t’s a golden era of male ballet dancers. It’s not just hyperbole. The young men rising up at the Royal Ballet are some of the most exciting in dance right now: principals , first soloists such as Shi Yueat the Winnipeg Royal Opera Ballet of Canada and Luzemberg Santana . it’s a giant leap from the

In this second instalment of contemporary dance we incorporate "Cfy Me A River" choreographed by Andrew Winghart with the amazing performance of George Lawrence II accompanied by a host of women dancers; as well as a youth contemporary improvisation "Kid Experiment." Contemporary dance is a ge...

Dancers Responding to AIDS, founded in 1991 by former Paul Taylor Dance Company members Denise Roberts Hurlin and Hernando Cortez, is a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon...

In this fifteen installment of "Male Ballet Dancers" we feature the outstanding Vaganova Ballet Academy and their male sutendts progress. .With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance court pageantry to royal entertainment to full-fledged performi

In this seventh edition of our Male Balet Dancer serie we feature Italian Marco Masciri in a Contemporary Variation as well as Les Indomptés interpreted by Andrea Marino and Giovanni Tombacco. With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance court pag

In this episode of contemporary and ballet male dancers II, we introduce australian dancer Lewis Shilvock, portuguese dancer Martinho Lima Santos and canadian Joshua St. John. With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance court pageantry to royal ent

In this fifth installment of contemporary and ballet male dancers we incorporated an accrobat duo by Artur & Lucatsz as well as performances by Canadian Myles Erlick Brotsjor, Italian dancer Alessandro Frola, and Russian Vadim Munagirov, principal dancer at the London Royal Ballet. With a history d

Once-in-a-lifetime pairings of ballet and contemporary luminaries, three remarkable world premieres, an excerpt of a seminal piece that changed the history of modern dance and unpredictable weather conditions marked this year’s sold-out Fire Island Dance Festival on July 20-22, 2018. The 24th editio

Project Moves Dance Company shocked the audience at Fire Island Dance Festival 18 as five young dancers began their number wearing signs with homophobic slurs. Committed to sharing a powerful message of human respect and acceptance, the Massachusetts-based dance company ultimate shed the insults an...

In this episode of contemporary and ballet male dancers we introduce portuguese dancer Vasco Yu Belo performing "Esperanza" and "Flames of Paris"; François Alu from France in Etude; and a unique contemporary and acrobatic performance "Mano a Mano" by "The Lads" Jack and Taiga from UK. With a histo