BIO

Hillary Ana Flecha began dancing with Ruth Scoffield in Santa Cruz in the old converted church which now houses Kali Ray Tri Yoga.  When she was twelve years old she received a scholarship to Dupree Dance Academy in Los Angeles where she began studying during her summers, focusing primarily on jazz and ballet.  She danced her way through junior high, landing afterwards at an all-girls boarding school where, though the arts were a high priority, academic studies took precedence.  She would sneak into the theater after study hours and on weekends to have space to dance.   Encouraged by her teacher, Susan Cable, she later chose to major in dance at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. 


Half way through college, Hillary Ana shifted her emphasis to acting and theater, and studied for two years with James Price and John Grabowski at The Acting Studio, Inc., later joining their Chelsea Rep LAB Company, starring in various full length plays including Top Girls, which was named one of the best Off-Off Broadway Plays in 1995 in Backstage Magazine.  She graduated from NYU with honors that same year.


In 1999, Hillary Ana returned to California and joined Dr. Schaffer & Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble, combining her dancing and acting skills.  She thenbecame one of the original members of Mir & a Company, launching her into the world of aerial dance. Over the last few years she has also performed with Therese Adams – Moving & Storage/Crash, Burn & Die, Lisa Christensen, Nita Little, Sharon Took-Zozaya and Sarah Wilbourne.  Through her work with Miranda Janeschild and her company, she met Frey Faust and was exposed to the brilliance and joy of the Axis Syllabus – universal motor principles™.  She received her certification to teach in January 2006.


Ana feels strongly that dance has untapped potential to heal and transform the world.  She has recently fallen in love with Contact Improvisation and is grateful for her background in the Axis Syllabus for the knowledge and experience it fosters of dancing off balance in order to merge dynamically with others.  In October 2006 Ana began training with Project Bandaloop aerial dance company in Oakland, California.  Every year she enjoys spending time in the Northeast of Brazil dancing on the beach.