He played Cooper in "Center Stage". See Ethan Stiefel now at 49 years old.

The occasional actor is always strongly involved in the world of dance.


More than 20 years after its initial release, the 2000dance drama Scene center still have a lot of passionate fans. The film talks about students who are starting to train in a ballet academy in New York with positions in a professional ballet company at stake, and it presents all the romance, the rivalries and the dance that you expect. Although some of the stars are mainly actors, many of them are real professional dancers. TakeEthan Stiefel, who plays CooperScene center. He was already a professional ballet dancer when he was thrown into the film, and his dance career continued later. He also worked in other fields, notably as director of the Ballet company. Read the rest to learn more about Stiefel's life today.

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He is a very accomplished dancer.

Ethan Stiefel in
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During the time that Stiefel didScene center, he was a principal dancer of the American Ballet Theater. Stiefel.He was with the company From 1997 to 2012, and towards the end of his mandate, he was also dean of the dance school at the Arts School of the University of North Carolina. Then, from 2011 to 2014, he was artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Stiefel also worked as a director, instructor and choreographer with various dance companies and was choreographer for the television seriesFlesh and bone.

He is currently heading another company.

Ethan Stiefel in a rehearsal in 2003
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In 2021,Stiefel has become the artistic director From the ballet of the American repertoire to New Brunswick, New Jersey.

"I am lucky to have the opportunity to become artistic director again," said Stiefel in a statement when the news was announced, as indicated bySharp magazine. "I believe that most artistic organizations have taken stock during these periods and explore the means of pioneer, to diversify and invigorate the way in which they approach their internal culture, while seeking to offer a current and relevant inspiration for communities And the public. I can't wait to help the American repertoire The ballet emerges from these difficult times and to be part of the development of the art form within the organization and the communities that we serve. "

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He did a little more after his first film.

Gillian Murphy and Ethan Stiefel at the 2016 Princess Grace Awards Gala
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Stiefel returned to play twice after afterScene centerFor the film's television suites. He again played Cooper in the 2008 suiteCentral President: Monitor And in 2016Central scene: on a point.He also appeared as himself on an episode ofGossip Girl in 2010.

Stiefel found hisScene center Co-Stars in 2020. Theirvirtual meeting collected funds for the rescue fund in the event of a crisis of the American Ballet. During their cat, the actors talked about the representation that the film offered to male dancers.

"As we all discussed because of the people with whom we worked on the film, at all levels, because someone, since the age of eight or nine, pursued a ballet career that I had The possibility of presenting dance at the highest level, "said Stiefel, according toVariety. "And all you can do is present your art form in the best light possible. It is a huge responsibility and that I have not taken lightly, but at the same time if we always speak of this Film at the moment 20 years later and some of the subjects we discuss, it seems that it has resonated. "

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He is married to a dancer colleague andScene centerstar.

Married StiefelGillian Murphy, a ballet dancer colleague in 2015. Murphy wasA main dancer With the American Ballet Theater since 2002 and joined the company for the first time as a member of the Ballet Corps in 1996. She was also inScene center, playing a student at Dance Academy, and joined her husband onGossip Girl. The couple welcomed a son,Stiefel axis, in June 2019.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"Overwhelmed by infinity [Emoji de Coeur] for this little guy !!" Murphy wrote on Instagram Next to an axis photo shortly after birth. "A big thank you to each of you for your messages and the warm welcome from Ax Nathaniel Stiefel (AX means" father of peace ")."


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