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Anna began her training in dance and music at age four. After training in ballet at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet, she started studying modern dance in her early teens with Joan Kerr and Susan Hess. Anna moved to San Francisco in 1982, continuing her modern training with several teachers, including Lucas Hoving and Ed Mock, and commencing her flamenco studies with Rosa Montoya (of the Montoya Gypsy clan) and with the late Maestro Cruz Luna. By 1986, she was a member of Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco under the direction of Miguel Santos and Adela Clara, performing throughout the Bay Area. In 1991, she returned to Philadelphia and became a member of the Flamenco Ole Company under the direction of Julia Lopez and Carlos Rubio (no relation), performing, teaching and giving lecture demonstrations around the country. Anna and her husband, flamenco guitarist Tito Rubio, spent two years in Spain before returning to Philadelphia, where they now teach at the University of the Arts and perform throughout the area with their group Flamenco del Encuentro and their Flamenco and Middle-Eastern fusion group Herencia Arabe. Anna was awarded an Artistic Fellowship for the year 2001 from the Independence Foundation and a Leeway Grant for 2004, and Tito was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts for 2004. They recently returned from a long visit to Spain, where Anna continued her studies with La Chiqui de Jerez, Javier Latorre, Juan Polvillo and Israel and Pastora Galvan. Anna is also Flamenco Editor and critic of the Dance Insider.
Anna joined Musicopia’s roster in 2007 and leads the Flamenco del Encuentro ensemble.