Zarah Cabañas

Teaches at NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Zarah Cabañas, also known as VJ Lady Firefly, is a VJ, video artist, and musician. Zarah creates live visual experiences, most recently collaborating with music group The Roots and Dave Chappelle.  In the studio, Zarah has an extensive background in theatrical video design and post/production. This includes over six years with Blue Man Group as Associate Creative Director of Video and currently at New York University as Digital Media Strategist and Guest Lecturer. She is deeply involved within numerous artistic communities and festivals in NYC, the Catskills, Philippines, and Russia. Zarah has been an educator at Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Artist-in-Residence at The Experimental Television Center, member of The Office for Creative Research, and Film/TV Alumna of NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. She is Co-Founder of Space Acres in the Catskills of New York.