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Daniil Simkin (born 12 October 1987 in Novosibirsk, Russia) is a ballet dancer and entrepreneur, best known for his accomplished technical skill and charismatic stage presence. He was formerly a principal dancer with both American Ballet Theatre and Berlin State Ballet. Simkin is based in New York, and is the founder of Studio Simkin.
He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He subsequently became a noted dance director. [3] Born in Riga, Latvian SSR, into a Russian family, Baryshnikov had a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad before defecting to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in Western dance.
Edward Villella (born October 1, 1936) is an American ballet dancer and choreographer. He is frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer of ballet at the time. [1] [2] He has won numerous awards, including the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the National Medal of Arts.
Pages in category "American male ballet dancers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 253 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2019, Royal and Misty Copeland became the first black duo in ABT to dance the lead roles in a ballet, by performing Ratmansky's restaging of Harlequinade. [7] Later that year, on his debut as the title role in Balanchine's Apollo , the New York Times wrote that he "is suddenly the most elegant male dancer in the company". [ 8 ]
Julian MacKay (born 28 October 1997) [1] [2] is an American ballet dancer. He is the first American to have completed both the lower and upper schools at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. In 2016, he joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet as a second soloist, where he later reached the rank of first soloist.
Dance lovers are in for a unique, hilarious treat this weekend, when the world’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, performs at the Detroit Opera ...
António Casalinho (born June 14, 2003) is a Portuguese ballet dancer. He is a principal dancer with the Bavarian State Ballet. [1] Early life