Anniela Huidobro Castro

Somos agua ... Mujer pez/Paonakare/Tuiñmalhen... 💦🌊🧜🏽‍♀️💜 📷💕: @ladraaaaa y @gonzalogarcesestrada

Playing with the amazing photographer Yang 💃🏽✨🪸🔥💓 Thank’s for this @yangyangclover 📸

Join us this week in celebrating the finalists for the 2025 Lab Artists Program. ✨ Anniela Huidobro @an_altazor 🎥: Reel Editing by Daniel Williams @purus_motus @motus_cinema with Footage Courtesy of the Artist, Videographers: Arturo lavariega @arturo_lavariega Daniel Lugo daniirodriguez_____ Gabriel Mercado @gabrielmercadovasquez Gonzalo Garcés @gonzalogarcesestrada 🎵: Courtesy of the Artist, from the piece RIA ID: Embedded #LabArtistsProgram #ChicagoDancemakers

¡Estoy muy contenta de invitarles a este próximo Workshop, como parte de la residencia de creación de TZINELAS, en el Chicago Cultural Center!

Cáiganle a bailar ritmos y danzas folclóricas Latinoamericanas! 
🗓 April 2 | 6–7:30PM 📍 Chicago Cultural Center
Estudio de Danza, Primer Piso, Norte
Abierto al público en general! 
Equipa:
-Areli Ramirez @dandelion.ra -Gabriela Marks @goob_s_ -Lizeth Adaly @eu.lizzy2.0 -Lorena Castro @lorena.anahi.castro -Sandy Perez @sandiaperez_ 
 Asistente de Producción: Camila @houseofinsekta 
Diseño de Cartel: Wacho Gomez @wachogomen Fotografía y video: Gabriel Mercado @gabrielmercadovasquez 
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I’m very excited to invite you to this upcoming workshop, part of the TZINELAS project residency at the Chicago Cultural Center! Come join us to dance Latin American folkloric dances! 
🗓 April 2 | 6–7:30PM 📍 Chicago Cultural Center
Dance Studio, 1st Floor North
Free and open to all!! Team: -Areli Ramirez @dandelion.ra -Gabriela Marks @goob_s_ -Lizeth Adaly @eu.lizzy2.0 -Lorena Castro @lorena.anahi.castro -Sandy Perez @sandiaperez_ 
 Production Assistant: Camila @houseofinsekta 
Poster Design: Wacho Gomez @wachogomen Photography and Video: Gabriel Mercado @gabrielmercadovasquez

✨ An immigrant body… does it adapt or does it resist❓ A heartfelt thank you to @sirenega and the program Por Amor al Arte on @violetaradio for this insightful conversation with Mexican choreographer @an_altazor 🩰🇲🇽 TZINELAS is dance, memory, and dignity in motion. 💜 A dialogue on the body, heritage, and the power of our Latina artists in America! 🎙️ 👏At Contenidos Artísticos, we celebrate the visibility of creative work by migrant women who, from Chicago, continue to weave identity and resistance through art. 🌎 • • • ✨¿Un cuerpo que migra… ¿se adapta o resiste❓ Queremos agradecer a Irene García y al programa Por Amor al Arte de Violeta Radio por esta profunda conversación con la coreógrafa mexicana Anniela Huidobro 🩰🇲🇽 TZINELAS es danza, memoria y dignidad en movimiento. 💜 ¡Una reflexión sobre el cuerpo, las raíces y la fuerza de nuestras artistas latinas en Norteamérica! 🎙️ 👏En Contenidos Artísticos celebramos la visibilidad del trabajo creativo de las mujeres migrantes que, desde Chicago, siguen tejiendo identidad y resistencia a través del arte 🌎

Alright folks, mark your calendars for April 11th!!! @freedom_from_and_freedom_to is back on @elasticarts at 7pm/$15. I am beyond thrilled to have the amazing Anniela Huidobro @an_altazor with us for the first time! Come enjoy some of the best improvising musicians and dancers from Chicago and Sasha Masakowski from L.A.🙌🏾. This show will be live and also on Elastic’s twitch channel, for those that can’t join us. Freedom From and Freedom To is a cross disciplinary event featuring improvising dancers and musicians. Audience members will select the groups by chance. I’m extremely happy to present 25 performers! Many are FFFT veterans & others are brand new to the family! Here is the eventbrite link below for tickets: /e/freedom-from-and-freedom-to-tickets-1983830793306?aff=oddtdtcreator Anniela Huidobro is a Mexican dance artist currently based in Chicago. Her work explores the deep interconnectedness between humans, the environment, and our ancestral roots. ID 1. Image one is of Anniela surrounded by greenery. She is wearing a short sleeved gray and beige costume. Around the image it says Freedom From and Freedom To in lavender letters, and there are gold vertical designs on either side of the image, as well as their name to the right in lavender letters. Photo credit: Solomon Bowser @_solbowser 2. Image two is the FFFT graphic with all of the names of the performers in collaboration with @scottrubinmusic and the illustration was created by @cristalsabbagh #freedomfromandfreedomto #elasticarts #improvisedmusic #improvdance #annielahuidobro

¡Gracias a las Artes Audiovisuales que también estarán presentes en nuestro Festival! 📸🎉🎥🎬🎭 ➡️Es por eso que te presentamos a nuestras Artistas de Video que estarán participando en esta nueva edición del FESTIVAL:❤️🎉🎞️ Camino a Chicamocha” Silvia Juliana León Díaz - Colombia. @sjld_2001 @frankrodriguezroja "SOY MUJER" Xiomara Santos - Tarma. @xifame048 “CHINELA, la que brinca y brama” Anniela Huidobro Castro - México. / @an_altazor "Ilusión de Libertad” Mayela Montes Linares - Huancayo. @alguien.myl Gracias a las Artistas ❤️‍🔥 Y están todos invitados a la proyección 📽️ Que se realizará en pantalla gigante!! El 4 de Marzo En el marco de la Inauguración desde las 4:00 pm. En el Complejo Arqueologico Mateo Salado Av. Mariano Cornejo cuadra 12 y 13. Ingreso Libre

Inaugural Chicago Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival 2025 “RÍA, Reconciliación Íntima con el Agua” by @an_altazor #Latinxefestival25 Choreographer and performer: Anniela Huidobro Castro Music: Víctor Moris (Centro Oraculo Music) and Collen Production: Gabriel Mercado Vasquez A ritual created with water. A ritual of memories, stories, and experiences: the power of water as a medium to convey a message. The different ways in which water appears in our lives: in our past as memory, in our present as matter, and in our future as life. 📸 Photo by @mreidphotog 🎭 Festival : Produced by Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre @cerquarivera Curated by Wilfredo Rivera @wilfredo1269 #CRDT #Latinx #Contemporarydance #Dancefestival

“RÍA, Reconciliación Íntima con el Agua” by @an_altazor ritual created with water. A ritual of memories, stories, and experiences: the power of water as a medium to convey a message. The different ways in which water appears in our lives: in our past as memory, in our present as matter, and in our future as life. Q&A🗣️ 1. Dream with us: if there are NO OBSTACLES how would you like to see this event grow? I would love to see this Festival become an important platform for Latinx artists in Chicago, a flagship event that legitimizes, highlights, and elevates the artistic and cultural presence of Latin communities in the city. I hope it becomes a safe and welcoming space where more Latin migrant communities can attend, enjoy, and connect with the performances. At the same time, I hope people from other cultural backgrounds will also come, allowing them to better understand our concerns, cultural roots, and ancestral heritage. 2. And once you dream with us: Why is this event important AT THIS MOMENT. It is extremely important to carry out initiatives that place Latin communities at the forefront, that give us a safe space to share and to value the artistic, cultural, and economic contributions we make to this country. This is not only important but deeply relevant, not just because of the need for recognition as communities that contribute positively and significantly to this country, but also as an act of resistance and protest against anti-immigrant policies and the daily violence that continues to be inflicted on our migrant communities. It is a response to the ongoing rejection, the devaluation, and the attempt to erase our existence from these lands. That is why this event is so meaningful, especially in the current moment we are living through. It is necessary for us to express ourselves, to make ourselves visible, and to take a stand through art and through these deeply valuable gatherings. 🔗Tickets are available now *discount code: LATINX / 🗓️Saturday, October 11 📍Ruth Page Center, 1016 N Dearborn St, Chicago @ruthpagecenter 🕒7:30PM

RÍA, Reconciliación Íntima con el Agua 💦🌬️🍃
En el Parque Palmisano como parte del Chicago Dance Month, On the Move, organizado por See Dance!! @seechicagodance 💙🩵💚 Hermosas memorias y un hermoso registro de Solomon Bowser @_solbowser 🪻💟 Aprovecho también para invitarlos a ver RÍA en su versión para foro, que se presentará en el primer Chicago Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival!! 🙌🏽🔥 Este próximo Sábado, 11 de octubre de 2025
Lugar: Ruth Page, 1016 N Dearborn St, Chicago
Hora: 18:30 h (Hora de la Comunidad Latina/x) | 19:30 h (Función del Festival)
Presentado por: Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (@cerquarivera ) 🔗 Entradas disponibles (código de descuento: LATINX) / Ahora más que nunca, ¡apoyemos a la comunidad Latina! ¡Hagamos presencia, levantemos las voces y dejémonos ver! Nuestra aportación y presencia en este país es invaluable, inmensamente rica y hermosa. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇬🇹 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇧🇴 🇦🇷 🇵🇦 🇨🇷 🇵🇾 🇺🇾 ——————————————————————————— RÍA, Reconciliación Íntima con el Agua 💦🌬️🍃
At Parque Palmisano as part of Chicago Dance Month, On the Move, organized by See Dance!! @seechicagodance 💙🩵💚 Beautiful memories and a beautiful recording by Solomon Bowser @_solbowser 🪻💟 I also want to invite you to see RÍA in its stage version, which will be presented at the first Chicago Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival!! 🙌🏽🔥
Coming up: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Location: Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N Dearborn St, Chicago
Time: 6:30 PM (Latinx/x Community Hour) | 7:30 PM (Festival Performance)
Presented by: Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre (@cerquarivera ) 🔗 Tickets are available now (discount code: LATINX) / Now more than ever, let’s support the Latinx community! Let’s show up, raise our voices, and make ourselves visible! Our contributions and presence in this country are invaluable, incredibly rich, and beautiful. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇬🇹 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇧🇴 🇦🇷 🇵🇦 🇨🇷 🇵🇾 🇺🇾 #LatinxeFestival25 #LatinxMovementFestivalChi #ContemporaryLatinxDance #CerquaRivera

Introducing Anniela Huidobro Castro for Curiosities of Wellness in Bodies of Grief and Joy at the @mcachicago 9/2 @an_altazor “My name is Anniela Huidobro Castro, and I am a Mexican immigrant. I’m the first of sixteen grandchildren in the Castro Castillo family. I grew up surrounded by fabrics and sewing machines, in a home deeply rooted in the traditions of sewing, handicrafts, and painting. I feel incredibly proud and grateful to carry Latin American roots—a rich mix of Indigenous, African, and European heritage. I was raised in Tlaltizapán de Zapata, a small town in the state of Morelos, Mexico, known for its flowing rivers and abundant water. That connection to water has stayed with me, and it’s one of the reasons I feel so at peace living in Chicago, near the vast and beautiful Lake Michigan. My spiritual life is deeply influenced by Buddhist philosophy and Vipassana meditation. I find joy in dancing to Latin and Afro-fusion rhythms. I grew up with salsa, cumbia, cha-cha-cha, and mambo pulsing through my body. I’m also a percussionist and have had the joy of collaborating on a variety of musical projects. Through my artistic practice, I strive to reconnect with ancestral and Indigenous knowledge rooted in native communities. I’m inspired by the beauty of nature, the wisdom and cosmovision of our Indigenous cultures, and above all, by a longing to help build a more loving, less violent world—one that lives in harmony with the Earth. My memories, my bond with the land, and my cultural traditions are what sustain and inspire me. I’m a deeply emotional, sensitive, and nostalgic person. I miss my family dearly and do everything I can to stay close to them and to those I love. Today, I live in Chicago with my husband, Gabriel. Together, we’ve embarked on this journey to explore new horizons and opportunities—both personal and professional.” Curiosities of Wellness in Bodies of Grief and Joy redefines the structure and systems of performance and invites the audience to sit with grief and co-create a portal to joy. Link in bio for more info. Photo Credits 1- Gabriel Mercado 2- @ricardoeadame 3- @williamfrederkingphotography

We are very happy to share a little glimpse of the work in-process for ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕀𝕟 𝕃𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣𝕤, duet we will keep on developing with a lot of excitement✨! ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕀𝕟 𝕃𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣𝕤 This piece is inspired by the complexity and duality between fear and hope. Choreography and performance: Anniela Huidobro and Erik Elizondo Performed last weekend at @danztheatre in Chicago.