Oliver Oguma

He was born in 1993 and grew up in New York. He began dancing at the age of 8 and trained at the School of American Ballet, then at ABT's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, the Rock School for Dance Education and the San Fransisco Ballet School before return to New York to join the American Ballet Theater. In 2014, he joined the Ballet West Academy and was promoted to soloist in 2017. During his career with the Ballet West, he performed many main roles and also choreographed pieces for American companies. He distinguished himself in roles from the ballets Jewels (Rubies Pas), Chaconne, Raymonda and Serenade by George Balanchine; The Green Table by Kurt Joos; In The Middle Somewhat Elevated by William Forsythe; Madame Butterfly (Goro) by Stanton Welch; Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio) by John Cranko; or On An Overgrown Path by Jiří Kylián, among others.

He joined the Ballet of the Opéra national du Rhin in August 2019.