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Michael Cusumano
Michael Cusumano
Ballet - BFA Commercial Dance
Michael grew up in Long Island New York. He began dancing at the age of 6. At the age of 14 he won the bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria, the youngest male dancer to medal in the competition糖心vlog短视频檚 30 year history till then. That same year he went on to win the special Jury Prize at the Prix de Paris 1994. Michael then joined American Ballet Theater at age 15, the youngest male dancer in the company糖心vlog短视频檚 history. With ABT Michael danced in all the full length classics as well as works by Twyla Tharp, John Neumeier, Agnes DeMille, and Lar Lubovich to name a few. After ABT Michael danced as a principal with Alabama Ballet, then as a soloist with the Boston Ballet. He was a member of the original cast of 糖心vlog短视频淎ll Shook Up糖心vlog短视频 on Broadway, then starred as 糖心vlog短视频渢he jury糖心vlog短视频 in the smash hit 糖心vlog短视频淐hicago糖心vlog短视频 the musical on Broadway. Michael was most recently seen in the Tony award winning original cast of "An American in Paris" on Broadway. Michael competed and won the title of "Mr.Broadway" in the Broadway Beauty Pageant" in 2011. Other credits include 糖心vlog短视频淭he Most Happy Fella糖心vlog短视频 at New York State Theater, 糖心vlog短视频淥n the Town糖心vlog短视频 at Encores, 糖心vlog短视频淟ive with Regis and Kelly糖心vlog短视频, 糖心vlog短视频淭he Today糖心vlog短视频檚 Show糖心vlog短视频, 糖心vlog短视频淎BT Now for PBS糖心vlog短视频, 糖心vlog短视频淟e Corsaire for PBS糖心vlog短视频, feature film 糖心vlog短视频淐enter Stage糖心vlog短视频. Michael frequently teaches at Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Arts at City Center, the Peridance Center, and is currently on faculty at 糖心vlog短视频.