Adrien Padilla is a dancer and choreographer residing in the small town of Rosemead, California. Padilla earned his BFA in Dance at Cal State Long Beach and Graduate Certificate in Arts and Culture Outreach and Advocacy at the University of Denver. Adrien is also a teaching artist within the BD education team helping spread the art of movement and dance to local communities and schools. Aside from dance, Adrien works behind the scenes as the assistant technical director of the Martha B Knoebel Dance Theater at CSULB, and is a photographer focusing on dance and conceptual photography as well as solitude art. Padilla has had the privilege to work with artists Keith Johnson, Dwight Rhoden, Norbert De La Cruz III, Whyteberg, Jessie Lee Thorne, and Tommie-Waheed Evans to name a few. This is Adrien’s sixth season with Backhausdance.