Oscar Fernandez is from the village of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria region of Spain. He joined Ballet Memphis in 2016, and has performed in Steven McMahon’s Vanguard, Stella and Wizard of Oz. He began dance training at the age of 14 and moved to Madrid at the age of 17 to continue his studies in classical and contemporary dance at the Royal Conservatory of Professional Dance. Oscar received a full merit scholarship to study at the San Francisco Ballet School. While in San Francisco, he performed in Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella and Helgi Tomasson’s Nutcracker and Giselle. From 2014-16, he was a member of Ballet San Jose and performed in Ben Stevenson's Cinderella, George Balanchine's Theme and Variations, Jorma Ello's Glow-Stop, and Ohad Naharin's Minus 16.

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