Short bio:
Born and raised in Miami to Cuban parents, Mango Lynx aka Kat Hernandez is a multi-disciplinary artist that centers creative play and pleasure (stay jugando) — a singer-songwriter, self-taught music producer, dancer-choreographer, movement director, voice actor, writer, somatic coach and dance graduate from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
Long bio:
Mango Lynx is a Cuban-American multidisciplinary performing artist whose practice weaves dance, music, choreography, and writing into evocative explorations of human connection, identity, culture, faith, relational transformation and embodiment.
After earning a BFA in Dance from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 2016, Mango led contemporary dance workshops and choreographed original dance-theater works across the United States and Europe.
In 2017, Mango secured an artist visa and residency in Germany as a finalist with the Perypezye Urbane Dance Association and premiered new choreography at the Butoh Festival Verda Utopio in France.
Returning to Miami in 2018, Mango became an artist-in-residence with Miami Light Project’s Here & Now program, developing innovative choreographic work, and received the prestigious South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Grant in Visual and Media Arts.
From 2018-2019, Mango immersed deeply in Contact Improvisation, undertaking a 10-month research journey across the U.S. and Canada to archive the practice. This study culminated in Portland, Oregon, where Mango facilitated dance jams and workshops.
When the pandemic halted touch-based dance practices, Mango transitioned into music production, self-teaching Ableton Live. Since then, Mango has cultivated a diverse sonic portfolio, experimenting across Latin pop and electronic music. Recent live performances include premieres at Jolt Radio for Miami Music Week and Asheville Community Radio.
In 2023, Mango was among 50 international dancers selected for an intensive study of Flying Low technique with David Zambrano at TicTac Art Centre in Brussels, Belgium and received the Miami Arts Grant for Individual Artists in 2024.
Additionally, Mango was a writer and voice actor for QUINN between 2023-2025.