Liliana Ruiz was born in Mexico City where she started to study ballet when she was six years-old. Shortly thereafter, she began her study of Spanish and Flamenco dance,inspired by her family’s deep-rooted passion for the arts. She has studied Spanish dances and Flamenco with Juana Amaya, Chiqui de Jerez, Antonio Hidalgo, Isabel Bayón, Angel Atienzo, Pilar Ortega, Manuela Rios, Inmaculada Ortega, Chunny Amaya, Winny Amaya, Cristobal Reyes, Mario Maya, La Tati, La China, Milagros Rioja, Pilar Rioja among others.
Liliana has many notable dancing credits which include performances in the play Carmen with the opera singer Placido Domingo at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, in the Premier Club with Julio Iglesias and, in the show Noches Españolas (Spanish Nights) with El Poeta de Granada Manuel Benitez Carrasco.
Liliana moved to the United States in 2000 and lived in New Jersey for a year where she became part of the company New York Express. With this company, she performed throughout the New York Metropolitan area.
Liliana has performed Clasical Spanish dances with the two-time Grammy Award-winning pianist Peter Nero and The Philly POP’s at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. She has continued her study of dance in the U.S.A She expanded her dancing locales with different companies which have taken her to dance in theatres such as “The Cashama Theatre on NYC’s Broadway, at the Fringe Festival and The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia and events such as the “Feria de Sevilla in Philadelphia”.
Liliana also dances with the band La Revancha. With them, she has danced in a number of festivals, including NY’s Central Park shows during the 2004 and 2005 marathon festivities.
