Charlie Neshyba-Hodges
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Charlie Neshyba-Hodges is a contemporary American dancer known for his unique ability to blend powerful and fluid dancing with tragicomic projection. Known to critics for exceptional technical skill, Neshyba-Hodges enjoys a growing popular base of fans who describe his performances as charming, mesmerizing, or simply eloquent.
Neshyba-Hodges attended Walnut Hill School
from 1996–1998, in Natick, MA, where he majored in dance. He received the Arnold C. Taylor award for artistic and academic excellence, became a member of the Gold Key Honor Society for academic merit. In 1998 he was one of 20 dancers to perform in the NFAA-sponsored ARTS program, where he received a level 2 recognition. After graduation from Walnut Hill, he transitioned into a soloist role as a company member of the Sacramento Ballet. In 2002 he joined the touring repertoire company Twyla Tharp
Dance; he was voted Best Male Dancer by the European Critics' Choice Awards in 2003. At the same time he devised a dance notation, and began using it to archive several of Tharp's pieces. In January, 2004, he opened Tharp's first national tour of Movin' Out (musical)
, and in 2005 he began workshopping Tharp's The Times They Are A-Changin' (musical)
. His Broadway debut occurred in July 2005 with Movin' Out, in which he played Eddie. He played Pisspoor in an out-of-town tryout of The Times They Are A-Changin' at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in February 2006.
Recent original Broadway production credits include Come Fly Away
(2010), for which he won the 2010 Astaire Award for outstanding male dancer for his role as Marty. Rights to Come Fly Away were subsequently sold to the Wynn Las Vegas entertainment outlet, where a slightly shortened version of the show debuted on December 11, 2010 under the name "Sinatra Dance With Me."
Neshyba-Hodges attended Walnut Hill School
Walnut Hill School
Walnut Hill School for the Arts is a private boarding school for the arts located in Natick, Massachusetts.-Boarding School:Walnut Hill was founded in 1893 as a college preparatory school for women and a feeder school to Wellesley College. It became coeducational and arts-focused in the late 1970s...
from 1996–1998, in Natick, MA, where he majored in dance. He received the Arnold C. Taylor award for artistic and academic excellence, became a member of the Gold Key Honor Society for academic merit. In 1998 he was one of 20 dancers to perform in the NFAA-sponsored ARTS program, where he received a level 2 recognition. After graduation from Walnut Hill, he transitioned into a soloist role as a company member of the Sacramento Ballet. In 2002 he joined the touring repertoire company Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp is an American dancer and choreographer, who lives and works in New York City.-Early years:Tharp was born in 1941 on a farm in Portland, Indiana, and was named after Twila Thornburg, the "Pig Princess" of the 89th Annual Muncie Fair in Indiana.she spend hours working on it to help her...
Dance; he was voted Best Male Dancer by the European Critics' Choice Awards in 2003. At the same time he devised a dance notation, and began using it to archive several of Tharp's pieces. In January, 2004, he opened Tharp's first national tour of Movin' Out (musical)
Movin' Out (musical)
Movin' Out is a jukebox musical featuring the songs of Billy Joel.Conceived by Twyla Tharp, the musical tells the story of a generation of American youth growing up on Long Island during the 1960s and their experiences with the Vietnam War...
, and in 2005 he began workshopping Tharp's The Times They Are A-Changin' (musical)
The Times They Are A-Changin' (musical)
The Times They Are A-Changin' is a musical, conceived, directed and choreographed by Twyla Tharp.Mixing the theatre, dance and the musical stylings of Bob Dylan, Twyla Tharp tells a coming-of-age story that takes place inside a low-rent traveling circus found within a dark and humorous dream...
. His Broadway debut occurred in July 2005 with Movin' Out, in which he played Eddie. He played Pisspoor in an out-of-town tryout of The Times They Are A-Changin' at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in February 2006.
Recent original Broadway production credits include Come Fly Away
Come Fly Away
Come Fly Away is a dance revue conceived, directed and choreographed by Twyla Tharp, around the songs of Frank Sinatra. The musical, set in a New York City nightclub, follows four couples as they look for love....
(2010), for which he won the 2010 Astaire Award for outstanding male dancer for his role as Marty. Rights to Come Fly Away were subsequently sold to the Wynn Las Vegas entertainment outlet, where a slightly shortened version of the show debuted on December 11, 2010 under the name "Sinatra Dance With Me."