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.

Probably not handsome in the classic sense, but absolutely RIVETING in appearance, Rudolf Nureyev leapt instantly to mind.

Classically handsome: Bruhn.

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

I'm being big about this: Peter Martins.

Okay, three-way tie: Kronstam, Vasiliev, and Martins.

maris liepa, royes fernandez...

I think the Italian dance star Roberto Bolle is a very handsome male dancer.

Have a look at his webside: http://www.robertobolle.com/

Helgi Tomasson, Anthony Dowell, Nikolaj Hubbe . . .

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.

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.

I'd also add Charles Jude, Michaël Denard, Laurent Hilaire...

ahem, Estelle. No Jean-Guillaume Bart?

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!

Afshin Mofid

Nureyev and Jude (but he's a Nureyev lookalike )

Oh yes Leigh, he's worth adding to the list

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!

Frederic Franklin was quite a handsome fellow in his youth---and he is still beautiful. :rolleyes:

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.

Jorge Donn....he was amazing!

I can see it now, the "Ballet Beefcake" calendar!!!!!!

Unbelievable no one has mentioned Jose Manuel Carreno.

Sir Anthony Dowell and Maxim Belotserkovsky

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!

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.

For me - Nikolai Tsiskaridze. See: http://www.tsiskaridze.ru/page-bio.htm

For me - Nikolai Tsiskaridze and Laurent Hilaire. This is the kind of a discussion where people can never agree completely: beauty is in the beholder's eye.

Past: Peter Martins
Present: Marcelo Gomes (cant believe no one's mentioned him) and Carreno

I knew you would chime in for him, Carbro.

I've always thought Jock Soto was good looking.

Simon Ball, very handsome and princely.

Jock Soto, Marcelo Gomes, Amar Ramasar, David Hallberg, Albert Evans, Jose Manuel Carreno, Steve Hanna, Craig Hall, Seth Orza, Adam Hendrickson, Vincent Paradiso, and I think Eddie Liang is really attractive, too.

Women? No one holds a candle to Helene Alexopoulos...but Korbes & Golbin are right up at the top and I have always found Amanda Edge and Carrie Lee Riggins quite striking. Miranda Weese is gorgeous, she is in fact delectable...

Helene Alexopoulos is a beauty indeed, Oberon.

The photos I've seen of Alla Shelest are stunning. It's a shame there's little or no film footage of her dancing.

Jose Manuel Carreno - a very beautiful man.

Mikhail Baryshnikov - a name I thought would have been mention by now. Very handsome and sexy.

James Fayette - a handsome man in a Norman Rockwell, boy next door type way.

And seeing that no one said this was only limited to male ballet dancers:

Alvin Ailey - a strong masculine presence.

"Ballet only" should be generally assumed on topics here (or I'd mention Rob Besserer. . .paging Nanatchka!) - the board is meant to give a place to discuss ballet without dilution by other topics.

We have an informal rule here about the introduction of non-ballet: The amount you're allowed to go off-topic is in direct proportion to the amount you're on-topic. Talk about ballet a lot, and we won't care if you talk about modern dance, flamenco or basketweaving on occasion. Come here mainly to talk about basketweaving and it's a problem.

Carry on!

Talking about dancers no longer dancing, I thought Peter Frame was handsome in a similar all-American boy way. To me, Jeff Edwards was beautiful rather than handsome, if that makes any sense.

Yuri Possokhov, Gonzalo Garcia, Sergio Torrado, Roberto Bolle, I always thought Zoltan Solymosi was every inch a dashing prince, Carlos Molina, Joaquin de Luz.

Rachel

You rang? Sorry, I apologize. I got carried away. But GeorgeBFan, I did mention Misha....

Nanatchka, you're right you did mention Baryshnikov. My mistake.

Actually, I almost wasted a good chunk of one particular ballet class, lost in admiration of Paul Frame's profile. Beautiful nose!

Perfect sense about Jeff Edwards -- beautiful in an almost otherworldly way.

robert tewsley, konstantin zaklinsky, vladimir vasiliev, andrian fadeyev .....




jose manuel

Eddie Villella looks really REALLY cute in the old pictures I've seen of him. He seems full of personality and humor. Very attractive man.

I like guy guys. Damian Woetzel is very cute in person and I will be crushed if he retires from City Ballet while I still live here. He's my favorite.

I think it would be almost impossible to come up with any of those guys who AREN'T totally gorgeous. They all are. Short ones, tall ones, pretty ones, manly ones...I love them all.

Stricly by looks alone, no one is quite as handsome as Jose Manuel Carreno. Wow

Frank Augustyn, I can't believe no one is mentioning him.

What about Gedemis Taranda? He was usually cast for "bad guy" roles at the Bolshoi, but he is ten times as good looking (and charismatic) as any of the heroes.

Irek Mukhamedov (at least when he's on stage)

Alexey Fadeyechev

Another Dane: Kenneth Greve

My list of personal favourites: Henning Kronstam, Erik Bruhn, Andris Liepa, Gedemis Taranda

I am late in adding my vote but it would have to be Henning Kronstam. No photo does the man justice. As Romeo, those amazing dark eyes reached out to the last row of any theater! If I had to think of a second name, it would probably be Vasiliev.

ROBERTO BOLLE is soo stunning- he takes my breathe away....and gah look at his feet!

Jamie Bishton, with ABT from 1985-1999--you can see him in the film of The Upper Room, in the sneakered men's trio. And in our citing of great Danes, we should have mentioned Nicolai Hubbe....

I think that so many beautiful men has crossed the stages all over the world, Kronstam was extremely beautiful in the poetic way, Martins in the more masculine way, but time doesnt stop there, in Copenhagen there have always been beautiful men on stage at the moment Blangstrup is rather goodlooking, Koelpin was as well. Hübbe is a wonderful and fascinating artist but i would not call him beautiful. Greve is also impressive. Sakurai, though small and young is not bad looking

Around the world I have always liked Rex Harrington, Roberto Bolle (not as a dancer), Jeffrey Edwards, Jesus Pastor.

I am sure i have forgotten someone but then again beauty is not that important, its just an extra little treat for us in the audience

Joe Duell
Giuseppe Picone

Yeah, the Duell brothers were pretty cute.

How about Bryan Pitts?

Has anyone suggested Laurent Hilaire of the Paris Opera Ballet?

He is, shall we say, not unattractive.

The West coast dancers are under represented here. Add Moises and Ruben Martin to the list. Also, newly promoted SFB principal dancer, Nicholas Blanc.
James Sofranko gets lots of notice from the younger crowd.

one to look out for is Kristoffer Sakurai, soloist of the Royal Danish ballet!!! :-)