Anniela Huidobro
Anniela Huidobro is a Mexican dancer, choreographer, and dance educator. She is a finalist in the 2025 Lab Artists Program by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum. With over 10 years of professional experience, Anniela has performed at festivals and in projects across Latin America—including Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia—as well as at numerous festivals throughout Mexico. In the United States, her work has been presented at the Newport Dance Festival in Rhode Island (2023), RADFest in Kalamazoo, Michigan (2025), Delve Dance Showcase (2023), and Chicago Dance Theater Ensemble (2024–25), among others. She has collaborated with artists such as Ayako Kayo, Phillip Wood, Dani Oblitas, and The One Hour Project in Chicago. Anniela has taught workshops for the University of Chicago dance community and currently works as a teaching artist with Urban Gateways. In 2024, she was invited to serve as a guest choreographer for the trainee program at Boston Dance Theater. Her work as a dance artist is driven by a passion for environmental awareness and a desire to reconnect with ancestral and cultural roots.
CHINELA, la que brinca y brama is a solo performance that celebrates the strength and resilience of women. Inspired by el brinco del chinelo—a traditional dance from Morelos, Mexico, rooted in a history of inequality and labor exploitation—this work transforms energetic jumps into acts of resistance and solidarity. This multidisciplinary work blends dance, tradition, and multimedia to explore how movement connects personal and collective memory.
