Francisco Aviña

Francisco Aviña received his dance training at the Orange County High School of the Performing Arts and the Alvin Ailey American Dance School. He was a company member of Hubbard Street 2, River North Chicago Dance Company, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. His choreography credits include Gianni Versace fashion show in Singapore, 10^th Annual American Choreography Awards in Los Angeles, Nickelodeon’s Kid’s Choice Awards with Justin Timberlake, and three works for Hubbard Street 2, one of which won a national choreography competition. Last summer while in Mexico City, he choreographed Disney’s High School Musical La Seleccion which led to Disney’s High School Musical Mexico-The Movie. Recently he created a new work entitled Track 4 for Danceworks Chicago under the artistic direction of Julie Nakagawa. He is currently featured in the DVD of Celine Dion’s A New Day which he performed in Las Vegas under the direction of Franco Dragone with choreography by Mia Michaels.