More than forty years ago, dancer Richard Jessup traveled to Seattle for a show, fully intending to leave once the run was over. “I wasn’t planning to stay,” he says, “but other theater and dance ...

Since its inception six years ago, Men Who Dance Festival set out to break down stereotypes and prejudices that have long hindered the development of male dance. “Decades ago, when I was growing up ...

What does it mean to be a dancing man in the 21st Century? The annual festival that seeks to explore that question is back for its third straight year. The 2022 edition of "Men Who Dance" will feature ...

“There’s an aversion to male beauty in this country. We have this idea that beauty has to be defined as feminine,” says Ariel Rose, Miami City Ballet soloist and choreographer. Rose is a founding ...

The inaugural “Men Who Dance” festival began in 2020 as a bold initiative. The idea: to challenge stereotypes surrounding male dance. Starting with a modest group of 15 performers, the Inter-American ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The polka chinata, in which two men whirl together in a crouch, is revived in a dance by Alessandro Sciarroni, coming to PS21 in Chatham, N.Y. Two dancers doing polka chinata, ...

From risky beginnings at the height of the pandemic, South Florida’s Men Who Dance festival – now in its fourth year – not only survives but thrives despite recent political headwinds in Florida ...

It’s no easy feat to keep a dance festival going year after year, let alone decade after decade. Men in Dance, founded in Seattle 30 years ago, deserves a well-earned cheer, celebrating the ...

Disco music’s time in the sun may have passed, but the legacy of “The Hustle,” a mega hit in the genre, lives on Alice George - Museums Correspondent On April 18, 1975, Van McCoy and the Soul City ...