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By Priscilla DeGregory. September 28, pm Updated September 28, pm. The New York City Ballet is off the hook in a scandalous lawsuit claiming explicit photos and lewd messages involving ballerinas were shared among male dancers — though a case against the ex-dancer at the center of the scandal may continue, a judge has ruled. Alexandra Waterbury — a one-time student dancer at the NYCB — brought the explosive claims in against the ballet company and her ex-boyfriend and principal dancer Chase Finlay after he allegedly sent pictures he secretly took of her to other male dancers. Waterbury claimed in the suit that there was a culture of sexual exploitation at the ballet that allowed for Finlay and three others — who are also named as defendants in the case — to exchange lewd messages about ballerinas. Ramasar and Catazano were both fired amid the claims — only to be ordered reinstated by an arbitrator in April

He subsequently became a noted dance director. After dancing with American Ballet Theatre , he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer for one season to learn George Balanchine 's neoclassical Russian style of movement. He then returned with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director. Baryshnikov has spearheaded many of his own artistic projects and has been associated in particular with promoting modern dance , premiering dozens of new works, including many of his own.

When he was 7 years old, future choreographer Tere O'Connor donned a white V-neck tennis sweater, a pair of very short shorts, and his father's trout fishing boots and sashayed down the street of his blue-collar neighborhood in Webster, New York. That inspired act of creativity was probably his first choreographed performance. I thought I was a real charmer. The stereotype of male dancers automatically being gay—not to mention the myth that dancing makes you queer—is a concept that Americans, in particular, love to embrace, as if to protect their own macho image.

Louie Spence born 6 April [1] is an English dancer , choreographer and television personality , best known for the TV show Pineapple Dance Studios. Spence performed in the West End as part of the award-winning original cast of Miss Saigon. In , Spence was artistic director of the Covent Garden Pineapple Dance Studios when he appeared on a docu-soap Pineapple Dance Studios beginning 14 February which was a huge hit.