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 ...
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 ...
A great pair of dance shoes helps a man feel good as he stuns his friends, partner, instructor, a crowd, or judges with intricate ballroom footwork. Whether he needs shoes for practice, performance, ...
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 ...
"I wanna be a dancin' man," goes the old song by Harry Warren. But what does it mean to actually be that guy? "If you have a young boy in a family who says 'Hey, I want to take some dance classes', a ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...