Bradley Beakes is a New York City based dance artist
originally from Glendora, California. He attended
California State University, Fullerton, where he majored
in dance with additional training at the American
Academy of Ballet, Limón West Coast summer
intensives, and the Ailey School. Over the past decade
he has been honored to dance with the Limón Dance
Company, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, BARE
Dance Company, Julia Ehrstrand Collective, Project 44,
NOW-ID, Keith Johnson/Dancers, Naganuma Dance,
and Visions Dance Theatre where he was named the
2010 Lester Horton Award Winner for "Outstanding
Male Performance". Bradley has been a member of
Doug Varone and Dancers since 2017. He has been
privileged to guest teach in over a dozen universities
across the United States and in summer intensives by
Doug Varone and Dancers, Limón West Coast, Ballet
West Academy, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Ballet
Lubbock, and New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble.
Bradley recently taught for the Dance International
Program in Japan to institutions including D.A. Tokyo,
Fukuoka School of Music, Nagoya School of Music, D.A.
Osaka, and the Tokyo School of Music and Dance. In
NYC, Bradley currently teaches for the Limón School
and intermittently at Gibney and Peridance. His
choreography has been presented at the American
College Dance Festival, Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival,
Palm Desert Choreography Festival, Ririe-Woodbury
Dance Company's 'Momentum', INKUBATE Dance
Festival, and the Utah Arts Festival.
