Brown Arts

Orlando Hernandez

Orlando Hernandez
Photo by Nikki Lee
Orlando Hernández (he/him) is a tap dancer, theater-maker, and writer based in Rhode Island. He has presented his work at On the Boards, SPACE Gallery, Movement Research at the Judson Church, the Provincetown Dance Festival, DANCE NOW at Joe’s Pub, the Motion State Dance Festival, and La Casa de Cultura Ruth Hernández Torres. Orlando is a member of the Boston-based tap dance company Subject:Matter, directed by Ian Berg. He was the 2019 recipient of the Fellowship in Choreography from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, and a 2019 recipient of the Rebecca Blunk Fund Award from the New England Foundation for the Arts.

You can find him at www.orlyhernandez.com or on Instagram @pineappleju_icefrog.

As part of the REMAKING: the real festival, Orlando Hernandez presented new work Pass Me Not.