Claire Hilleren is from St. Louis and received her BFA in Dance with a ballet emphasis from Webster University in December 2008. While at Webster she performed in works choreographed by St. Louis choreographers Summer Beasley and Mary Ann Rund and performed in Webster's Dance Ensembles. She also performed in Summer Beasley's "Panorama" as well as MADCO's February 2009 production of "Chimera". Claire has choreographed for St. Charles Community College's 2007 production of "Black Elk Speaks" and recently attended the American Dance Festival in North Carolina. While at ADF she took classes with David Dorfman, Ohad Naharin, Mark Haim, Abby Yager, Ishmael Houston-Jones, David Brick, and Yvonne Meiers. She also worked with Ruth Andrien on Paul Taylor repertory. In the fall of 2009 Claire performed with  David Dorfman Dance in “Underground”.  In 2009 Claire joined MADCO where she got the chance to work with Cecil Slaughter and Keith Williams. Claire also has a love for aerial arts. She has performed on silks for MADCO’s 2009-2010 season, and hopes to do more works with aerial apparatuses. Claire is looking forward to her second season with MADCO.