DANCE

Dance Bio

As a dancer, Mr. Ocampo has danced with Giordano Dance Chicago, River North Dance Company and has made many guest appearances with dance companies around the world. Eddy has been featured as soloist in many ballets by world renown choreographers, among them Gus Giordano, Nan Giordano, Randy Duncan, Lauri Stallings, Harrison McEldowney, Jeremy Plummer, Claire Bataille, Sherry Zunker, Michael Taylor, and Mia Michaels. Mr. Ocampo has been featured in movies, television, music videos, commercials and on Broadway. He has worked with music artist like, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Celine Dion, Cher and Madonna. Eddy was  assistant to Gus Giordano who he traveled with as his teaching and choreography assistant. Eddy was integral in assisting Gus Giordano in his final ballet, Le Fire Bird de Jazz, which Eddy starred as principal dancer opposite Kimberly Fletcher. 

Internationally renowned contemporary choreographer and dance teacher, Mr. Ocampo has created ballets in Europe, Mexico, Canada, Russia and throughout the U.S. He has been commissioned for theater, opera and museum installations, among them premieres at the Landestheater Linz in Austria, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, South Coast Repertory in Southern CA and the St. Petersburg Institut for Contemporary Art in Russia. Eddy has also set choreography on such dance companies as Giordano Dance Chicago, Luna Negra Dance Theatre, Thodos Dance Chicago, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, Odyssey Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City), Kannon Dance (St Petersburg, Russia), and many regional ballet companies in the U.S. He has also taught numerous artistic residencies for some of the most prestigious universities and colleges in the United States, Europe, Mexico, Canada, Turkey and Russia.

As a dance educator and administrator Mr. Ocampo served as school director of the Giordano Dance Center, the director of the Giordano Dance Center Scholarship Program as well as serviced as the rehearsal director of Giordano 2 from 2000-2004. He has also served as the Salt Creek Ballet School Director and acting Artistic Director and Executive Director for the 2020 - 2021 seasons. He sits on many advisory boards for dance companies, arts organizations and numerous LGBTQ+ nonprofit organizations. Eddy served as founding artistic director for Forum Dance Theatre for 20 years, a world renown nonprofit preparatory training program for the young and aspiring dancer in Libertyville IL. 

Mr. Ocampo has received many national and international awards for his choreography, among them, Mr. Ocampo is the recipient of the Dance Chicago Outstanding Choreography Awards in 2003 & 2004, the Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation Choreography Award in 2005 & 2007, the 2007 International Choreography Award at the World Jazz Dance Congress, the 2012 Recognition Award for Outstanding Choreography at the 2012 International Festival de Danse  in Montreal Canada, the National Choreography Recognition Award for Regional Dance America in 2012 & 2014, the 2024 Argo High School Distinguished Alumni Recipient and has been inducted in the Filipino Hall of Fame in 2005 for his contribution to the arts and dance communities. 

Mr. Ocampo has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, The Sun Times, Windy City Times, The Chicago Reader, Gay Chicago, Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit Magazine and numerous news papers and publications around the world. Mr. Ocampo resides in Chicago and is Co-Artistic Director of LEVELdance, a Chicago based, site specific and design based contemporary dance company. In addition to a successful dance career, Mr Ocampo is the owner of Skin Care For Gents and Apothecary EO, two successful skincare clinics in Chicago, IL.