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In French, a male ballet dancer is referred to as a danseur and a female as a danseuse. In Italian, a ballerina is a female who typically holds a principal title within a ballet company; the title for equally ranked males is ballerino. In Italian, the common term for a male dancer is danzatore and a female dancer is a danzatrice.
Pages in category "Male ballet dancers" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Male ballet dancers (1 C, 23 P) E. Male erotic dancers (1 C, 8 P) I. Male ice dancers (1 C) Pages in category "Male dancers" The following 23 pages are in this ...
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 .
Herman Cornejo (born 13 May 1981) [1] is an Argentine-born ballet dancer and a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.He has had leading roles created for him by Alexei Ratmansky and Twyla Tharp; his signature roles include Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and the leading male role in Ratmansky's Symphony No. 9.
Male ballet dancers perform more athletic technique. [2] Men focus more on leaps and jumps and are expected to get more height and power in their technique. [2] Within the dance world there is a strong push for male ballet dancers to have masculine characteristics. They are often told to dance like a man from a young age. Male dancers that have ...
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.
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev [a] (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is widely regarded as the most preeminent male ballet dancer of his generation as well as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time.