David Hernandez Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Be

Brussels Based And Internationally Active

Brussels Area, Belgium

Born in Miami, Florida Studied 'studio music & jazz’ and opera at the University of Miami and dance at 'New World School of the Arts’.Moved to New York to work as an apprentice with the Trisha Brown and company and begin researching with Meg Stuart whom he followed to Belgium to help begin the company Damaged Goods where he worked for almost seven years as a dancer and collaborator. Based in Brussels, he continues creating his own work in the form of dance performances, installations, happenings and many other sorts of multidisciplinary projects for over twenty years. Performing and collaborating with many other artists such as LaborGras, Brice Leroux, Anouk Van Dijk, Michel Debrulle as well as directing, performing and researching as an improviser with artists such as Steve Paxton & Katie Duck, among many others. He was one of the three initiators of the improvisation project 'Crash Landing' along with Christine Desmet and Meg Stuart.David participated in a choreographic collaboration with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker for many years for projects including "Zeitung", "Keeping Still" and “D’un Soir un Jour" and danced and sang in the production “Cesena" which premiered at the Avignon Festival in 2011.As a pedagogue, David gives classes and workshops worldwide while maintaining a position as a main teacher at PARTS since 1995. Previously he developed and managed his own education program, 'PEP' (The Performance Education Program) for several years in the framework of Klapstuk festival in Leuven, Belgium where he was also in residence.Continues to work as a singer with early music vocal group Graindelavoix, led by Bjorn Smelzer and Reve d'Elephant Orchestra jazz band, performing in concerts, recording discs and touring with several different projects. David continues creating his own work within the organisation dh+, David Hernandez and collaborators, whose two most recent performances, “ For Movement’s Sake” and “Hullabaloo” are presently touring.