Joelle Antonia Santiago (b. New York, NY) is a New York and Paris based choreographer and director. She frequently collaborates with musicians, sculpture artists, theorists, designers, visual artists, and filmmakers.

Joelle is a recipient of the Fulbright Harriet Hale-Woolley Award for the Arts. She is currently an Artist in Residence at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris, France, where she will perform and create choreographic projects as part of the 2023-2024 season. She has presented work at the NYU Tisch School for the Arts, The Clark Art Institute, Roulette Intermedium, Chelsea Piers, The International Studio and Curatorial Program, the Fondation des États-Unis, and with the PROMPTUS collective. Joelle was selected as a 2024 choreographic fellow for AXIS Dance Company. She is an adjunct professor at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and has guest lectured at the Peabody Conservatory at John’s Hopkins University, and the Fulbright Association.

Joelle graduated Cum Laude from Barnard College of Columbia University (B.A., Dance), a nominee of the Bold Award, honoring alumna Grace Lee Boggs. She has sung with The Fire Ensemble (The Shed, NY), and sang classical and contemporary American, Russian and French repertoire with the Barnard-Columbia Chamber Choir and Chorus.