The Ailey School

Asia Bonilla is from Trabuco Canyon, California. She began formal dance training in Orange County, California under the guidance of Marlene Hall whom she assisted at the 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science (IADMS) in Basel, Switzerland. Asia is a senior in the Ailey/ Fordham BFA program pursuing a major in dance and a minor in mathematics. She has performed internationally at the Sydney Opera House during the 29th Youth Musicale Concert and at various venues throughout Nicaragua with JUNTOS Collective. She has also danced with Awaken Dance Theater and VISIONS Contemporary Ballet in New York City. Asia has supplemented her training with summer intensives at Ballet Hispanico, Joffrey Ballet, and The Ailey School. She has performed works by choreographers such as Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Jacqulyn Buglisi, and Henning Rübsam, among others. Asia is dancing with Ballet Hispánico’s second company, BHdos for their 2019-2020 season.  She is a graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, class of 2020.