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 ...

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 ...

In 2020, Rafi Maldonado-Lopez, artistic director of the “Men Who Dance” all-male dance festival and founder of the Inter-American Choreographic Institute, introduced the inaugural program as a bold ...

Source: 123RF Image ID: 127156677 Media Type: Stock Photo Model Release : Yes Copyright: pavlobaliukh At 5 years old, I began dancing, taking ballet and modern dance ...

"Decades ago, when I was growing up and starting my career as a dancer, the world was very different. [Male] dancers, especially in classical ballet, were subjected to ridicule and overwhelming ...