Teresa Saldivar

Special Guest Performance

Teresa Saldivar
Folklorico dancer, local artist, and educator.

About Teresa

Teresa Saldivar is a Del Mar College (DMC) alumni and a Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi graduate with an emphasis in reading. She has studied with the Rotary Group Study Exchange program in Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico, and completed the DMC StartSmart Continuing Education classes that helped to develop a new vision for Team Dance.

Saldivar is also a “Féria de las Flores” 2nd runner up and Miss Congeniality along with a National Hispanic Scholar. Her greatest honor is the introduction and dance performance for Dolores Huerta, labor leader in the American civil rights movement.

Team Dance performed with the Hispanic Institute Fiesta Celebration before the Día de los Muertos (DDLM) Festival. Team Dance was also featured in “Now This,” a social media video with a Latin Grammy nominated artist.

As Team Dance’s artistic director, Saldivar participated during San Juan de los Lagos Cultural Event Talent Show, Laredo’s Catholic Charities Camp, Alice’s Community Posada, Kingsville’s Loteria Festival Talent Show (winner), as well as San Antonio’s and Austin’s Marketsquare Fiestas, alongside folk musicians.

As a dance and drama instructor at the Antonio E. Garcia Arts and Education Center and the Art Museum of South Texas (AMST) Theater, Saldivar teaches second graders from the Corpus Christi Independent School District and Very Important Kid Summer camp.

Most recently, Saldivar performed at local Conviva Care Centers and was a profile as part of the AMST’s 10x10 Creative Conversation Series, and was invited on the panel for a potential Smithsonian Mobile Museum showcasing South Texas culture.

She has performed in the Ritz Theatre, Corpus Christi Cathedral Multicultural mass in honor of migrants, the Austin Tribal Joy/Body choir and a solo artist at the Institute of Letters hosted by author and institute president Diana Lopez, whom she has collaborated with at DMC along with Mayra Zamora and Chicas Rock. Saldivar enjoys celebrating the “Cinco de Mayo” events and supports local artwalks and Frida festivals.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Saldivar created online presentations with K Space Contemporary Art Gallery and has been the DDLM Director of the Children Stage for three years as well as being a solo and group participant since its second year.

Selected as a guest artist for Texas Folklife (virtual field trip/dance demo) for students in Austin Independent School District, Saldivar also coached a LULAC “Féria de las Flores” Scholarship Pageant contestant who has placed 1st runner up two years.