Claudia Hilda is a Cuban-born, New York-based movement director, performance and visual artist whose work embodies an expansive multidisciplinary practice. Deeply fascinated by the transformative power of visual and live arts, she creates gestural and visual compositions that explore themes of identity, ancestry, feminism, and contemporary cultural narratives. Claudia centers the body as the storyteller, bringing these themes to life through choreographic works, performance art, and visual installations.

Her work continues to push the boundaries of performing arts, seamlessly blending various artistic disciplines into cohesive and compelling narratives. This approach is deeply informed by her multicultural perspective, which values and honors diversity, plurality, and cultural legacies. Claudia's art is a synthesis of consciousness and intuition, focusing on the interplay between body, mind, and society, resulting in works that are both thought-provoking and profound.

With a rich background in performing arts, Claudia enjoyed a decade-long career as the principal dancer of the Cuban National Company of Contemporary Dance (2013-2023). She has collaborated with renowned international choreographers, visual artists, filmmakers, and multidisciplinary creators, performing in prestigious theaters across Europe and America.

Claudia has successfully intertwined the worlds of professional practice and academia. She was awarded the prestigious Chevening and Leverhulme Arts Scholarships, which enabled her to earn a Master’s degree in Arts and Choreography from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, where she received the highest achievement prize in 2021. Her academic journey began with a Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts from the University of Arts (ISA) in Cuba, where she was honored with a Research Award in 2017-2018.

Recent and Upcoming Works of Claudia Hilda

• In March 2025, Claudia Hilda premiered Realismo Mágico, a choreographic piece at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City.

• In April 2024, she premiered Las Repúblicas, a one-hour choreographic piece commissioned by The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida.

• In 2022, Claudia collaborated as a performer and creative contributor on the experimental opera Syllable, which premiered in London.

• In 2021, she presented the choreographic duet Quarks at the Future Landscapes Art Fair in Palazzo Albrizzi Capello, Venice, as part of the Architecture Biennale.

• In 2019, she collaborated with composer and producer Andrés Levin on the choreographic piece 3WM, which won a choreography award at the inaugural Cuban Art Factory Awards.

Upcoming Residency

Claudia Hilda has been awarded the prestigious Fondation Bernard Grau – Académie des Beaux-Arts choreography prize. As part of this recognition, she will develop her residency project at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris from June to November 2025.

Beyond theater spaces, Claudia’s performance projects have also been showcased in prestigious art galleries, including Galerie Templon and Carvalho Park Gallery in New York City, as well as The Norton Museum in West Palm Beach, Florida.