Adrienne de la Fuente
Executive director - Dancer

Adrienne de la Fuente joined Exit12 in 2010 and has been with the company ever since, performing and leading workshops throughout the US and abroad. In addition to her role as company dancer, she became Exit12's Company Manager and Rehearsal Director in 2016, a founding Board Member in 2018, and Executive Director in 2024. The daughter of a former Army Captain, Adrienne has developed a greater understanding of the military's influence on her own family and the community where she was raised through her work with Exit12. In 2022, Adrienne lost her cousin, a US Marine Afghanistan War Veteran, to a drug overdose after his return home from his second tour, making Exit12’s mission more deeply personal.

A California native, she trained with Richard Gibson and Zory Karah at the Academy of Ballet and with Fran Spector Atkins at SpectorDance. She was a member of SpectorDance Company and danced in Fran Spector Atkins’ Figures in the Dust based on John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath. After moving to New York City, Adrienne trained at The Ailey School, while completing her degree in French Studies and Philosophy with a minor in Spanish at Fordham College at Lincoln Center.

Outside of Exit12, Adrienne has performed with SpectorDance Company, the JUNTOS Dance Collective, Brooklyn Ballet, and with several NYC-based choreographers as a freelance dancer. She was also Chief Operating Officer at Private Prep, an educational service company headquartered in New York City.