ADRI LA POLLITO

Performer in 12

ADRI LA POLLITO, a Mexico City native, is a teaching artist, producer, and dancer based in Seattle, Washington. She began 15 years of classical training at the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida and has performed in productions in Miami and the greater Seattle area. Adri joined Afro Dance Seattle’s team in 2022 and has since trained in various afro dance styles and has traveled to Ghana and South Africa to further her azonto and amapiano training. Her most treasured dance style, cumbia, has been a part of her life since early childhood. Her cumbia wepa and sonidera classes are her form of cultural preservation and connecting to her roots, community, and heritage. She hopes to continue spreading her love of cumbia and her culture throughout her work. 

@adri.lapollito