Roman Baca
Artistic Director - Veteran USMC
Roman Baca is a Marine Iraq War Veteran and the Artistic Director of Exit 12 Dance Company in NYC.
After a career in dance, Mr. Baca served as a US Marine and was deployed to Fallujah, Iraq from ‘05-’06.
In 2007, Mr. Baca co-founded Exit 12 Dance Company. Mr. Baca has choreographed two major works relating to the military and their families and writes and lectures about his experiences and has also worked on two short films, A Marine’s Guide to Fishing and War Dancer. Exit 12 Dance Company has been recognized by Pointe Magazine, The Dance Current, NPR’s All Things Considered, American Public Media and Reuters, and has performed recently at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in New York City, and on the deck of the USS Intrepid in honor of Memorial Day. Mr. Baca collaborated with Quinnepiac University for their production of The Antigone Project. Mr. Baca is a spokesperson for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and a Fellow with The Mission Continues.
Mr. Baca is enrolled in the Liberal Education for Performing Artists, NYC program through St. Mary’s College of CA, and the Endure and Grow program through Syracuse University and the US Small Business Administration.
Mr. Baca is a recipient of a 2009 producing and presenting grant from AjkunBT, a 2010 Access DanceUSA Scholarship from DanceNYC through support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Brian Tippen Memorial Scholarship and the Connecticut Wartime Veterans Medal.
“...incredible contrast of elements-
Marines and
Ballet Dancers.”
-Audience member
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From January 2012 to July 2012, Roman is a Fellow with The Mission Continues. Working with Battery Dance Company, Roman will work to bring the art of dance to NYC Public Schools and New York Veterans.
The mission will also take Roman back to Iraq, to teach children and young adults how to express their experience through choreography and non-verbal expression.
