MakarovaFan Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Who, in your opinion, is or was the most handsome male dancer? This is a no-brainer for me: the drop-dead gorgeous Vladimir Vasiliev. Visit the website below and you'll see what I mean. http://www.radix.net/~dalila/vasiliev/vlad.html Maris Liepa was also very handsome. Link to comment
carbro Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 Probably not handsome in the classic sense, but absolutely RIVETING in appearance, Rudolf Nureyev leapt instantly to mind. Classically handsome: Bruhn. Link to comment
Alexandra Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Oh, come, I can't let this one go. He was known on the New York standing room line as "the most gorgeous man ever to grace the ballet stage." Henning Kronstam Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I'm being big about this: Peter Martins. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Okay, three-way tie: Kronstam, Vasiliev, and Martins. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 maris liepa, royes fernandez... Link to comment
Reinhard Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I think the Italian dance star Roberto Bolle is a very handsome male dancer. Have a look at his webside: http://www.robertobolle.com/ Link to comment
Ari Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Helgi Tomasson, Anthony Dowell, Nikolaj Hubbe . . . Link to comment
ballerina1023 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I'd like to echo FarrellFan's comment on Peter Martins. Also: Ethan Stiefel (very "boyish" good looks) and Adam Cooper. I find Stephen Hanna, recently promoted to soloist at NYCB, uniquely appealing. Link to comment
perky Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 From the past: Michael Mordkin, Michael Somes, Nicholas Magallanes. The latter is featured with Marie-Jeanne in a serious of photos by George Platt Lynes. They are nude and posed by Balanchine. Both are beautiful but Magallanes is a lovely speciman of Manhood, uh......so to speak. From the present: Nikolaj Hubbe, Albert Evans, and although he isn't dancing anymore I've always thought Patrick Dupond was good looking. Maybe not in the classical sense, but he always did IT for me. Link to comment
Estelle Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I'd also add Charles Jude, Michaël Denard, Laurent Hilaire... Link to comment
Leigh Witchel Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 ahem, Estelle. No Jean-Guillaume Bart? Link to comment
Marga Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Rex Harrington, who just retired from the National Ballet of Canada, is generally regarded as a hunk! For me, the young Jacques D'Amboise was gorgeous. He still is! Link to comment
Petra Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Nureyev and Jude (but he's a Nureyev lookalike ) Link to comment
Estelle Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Oh yes Leigh, he's worth adding to the list Link to comment
nysusan Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 From the past - Michael Denard Among today's dancers there is no contest for me: I think Marcello Gomes may well be the sexiest man on the planet. And what a wonderful dancer! Link to comment
atm711 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Frederic Franklin was quite a handsome fellow in his youth---and he is still beautiful. :rolleyes: Link to comment
Nanatchka Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Greek God: Peter Martins Soulful: Baryshnikov Hot: Edward Villella Beyond divine: Igor Youskevitch Handsomest Choreographer: Paul Taylor (he guested with NYCB, so I am grandfathering him into the ballet thread) The Handsomest Man in the World: dancer Rob Besserer I am not including people I did not see in person, though I met Villella and Youskevitch after they retired from the stage. From the photographic evidence, the Danes have consistently populated dance with the handsomest of the handsome. Link to comment
socalgal Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Jorge Donn....he was amazing! Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I can see it now, the "Ballet Beefcake" calendar!!!!!! Link to comment
Old Fashioned Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Unbelievable no one has mentioned Jose Manuel Carreno. Link to comment
GabbyN Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Sir Anthony Dowell and Maxim Belotserkovsky Link to comment
carbro Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 I logged on, Old Fashioned, with the intent of adding Jose Carreno , more on the sexy list than the handsome list, but he is handsome. Also sexy, Andris Liepa , IMO the most charming man in ballet until Marcelo burst onto the scene. Back to handsome, how could I (and you, out there) have forgotten Arne Villumsen? And why are there so many Danes? Wow, for such a small nation, they must have quite a gene pool! Link to comment
Hans Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Danish people are GORGEOUS...not that I'm biased or anything ;) I'd say Belotserkovsky, Andris Liepa, Angel Corella, and of course, Nureyev. Also, I desperately want to add Victor Baranov, but I'm so fascinated by his legs and feet that I honestly can't remember what his face looks like. I do recall that he and Larissa Lezhnina complement each other perfectly. Link to comment
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