ANNETTE FLORES

Annette Flores was born in San Antonio, Texas, where she began her first lessons in dance with her grandmother Teresa Champion.  She was blessed to be born into a family of Flamenco Artist and is third generation artist in her family.  Annette’s dance studies include Flamenco, Mexican Folklorico, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, and Modern dance.  She has studied with many instructors who include Vladmir Marek, Miguel Ponce, Sergio Martinez, Tracie Stanfield, Teo Morca, and Pilar Riojas and most recently Alonzo King.  She is a graduate of Texas State University’s Dance Department and is currently working on her MFA in Choreography at Jacksonville University.  Aside from her new studies she continues to study and take classes at Broadway Dance Center, STEPS, and Ailey Extension Program in NYC.  Annette has traveled and performed with Los Flamencos de San Antonio, Groupo Folklorico Mexicapan, and Mexico-Espana Dance Companies.  Recently she has founded her own dance company which fuses Modern and other styles of dance together.  Soul Fusion Dance Company has completed its first year of performances which included,  10mins Max in Austin, Texas, W-I-P in San Antonio Texas, Luminaria Arts Night out in San Antonio, Coolaborations with San Antonio Dance Umbrella, Una Noche de La Gloria, and its premier performance “Dance: A Way of Life.” Currently she is an instructor at Teresa Champion Dance Academy, where she is the Director of Viva Dance Troupe, an instructor at Saint Mary’s Hall Fine Arts Department, and an adjunct faculty member at San Antonio College in the Kinesiology and Dance Department.  She has been fortunate enough to teach Workshop and Master Classes across San Antonio and Texas State University.  Annette was the guest Artist in 2008 at Northwest Vista College where she recreated and set her piece Fusion de Vida to show at the American College Dance Festival.  She has recently been asked to create a new piece in collaboration with City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Dance Department for a Tribute to 9/11.   Annette continues to live in San Antonio with her husband Jason, and her two children Janette and Jay Anthony.