David Hernandez

Born in Miami, David Hernandez studied studio music, jazz and opera at the University of Miami and dance at the New World School of the Arts. He apprenticed with Trisha Brown before coming to Belgium to join Meg Stuart as member of Damaged Goods in 1993. In his own work, he created solos and group work (such as Love Letter, 2000, and Blueprint, 2002). He collaborated with Alexander Baervoets on the Mapping of Canada, 2000, and Schouet Doch, 2001 and worked as a dancer with choreographers such as Brice Leroux, Olga de Soto among others. As an improviser he worked with Steve Paxton, Katie Duck and Vera Mantero. He has created various installations as well as performances, multi media and improvisation events such as Crash Landing, (in collaboration with Meg Stuart and Christine de Smet), and Filter, on invitation from Cregie Horsefiled & Palais des Beaux Arts (2001). Recently he has been collaborating on projects with Rebecca Murgi, LaborGras, Anouk van Dijk Company and Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker.
He has been extensively teaching technique and various workshops in composition and improvisation to companies, organizations and has been a regular professor at P.A.R.T.S. for the last 10 years. He has lead improvisations for festivals such as Klapstuk, Springdance and Sum of the Parts