Claudia Hilda is a Cuban-born, New York-based movement director and performance and visual artist whose work spans multiple disciplines. Fascinated by the transformative power of live and visual arts, she creates gestural and visual compositions that explore identity, ancestry, feminism, and contemporary cultural narratives. She centers the body as a storyteller, bringing these themes to life through choreography, performance art, and visual installations.

With a rich background in the performing arts, Claudia spent a decade as a principal dancer with the Cuban National Company of Contemporary Dance (2013–2023). She has collaborated with renowned international choreographers, visual artists, and filmmakers, performing in major theaters and festivals across Europe and the Americas.

Claudia’s path bridges professional practice and academic inquiry. She was awarded the Chevening and Leverhulme Arts Scholarships, earning her Master’s in Arts and Choreography from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, UK (2021). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts from the University of Arts (ISA) in Cuba, where she received a Research Award in 2017–2018.

Recent Works

• 2025 (Oct–Nov): Neither Here nor There: The Migrant Body, Claudia’s first solo exhibition at Carvalho Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

• 2025 (June–Nov): Awarded the Fondation Bernard Grau – Académie des Beaux-Arts Choreography Prize, she will develop a residency project at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.

• 2025 (Feb): Premiered Realismo Mágico, a multidisciplinary choreographic piece at BAM Fisher, Brooklyn, NY.

• 2025: Directed a commissioned performance within The Ark, curated by Eric Fischl at The Church, Sag Harbor.

• 2024 (April): Premiered Las Repúblicas, a one-hour choreographic work commissioned by The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL.

• 2021: Presented Quarks, a choreographic duet, at the Future Landscapes Art Fair, Palazzo Albrizzi Capello, Venice, as part of the Architecture Biennale.

• 2019: Collaborated with composer Andrés Levin on 3WM, which received a Choreography Award at the inaugural Premios de la Fábrica de Arte Cubano.

Beyond traditional theater spaces, Claudia’s performance projects have been featured in prominent art institutions, including Galerie Templon (Paris/New York) and The Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, FL).