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.

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.

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...

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...

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 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

In this tenth installment of contemporary and ballet male dancers we showcase Argentinian dancer Luciano Perotto in several warming training sessions. We also present the number of male dance students at the University of Arizona have increased significantly in recent years. We also introduce

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

In this eleventh installment of our "Male Ballet Dancers" we are proud to feature a graduating class of the Royal Ballet of Canada; the principal dancer for the Royal Opera Ballet mexican native Issac Hernandez and italian Francesco Gabriele Frola With a history dating back more than four hundred y

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