Antuan Byers

dancer / creative entrepreneur

Antuan Byers is a professional dancer, creative entrepreneur, and dance arts activist based on Lenapehoking Land (Manhattan, NY). Through his work online, he has cultivated artistic partnerships with brands such as Acura, Barney’s NY, Brooklinen, Nike, and Jaguar, and global modeling campaigns including ASICS and Capezio. After touring internationally with Ailey II, he returned to Lincoln Center to rejoin the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, where he is currently performing a diverse repertory with works choreographed by Kim Brandstrup, Philippe Giraudeau, Lorin Latarro, Sue Lefton, Mark Morris, Alexei Ratmansky, Susan Stroman, and Christopher Wheeldon, among others. Antuan hosts The LLAB on Pod de Deux podcast, a series on racial justice in the dance world, is a steering committee member of the Dance Artists’ National Collective, and is a founding member of the Black Caucus at the American Guild of Music Artists.

He is the proud Founder/CEO of Black Dance Change Makers