Omar Hernandez
3753 N. Fremont Street 1S
Chicago, Illinois 60613
708-769-4525
[email protected] Education:
Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL
o Bachelors of the Arts: Dance (Expected Graduation Date: May 2014)
Teaching Experience:
Fall 2013: Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL
o Theory and Practice Teaching Dance
Summer 2012: Alvin Ailey Camp Chicago, IL
o Camp Counselor
Fall 2011- Present: One Hundred Fitness, LLC Chicago, IL
o Hip Hop and Fitness Instructor
o Certified BUTI Yoga Instructor
Training Experience:
2010- Present: Columbia College Chicago - Chicago, IL
o Technique and Composition: Keesha Beckford, Liz Burritt, Paige Caldarella, Peter Carpentar,
Margi Cole, Allen Desterhaft, Lisa Gonzales, Jen Grisham-Dobbs, Darrell Jones, Colleen
Halloran, Jeff Hancock, Carrie Hanson, Pam McNeil, Michel Rodriguez Cintra, Yael Levitin
Saban, Kyle Seguin, Sarah Schafer, Michael Snipe, Emily Stein, Richard Woodbury
o Dance History, Theory: Dardi Mcginley-Gallivan, Raquel Monroe
o Master Classes: Luciana Achugar, Sidra Bell, Janet Wong of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane
Dance Company, Delfos Danza Contemporanea, Caroline Fermin and Dan Walczak of
Gallim Dance, Miguel Guttierez, KJ Holmes, Margret Jenkins Dance Company, Jessica
Nicoll, Joseph Poulson, Vicky Shick, Josh Green of Stephen Petronio Dance Company, Netta
Yerushalmy
Performance Experience:
Columbia College Chicago Chicago, IL
o The Dance Centers 40
th
Anniversary Season Fall 2013, Whiteout by Joanna Rosenthal, The
Force Backwards by Netta Yerushalmy, Same Planet Different World Dance
o Faculty Concert Spring 2013, All the Little Things by Kyle Seguin
o Choreographic Project and Senior Concert Fall 2012, The Resistance(Close Yet Distant
Otherwise) by Ela Olarte, Infinite Light by Charlotte Kahler
o Choreographic Project Spring 2012, Skewed Perception by Sarah Forrester, Piece of Me by
Analy Gamino
Signal Ensemble Theater Chicago, IL
o Produce Season 3 Dance Showcase summer 2013, Metadata by Philip Elson
Hamlin Park Chicago, IL
o D-49 Dance Festival Summer 2013, Metadata by Philip Elson
Honors and Awards:
Columbia College Chicago Deans List 2012-Present
Columbia College Chicago Academic Scholarship, 2010-Present
