Mac Twining (dancer)

Mac Twining (he/him) studied ballet with Nadege Hottier at the Premiere Division Ballet school and absorbed the influence of postmodern dance from his mother, Darla Stanley. In New York, he has worked with choreographers such as Stephen Petronio, Tere O’Connor, Kimberly Bartosik, Christopher Williams, Paul Singh, Aileen Passloff, Esmé Boyce, Douglas Dunn, Ellen Cornfield, Liz Gerring, Elise Knudson, and more. He has also been fortunate to work with the Merce Cunningham Trust on many occasions, performing in reconstructions of iconic pieces including Sounddance, August Pace, Beachbirds, and Totem Ancestor. In January of 2023, Mac was listed in Dance Magazine’s top 25 to watch after his performance in Christopher Williams’s queer reimagining of Les Sylphides (2022), and he was one of four finalists for the Clive Barnes Award in 2024. In December of 2023, he joined the CCN - Ballet de Lorraine in Nancy, France.