About this Event
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago invites Advanced/Professional level dancers to dance with the artists of Hubbard Street for an Open Ballet Company Class led by Season 49 Guest Choreographer Fernando Hernando Magadan during his residency with the Company creating LUMINA, a World Premiere debuting as part of Fall Series (Nov. 13-22, 2026). Advance registration is required and space is limited.
ARTIST BIO
Fernando Hernando Magadan is a freelance stager, choreographer and teacher with roots in professional gymnastics. Throughout his 20 seasons with the Nederlands Dans Theater, he created with and performed works by prominent choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Crystal Pite, Sol Leon, Paul Lightfoot, Johan Inger, and Hofesh Shechter among others. Notably, he was invited to perform at the Benois de la Danse Gala Performance at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. He later went on to be rehearsal director and ultimately Artistic Leader of the prestigious junior ensemble NDT2. He has been invited to teach in dance institutions around the world and has set works of Jiří Kylián, Johan Inger, Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot for companies such us the Norwegian National Ballet, Ballet British Columbia, Ballett Zürich and Ballett Saarländisches Staatstheater. Characterized by his highly physical, inventive and musical movement vocabulary, Magadan has created original works for companies such as NDT1 and NDT2, Cross Connection Ballet Company, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Ballet Mainz, Ballett Saarländisches Staatstheater, Korzo Theater, Ballet British Columbia, Theater Luzerner, Korzo Theater and BODYTRAFFIC.
Event venue & nearby stays
Pritzker Foundation Studio at Water Tower Place, 835 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, United States
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