Adri Tapia-Gomez, a Mexico City native, is an artist, producer, and dancer based in Seattle, Washington. She began her artistic dance journey at the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida under the direction of Vladimir Issaev at 6 years old. Throughout 15 years of classical training, she has performed in Miami and the greater Seattle area in productions such as The Nutcracker, Firebird, Petrouchka, Chipollino, La Bayadère, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Dracula, Alice in Wonderland, and Les Sylphides.
She attended The George Washington University where she obtained her bachelor of arts in Political Science and French literature, language, and culture. In 2021 her training shifted to new styles such as afro dance, jazz, funk, and hip hop. Since then, she has focused mainly on amapiano dance and has traveled to New York, Portland, Dallas, and Ghana to further her training in various afro styles.
Her most treasured dance style, cumbia, has been a part of her life since early childhood. Adri believes in liberation through arts education in which she encourages people to show up fully and authentically, using dance as a tool for self-expression and connection. 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.
She currently works as an artist mentor and teaching artist for Arts Impact, bringing arts infused learning to schools throughout Washington, as operations manager for Afro Dance Seattle, and as an event producer for a variety of arts organizations within the Seattle area. Her recent credits include: PNW Afro Dance Camp in collaboration with Cornish College of the Arts and Full Circle: Past, Present, and Future in collaboration with the Seattle Asian Art Museum.