Originally from Cali, Colombia, Oscar trained under Gloria Castro Martinez at the Colombian Institute of Classical Ballet. In 2003, he joined the Rudra Béjart School Lausanne. That same year, he was invited by Maurice Béjart to dance at the 30th anniversary gala of John Neumeier’s Hamburg Ballet.
In 2004, he joined the Béjart Ballet Lausanne. Over twelve seasons, he performed leading roles from the repertoire of Maurice Béjart such as The Rite of Spring, The Ninth Symphony, Zarathoustra, le chant de la danse… He also took part in creations by Gil Roman, including Syncope, Là où sont les oiseaux and Anima blues, as well as Ismaël, a creation by Tony Fabre.
During these years, he appeared as a guest artist for the Stuttgart Ballet, the Gala of La Scala in Milan, the Bolshoi Theatre for the Ave Maya Gala, the Tribute to Gianni Versace (Milan), the World Ballet Festival (Tokyo) and the Nureyev Gala. In 2016, at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, Ballet 2000 presented him with an award recognizing dancers who have performed with the world’s leading companies. That same year, he was invited to the English National Ballet by Tamara Rojo, where guest choreographer Akram Khan created the role of Hilarion for him in Giselle.
In 2018, he worked on reviving the solo L’Effleuré by choreographer Anabelle Lopez Ochoa of the Dutch National Opera. In 2019, Oscar took over the artistic direction of the Colombian Ballet Company for one year, as well as the National Ballet School in Cali, Colombia. In 2022, he participated in a charity gala in support of Ukraine organized by Iana Salenko, a dancer from the Staatsballett Berlin, where he danced a pas de deux by Maurice Béjart, Liebe und Tod. That same year, he returned to the BBL.
Since then, Oscar has continued to dance iconic roles from the company’s repertoire, notably La Mort in Ballet for Life, Dionysos in Dionysos and The Dervish in La Route de la soie. He has also taken part in various creations such as Hamlet by Valentina Turcu, The other song of dance by Yuka Oishi, as well as OSKAR by Riva&Repele, a choreography specially made for him.