Without a doubt Clara Ramona is one of the most beautiful and dynamic artists in the world of Spanish dance and flamenco whether as a bailarina, or a bailaora, choreographer, director, producer or teacher.

Clara has lived dance as long as she has been able to reason. She started studying ballet, and traditional dance since the age of 5 in her native Philippines. After she moved to the United States, she continued her studies in ballet with the Aina Janson Ballet Academy, the Boston Ballet and the Boston Conservatory of Music and Dance where she obtained a BFA in dance. Her concentration over four years of study were choreography, pedagogy and technique in ballet, modern dance, jazz , Spanish classical dance and flamenco. She furthered her studies of Spanish classical and flamenco with masters such as Ramon de los Reyes in Boston, Manolo Vargas and Antonio de Cordoba in Mexico and in Spain with Ciro, La Tati, Jose Granero, and Tomas de Madrid among others.

Owing to her thorough training, Clara developed her professional career in the United States as the lead dancer and choreographer in the Ramon de los Reyes Spanish Dance Theatre. In this position she created many choreographies and performances which met with success and acclaim such as ¨Bravo Flamenco¨, accompanied by the great guitar master Sabicas, ¨Fiesta Flamenca Navideña¨ funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, ¨Yerma¨, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, ¨LaEncajada¨ performed for Amnesty International. Most important in this period, was her work, ¨Carmina Burana¨ of Carl Orff debuted in 1989 at the North Shore Music Theatre accompanied by the Paul Madore Orchestra and Chorus and considered by the critics as one of the best choreographies of the year.

It was also in the United States where she collaborated and created choreographies with diverse dance companies. This increased Clara´s creativity and knowledge of the professional dance world and increased her choreographic vocabulary. Keep in mind that she already had in her repertoire the ¨Capricho Español¨ and ¨Bolero¨ with the Boston Ballet, ¨The Three Cornered Hat¨ with the Boston Conservatory Dance Theatre, Ëlegant Gypsy¨ and ¨Jazz y flamenco¨ with the Danny Sloan Jazz Dance Company, ¨Dance Encounter¨ with the De Ama Battle Art of Black Dance company, ¨Fusions¨ with the Indian Ballet of Sukania, ¨Flamenco with Salsa¨ and ¨Suite Portorriqueña¨ with Jorge Arce and company, ¨Raices¨ with Ballet Hispanico of New York and work with the Mandala Folk Dance Ensemble, The Dance Collective, etc.

She also did industrial film work for Lotus Development Corporation, the Massachusetts State Lottery and musical videos such as the singer, Kashif for MTV. In collaboration with the Hispanic Alliance, she directed a program called Salsaerobics for the newly created Cable TV.