Henry Rodríguez is an interdisciplinary artist, dancer, choreographer, dance educator and music maker born in Cuba and who is currently based in the Netherlands. His creative work reflects surreal and dreamlike choreographic landscapes by exploring and disrupting the universe of Majismo in the fields of dance, electronic music, installation and performance art. Each work is an amalgamation of eclectic scenarios where the human body unravels its deepest mysteries in a space where kindness, honesty and playfulness intersect.

BIO

He received his early education in dance at the UAD Ballet Español de Cuba, under the direction of Eduardo Veitia. During his studies as a seventeen-year-old he began to perform with Ballet Español de Cuba in ballets such as Carmen, La Casa Alba, El Sombrero de los Tres Picos, La Traviata, El Fantasma, Aquel Brujo Amor, Frida, Danzando Sueños, etc. in events such as La Huella de España, the International Ballet Festival of Havana, among others.

After graduation from the National School of Dance in 2011, he received an apprenticeship with Rosario Cárdenas Danza Combinatoria, directed by Rosario Cárdenas. During his time with Danza Combinatoria he performed in works such as Maria Viván, El Monte, Zona Cuerpo, Punto Ciego, El Ascenso, and his very first Spanish-contemporary choreographic work ‘Compás en Bulerías’, among others. Alternatively he worked with Cuban-Spanish choreographer Pepe Hevia and with companies Ballet Rakatan, chiefed by Nilda Guerra and with Danza Alternativa Así Somos, directed by Lourdes Cajigal and founded by American dancer and choreographer Lorna Burdsall. He joined Danza Contemporánea de Cuba in 2016 and since worked in pieces such as The Listening Room, Las paredes se van, Matria Etnocentra, among others by international choreographers Julio Cesar Iglesias, Theo Clinkard and George Cespedes. During his time with Danza Contemporánea de Cuba, the company toured worldwide to renowned theatres, such as the Barbican Hall, the Wales Millennium Centre, Royal Concert Hall Nottingham among others.

Henry moved to the Netherlands to study Modern Theatre Dance as a guest student at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. Alternatively, he has also worked with Amsterdam based choreographers Iris Reyes and Faizah Grootens, and began creating his own small-scale produced performances featured on European and international festivals and contests such as Florence Dance Festival, AmsterDans International Competition, Burgos and New York International Choreographic Contest, Bevrijdingsfestival, Electropark Festival and among others, the Amsterdam Fringe Festival where he has been a winning choreographer with the piece “Pulling Scales”.

In 2022 Henry created Ballet Goyeska (formally, GOYES’KA), an emerging, interdisciplinary dance company and platform where he is delving into his choreographic practice and own music production under the name of L’DELTA. In 2024, he completed the BA Teacher of Classical Ballet program at the Nationale Balletacademie, Academie voor Theater en Dans (Amsterdamse Hogeschool van de Kunsten). During this program, in addition to deepening his study of the Vaganova methodology, he also explored the basis of a new choreographic approach of his own: “Map D-Construct Classical.” A method that is based on the deconstruction of classical ballet technique to facilitate novel ways into choreographic creation to the students within the classical ballet program.

With a distinct movement language known by a powerful and innovative physicality, Henry’s work progresses consciously and continuously from project to project. Together to his creations, he gives dance lessons and workshops in relation to his creative process and new works.