about 

Rebecca Hidalgo a.k.a Ondina

is a multi-genre artist and performer originally from Brooklyn, New York. Her eclectic body of work includes dance & choreography, music and songwriting, acting, circus arts, photography, video art and more.

Her dance training spans over the majority of her life, ranging from studies in classical and musical theatre styles (ballet, jazz, tap) to varying styles of street dance, Afro-Haitian, contemporary and post-modern technique. 

In 2015, she graduated with a BFA in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied acting at the Experimental Theatre Wing and Stonestreet Studios (film & tv). While at ETW, her training in post-modern dance technique, Grotowski work and Afro-Haitian dance melded with her prior movement training to form her choreographic style. Her vocal stylings and songwriting grew with embodied voice work and improvisational jazz technique, and throughout college she participated in multiple musicals and sang with a Latin-fusion band. Her other fields of study included child & adolescent mental health, film production, urban arts and sociology.

After graduating , Rebecca went on to work and collaborate in the New York downtown theatre, music and circus scene. Her credits include LaMaMa, House of Yes, The Bitter End, Rockwood Music Hall, The PIT NYC (Peoples’ Improv Theatre), Park Avenue Armory, Triskelion Arts, NYC Fringe, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, and more. She has collaborated with artists such as Son Lux and Sasha Velour, to name a few. She has choreographed and co- created works for companies such as Refinery 29, The Advocate, Fireball Films, Gizmodo and You are So Lucky. Company credits include Tactile Movement Collective (performer & choreographer), House of Yes and Cirque du Nuit (core company member and aerialist). Rebecca has created and produced three original full-length multimedia dance-theatre productions: Chivas 18, Super-Like and Están Mirando. Her most recent credits include the Icelandic professional production of We Will Rock You (asst. choreographer & dance captain), Fame (choreographer, Verzlunarskóli Íslands), and she is currently working at Þjóðleikhúsíð (The National Theatre of Iceland), performing in Kardemommubærinn (Ensemble/Dance Captain), and Rómeó og Júlía (Júlía’s alter-ego/choreographer).

Rebecca is also known by her artist name “Ondina”, under which she has released her original music (Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, etc.)

Throughout all of her work, using extremely personal content and a high-energy aesthetic, her mission as an artist /activist is to tell stories that spark controversy, conversation and communication. 

Her work and collaborations have been performed in New York, Berlin, Reykjavík, and more. She currently lives in Reykajvík, Iceland, where she continues to work as a performer, educator, and certified fitness instructor.