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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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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 鈥淎ll Shook Up鈥 on Broadway, then starred as 鈥渢he jury鈥 in the smash hit 鈥淐hicago鈥 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 鈥淭he Most Happy Fella鈥 at New York State Theater, 鈥淥n the Town鈥 at Encores, 鈥淟ive with Regis and Kelly鈥, 鈥淭he Today鈥檚 Show鈥, 鈥淎BT Now for PBS鈥, 鈥淟e Corsaire for PBS鈥, feature film 鈥淐enter Stage鈥. Michael frequently teaches at Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Arts at City Center, the Peridance Center, and is currently on faculty at 91视频.