Joseph Her­nan­dez

US-born dancer and choreographer Joseph Hernandez received his ballet training at the School of American Ballet in New York. After engagements at Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, the Royal Ballet of Flanders, the Ballet Austin and the New York City Ballet, he was engaged in 2014 at the Semperoper Ballet Dresden. His choreographies include works such as "We Tender" in Antwerp, "SARO" in Seattle, "ORAKEL" and "Songs for a Siren" in Dresden, "Ganz Leise Kommt Die Nacht", and "Thief". In the summer of 2018 was born "The Lavender Follies", a play for Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, which was broadcast worldwide. In addition, his plays are shown successfully in theaters such as the Festspielhaus Hellerau and the Joyce Theater NYC. Joseph Hernandez lives in Dresden. In the season 21/22, he presents himself for the first time at the Staatstheater Nürnberg as part of the ballet evening "Made for Us“.

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