy Seiwert’s Imagery
Original Cast
2022

Otra Vez, Otra Vez, Otra Vez Stephanie Martinez
Amy Seiwert’s Imagery
Original Cast
20219

Ghost Notes
Lauren Edson
LED Boise
Original Cast
2019

Written and Forgotten
Anabelle Lopez Ochoa
Sacramento Ballet
2019

Instructions
Amy Seiwert
Sacramento Ballet
2018

Black Eyed Dog
Penny Saunders
Sacramento Ballet
Original Cast
2018

Tarantella
George Balanchine
Sacramento Ballet
2018

Giselle
Ron Cunningham
Sacramento Ballet
2018

Theme and Variations
George Balanchine
Sacramento Ballet
2018

Donezetti Variations
George Balanchine
Sacramento Ballet
2017

Scènes de Ballet
Christopher Wheeldon
Pacific Northwest Ballet School
2016

Emergence
Crystal Pite
Pacific Northwest Ballet
2015




Selected Choreography
Untitled  (work in progress)
A piece for two  dancers
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
2022

Rumor
A piece for ten dancers
Sacramento Ballet
2022

After All
A piece for eight dancers
Music by Antonio Vivaldi
Sacramento Ballet
2019

Garden
A piece for five dancers
Sacramento Ballet
2017



Awards Lamb Prize
UC Berkeley English Department
Award Recognizing the Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis
2025

Phi Beta Kappa
UC Berkeley
2025

Wells Prize
UC Berkeley English Department
Award Recognizing the Best Undergraduate Research Essay
2024




Fellowships
Townsend Center for the Humanities
Writing Fellowship
Berkeley, CA
2024 - 2025

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Ann and Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship
Becket, MA
2022

Flemming Halby Exchange
Royal Danish Ballet
Copenhagen, DE
2016









Last Updated 08.29.25