Norbert de la Cruz III is a multi-talented award winning choreographer whose work has been presented by preeminent dance companies around the US. After graduating from Juilliard, Norbert was invited to create new works for contemporary companies including BalletX, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Hubbard Street 2, and Nashville Ballet. His work has been supported by awards from the Princess Grace Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, and NYCB's New York Choreographic Institute. Norbert’s artistic work interrogates themes of representation, identity, queerness, and the complexities of the human experience. At Vassar, Norbert is working with 12 dancers to create an original piece for the fall VRDT Concert.