Sean Omandam

DEMI-SOLOIST DANCER

Sean Omandam is from Fresno, California, where he began his training with Shirley Winters. He later went on to train on full-scholarship at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida. Upon his graduation in 2004, he joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company, and was promoted into the Company in 2005. With Colorado Ballet, Sean has performed a variety of soloist and principal roles. His repertory also includes featured roles in works by Lar Lubovitch, Val Caniparoli, Amy Seiwert, Edwaard Liang, Matthew Neenan, Jodie Gates, Dwight Rhoden, Darrell Grand Moultire, and Jessica Lang, among others.

Hometown:
Fresno, CA

Dance training and awards:
Began his training with Shirley Winters
Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, under the instruction of Victoria Schneider, Olivier Pardina and Svetlana Osiyeva, graduated in 2004 Competitor and gala performer at the New York International Ballet Competition

Joined Colorado Ballet:
Studio Company 2004
Company in 2005

Promotions:
Promoted from Studio Company to Company in 2005

Selected roles and ballets:
Puck in Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night's Dream
White Rabbit in Septime Webre's ALICE (In Wonderland)
Peter in Michael Smuin's Peter and the Wolf
Champion Roper in Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo
Jester in Ben Stevenson's Cinderella
Whip Boy in Glen Tetley's The Rite of Spring
Max in Septime Webre’s Where the Wild Things Are
John Darling in Michael Pink's Peter Pan
Green Man in Lila York’s Celts
Russian in Martin Fredmann’s The Nutcracker

More about Sean:
In the summer of 2013, Sean was featured as a contestant on the premiere season of the South Korean television show, Dancing 9. Pointe Magazine also featured Sean in their 2014 October/November “Dancer Spotlight.”