Mark Stuart

Lauded by the Chicago Sun Times as “brilliant… steel-cut perfection,” Mark Stuart has been named a rising star of the entertainment world by The Times Square Chronicle. As Founder and Executive Artistic Director of Mark Stuart Dance Theatre, Stuart’s powerfully elegant choreography has revolutionized story-telling with intense gravity-defying partnering.

His choreography and performances have been featured in films, commercials, music videos, on Broadway, at Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center. Stuart most recently served as Choreographer on the Diesel: Fuel for Life television ad campaign. He currently appears in a Revlon commercial with Olivia Wilde, was recently featured in an exclusive performance for Madonna, and served as Assistant Choreographer for the world-premiere Broadway musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

Stuart is the recipient of 2011 BroadwayWorld Award for Choreography for The Wiz, hailed as “a work of art.” A two-time Joseph Jefferson Award winner for Choreography (Swing!, The All Night Strut), Mark is also an LA Ovation Award nominee for Featured Actor in a Musical (Swing!). Choreography credits include Broadway: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Chance and Chemistry, “Broadway Bares XXI”, “Gypsy of the Year”. Regional: Lincoln Center Spring Gala, Babalu, Erotic Broadway, The Wiz, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Life Could Be A Dream, among others. Performance credits include Cats, West Side Story, Les Miserables, Swing!, and Miss Saigon. While film credits are as diverse as Idlewild, Bolden, and The Great Observer, Mark Stuart has also appeared in and choreographed several music videos. A two- time American Lindy Hop Champion, Stuart has enjoyed international celebrity for his role in Swing!, appearing in numerous TV specials and concerts worldwide.