Meet James B. Whiteside, a professional ballet dancer, musical artist, drag queen, and so much more. Learn about his many dimensions and the state of modern ballet in this episode of In the Know Profiles.

Late 1800s: The etymology of the phrase "drag queen" is debatable, but many scholars believe that the phrase was coined in the 1800s as a reference to the hoop skirt. As seen in this photo, hoop skirts would "drag" along the ground. The term "queen" was used as a derogatory slur towards homosexuals...

Jovani Furlan is a Brazilian ballet dancer. He joined the Miami City Ballet in 2012, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2017. In 2019, he left the company to join the New York City Ballet as a soloist, and became a principal dancer in 2022.

A “straight” guy falls for a Muslim drag queen in your first look at the new queer romance ‘Unicorns." Ben Hardy stars as Luke, a single father who works as a mechanic but is struggling to make ends meet. One night, he makes his was to a bar, where—unbeknownst to him—a drag show is underway. That’

In this special edition of our male ballet dancers series we present various contemporary dancers and choreographers like multiphase-tic James Whiteside. We include an interpretation by Brazilian dancer Rony Lea and the choreography of Andrea Barbosa. The music included was added as an introductio...

In this twenty-first installment of contemporary and ballet male dancers we present post master ballet class segments from Julio Bocca. We also introduce young dancer Sam McWilliams in a solo choreographed by Lauren Flores in NY, in addition we showcase teen dancer Devyn Lovett in "The Road." It is

Male ballet dancers possess many admirable qualities, such as being reliably strong, that make them excellent partners in adult ballet. Since ballet is traditionally a female dominated art form, male students are in the unique position to become role models for boys who wish to pursue dance. If yo

In this fifteenth installment of contemporary and ballet male dancers we introduce a special performance by reknown Brazilian dancer Jovani Furlan accompanied by Neil Marshall from the UK in a unique choreography by Renan Cerdeiro titled "Caballero," to a song by Juanitos titled: "Exotica." We

In this tenth installement of our "Male Ballet Dancers" we are proud to feature Jovani Furland in Concertino, explaining the anatomy of a dance; Clement Guillone in Acteon; Cesar Corrales, as a young dancer and blooming to become a principal dancer in Canada performing a variation of Action; and

Official music video for Raja performing "Diamond Crowned Queen." Starring Raja, Mario Diaz, Raven, and Tommy Joe Ratliff.