Angelica Mondol Viaña

Dancer

Angelica Mondol Viaña (NY, NY) a Brooklyn native, discovered her passion for dance at the age of 8. She began training at Elliot Feld’s Ballet Tech - the NYC Public School for Dance and continued at Fiorello H. Laguardia High School for Performing Arts. In the afternoon, she would train at Ballet Hispanico on a merit scholarship throughout the school year. She went on to graduate with her BFA in Dance & Choreography from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). While at CalArts, she performed works by DIAVOLO, Elisa Monte, and Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, and has collaborated with artists from all sorts of mediums, including music and film. She also studied at the Bates Dance Festival in 2015 and 2021, trained at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater’s Raul Julia Training Unit, and participated in the University Settlement’s New York Movement Collaborative, founded by Ehizoje Azeke and Marguerite Hemmings. Shortly after, she danced at Ballet Hispanico as a member of BHdós, Sydnie L. Mosley Dances, Spark Movement Collective, Emily Johnson/Catalyst, STREB and Brooklyn Ballet. She is a dancer and choreographer for Olivia K & the Parkers for an ongoing three years. She was a 2021 University Settlement Performance Project Fellow and a Pa’lante Scholar at Ballet Hispanico under the direction of Rodney Hamilton. She is also a third-year member of Black Diaspora curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa (an initiative that supports up-and-coming, Black-identifying, and Afro-Latinx dance and performance artists). Angelica is currently dancing with RudduR Dance and CLYMOVE.

Angelica joined Clymove in the spring of 2022.

Photo Credit:
Justin Reid