ABOUT

John Manzari is an Ovation Award and Helen Hayes Award nominated dancer, singer, choreographer, and teacher.

Stage credits include the Broadway revival of Funny Girl; MUNY's Anything Goes; Encores! The Tap Dance Kid; Off Broadway’s Maurice Hines: Tappin’ Thru Life; Caleb Teicher’s Bzzz; Bessie Award winning production Chasing Magic; 42ND Street; The Wiz is 40: A Celebration in Dance and Music; and Sophisticated Ladies.

Television credits include Law & Order SVU; the PBS specials Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future; Rooted; The Kennedy Center at 50; and Michael Feinstein at the Rainbow Room; Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; Good Morning America; The View; The Jerry Lewis Telethon; and So You Think You Can Dance.

Concerts include one man shows RECENTER and The First Set; guest appearances with symphonies across North America i.e. New York, Edmonton, Seattle, Houston, and DC (National & American) and bands such as The Hot Sardines; Fall for Dance; Canada’s Fall for Dance North; Amelia Island Dance Festival; and Gold Coast Dance Festival. John can be seen in the documentary about his mentor Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back. Other film credits include the award winning short films To: Everything I Love; Slip; and Leonard Soloway’s Broadway. His short film – Ghost – was an official selection for Fall for Dance North's 8-Count Short Film Festival.