Paty Lorena Solórzano (b. Morelia, MX), is an independent bi-national choreographer, dancer and teacher. She directs giraSOLa dance, a platform for her dance projects that explore themes of her experience ni de aquí ni de allá, and draw inspiration from nature and Latin American culture. Recipient of Mexico National Endowment for Culture and the Arts and PECDA Puebla State Grants. With a poetic imaginary rooted in the immigrant experience, her choreographies have been presented by Primate Escénico, Performática, Dance Source Houston, Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival, Detroit Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts, Triskelion Arts, Dance@DMAC, AUNTS and Movement Research at Judson Church New York, among others. Artist-in-residence at Keshet Makerspace, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida Dance Festival, Guapamácataro Center for Arts & Ecology, among others. In 2023, Storyteller Fellow of the Diverse Intelligences Institute program at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. With more than 15 years of teaching experience at University of Michigan, Riverside Community College, Arlington Heights High School, Ohio University, and as Assistant Professor of Dance/Artistic Director of Danza UDLAP at University of the Americas Puebla 2019-2023. Paty is a frequent collaborator and dancer with jill sigman | thinkdance (NYC), ChavasseDance & Performance (MI), PDCdance (TX). Co-directs Confluencia Dinámica, a teaching and performance collaboration with Cinthia Pérez Navarro (MX). A 2018 fellow of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Leadership Institute (NALAC), she received her BFA from Texas Christian University and MFA from the University of Michigan. girasoladances.com