With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance court pageantry to royal entertainment to full-fledged performing art. It is often misunderstood as a form of dance meant for girls and women only, but nothing could be further from the truth! To unders

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

With a history dating back more than four hundred years, ballet has progressed from Renaissance court pageantry to royal entertainment to full-fledged performing art. It is often misunderstood as a form of dance meant for girls and women only, but nothing could be further from the truth! To unders

Kirk, a professional dancer, surprised his bride Valerie with an incredible dance performance by him and his groomsmen. Valerie is a ballerina with the Richmond Ballet and their wedding reception took place on the same stage they had shared as dancers in performances for the Richmond Ballet (CenterS...

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

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

Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and Europe. In this episode we introduce the...

In this sixth installment of male contemportary dancers we present Pietro Jackson in "Dancing in the Rain" as well as a male duet from the work of Levi Philip Markman "Whisper's and "Voicers" where one dan cer is listening to the spirit of his friend; and ending with Max Ostler, Max Simmons, Conor

Since the first performance in 1995, the annual Fire Island Dance Festival has become the Island's most anticipated cultural event of the season. Fire Island Dance Festival features an eclectic mix of world-renowned and emerging dancers, dance companies and choreographers. The weekend-long festival ...

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...