Arturo Fernandez

Arturo Fernandez, Ballet Master
Alonzo king’sLINES ballet
Since 1992 Arturo has been the Ballet Master of Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet. His career in dance includes work as a professional dancer, choreographer and master teacher. He received his training at the United States International University under the direction of John Hart, CBE and most notably Elaine Thomas, who still inspires him to excel.
Arturo has danced in both ballet and modern companies including San Diego Ballet, Arizona Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Les Ballet Trocadero de Monte Carlo, Oakland Ballet and ODC/San Francisco. In addition to his dancing, he was the assistant to the directors of both ODC and Arizona Ballet where he was a soloist.
In 1991 he collaborated with Brenda Way and KT Nelson of ODC to create Krazy Kat for the San Francisco Ballet. In 1993 he began creating his own work with a pickup company and received critical notice for his craftsmanship and sense of humor. Arturo has since choreographed for Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Inland Pacific Ballet, FCCJ, Los Angeles Dance Theater, LINES Ballet School, San Francisco’s School of the Arts, and Alabama School of Fine Arts. Most recently he choreographed Dracula in two acts for Inland Pacific Ballet to critical acclaim.
For more than a decade he has been an integral part of the faculty of the San Francisco Dance Center and has coordinated and taught in the Alonzo King Workshop for Professional Dancers since its inception. He also started the first ever Pre Professiona Program for the Lines Ballet School which garnered financial help from the NEA as well as an ever growing student body.
He has set ballets by Alonzo King on companies and Universities throughout the United States including NYU, Washington Unversity in St. Louis and the University of Florida, and works side by side with Mr. King in the creation of new work. Most notably, in August of 2006 he set Handel on the Royal Swedish Ballet with choreography by Alonzo King
He has been an integral part of the San Francisco dance scene for over 25 years. As a master teacher Arturo has traveled extensively teaching master classes, workshops and intensives around the country. He has been a guest teacher for Hubbard Street Dance Company, Inland Pacific Ballet, Robert Moses’Kin, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Moving People Dance Theater as well as many other companies. He is a former member of the faculty of Cal State Long Beach, San
Francisco State University, San Francisco’s School of the Arts, Orange County Performing Arts High School, and Marin Dance Theater.