Antuan Byers
Dancer. Creative Entrepreneur. Organizer.
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If anyone is going to make a difference in the dance world and beyond, it is Antuan Byers.
— AGMAzine (American Guild of Musical Artists), Alicia Cook
Photo by Macaiah Carter for OUT Magazine
Antuan Byers is a dancer, model, creative entrepreneur, and arts organizer. Basing his multidisciplinary practice in Lenapehoking, Manhattan, New York, he is using movement as a catalyst for societal change.
He is a freelance dancer, and regular performer with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet at Lincoln Center.
Antuan is the Founder and Director of Black Dance Change Makers.
Black Dance Change Makers is a national political home for Black dancers organizing across the studio, the stage, and the streets. We pair political education, skill-building, and collective care with a practice that moves beyond applause and into action.
Antuan serves as Vice President at the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), is a Thought Partner with the National Center for Choreography at the University of Akron, sits on the Advisory Board for Art Bath, and serves on the Artistic Advisory Committee for The Metropolitan Opera, the largest arts nonprofit in the United States.
He was also recognized on Urban Arts Magazine’s “40 Under 40” list and as an Artist Advocate with New Yorkers for Culture & Arts (NY4CA).