Out.comCelebritiesTV ShowsMoviesMusicDragInterviewsFashionLifestyleTravelOUT ExclusivesOUT 100
    ADVOCATEPrideOut TravelerPLUSADVOCATE CHANNEL
    Email NewsletterSubscribeSubscriber Services
    CONTACTAbout UsCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
    © 2025 Pride Publishing Inc.
    All Rights reserved
    Out MagazineOut Magazine

    50 Photos Capturing the Shape-Shifting, Mostly Naked, Mostly Male Body

    Christopher Harrity
    08/16/18
    Scroll To Top

    By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

    Accept
     

    Mike Esperanza's skills as a choreographer are evident in his rigorous demands on his naked male models. Read more below.

    Mike Esperanza's skills as a choreographer are evident in his rigorous demands on his naked male models. Read more below.
      

    Mike Esperanza is an acclaimed artist from New York City who has established a national presence in the graphic design and dance communities. As a designer, his works has been recognized in publications such as Print, Communication Arts, and Graphis. Mike has also created award-winning work for Columbia Tristar, Sony, Telemundo, Nissan, The Colgate Company, The Irvine Company, Fashion Island and Santana Row.

    Originally from California, Mike obtained a degree in graphic design from California State University, Fullerton. Mike relied on his education to sustain a dance company for twelve years in Los Angeles and New York City, where marketing and photography became an integral part of building a business brand, including print and online presence. Mike's organic approach to photography captures the body in its shape-shifting form. "I treat the frame the same way I compose movement on the stage. The visual context is created based on the need of the client. Some are simple and forward while others generate tension to push the flow in and out of frame."

    As dance maker and choreographer, Mike has presented on prestigious stages including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sergerstrom Center for the Arts, McCalllum Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Salvatore Capezio Theater at Peridance, The Royal Conservatory in Cordoba, Spain, and the Australian Circus Festival. The Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, and other universities around the United States have commissioned Mike's work. Mike's talent garnered the 2005 "Dance: Creation for Performance" grant presented by Dance/USA and the Irvine Foundation, the 2010 "Innerstate" tour presented by ODC Theater, the 2010 paid engagement award at the Palm Desert Choreography Under the Stars Festival, the 2014 Reverb Dance Festival commission award, and the 2014 CUNY Dance Initiative.

    Mike is currently continuing his visual and creative exploration through film. Two of Mike's recent works have been screened nationally and internationally. The National Center for Choreography in Akron, Ohio and the San Francisco Dance Film Festival named Mike a choreographer for the 2018 "Co-Laboratory" Project. The Project pairs a choreographer with a film director to created a dance film in ten days using the City of Akron as a backdrop. The film "But first..." will premier at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival on October 11th through 14th.

    Mike's work has been described as "bold, athletic movement and theatricality - the latter clearly the coming together of Esperanza's many talents - the company epitomizes the dance of the new millennium: shape-shifting, vernacular-blending with a prescient focus on the brave new world in which we live." ~ Jessica Abrams, Explore Dance.

    Find more on his web site, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

    close button
    Photographydance
    nsfw

    More Galleries

    Ginger Minj as Reba McEntire on All Stars 10; Onya Nurve as Eddie Murphy on Drag Race season 17; Jinkx Monsoon as Judy Garland on All Stars 7
    Television
    Badge
    gallery

    'Drag Race': Snatch Game winners and the celebs they impersonated

    July 07 2025 6:21 PM
    ​Kelly Mantle in season 6; Irene The Alien in season 15; Lucky Starzzz in season 17 of RuPaul's Drag Race
    Television
    Badge
    gallery

    Porkchop Queens: All first-eliminated queens from 'RuPaul's Drag Race'

    July 07 2025 12:54 PM
    Denzel Washington in Gladiator II Elio Disney movie Valkyrie from Thor Ragnarok
    Film
    Badge
    gallery

    12 queer storylines edited out or scrapped in major movies

    July 03 2025 12:24 PM
    Lee Pace Foundation AppleTV plus and instagram reel
    Celebs
    Badge
    gallery

    41 pics of 'Foundation' star Lee Pace that exude Big Daddy Energy

    July 03 2025 10:35 AM
    23 pics of Taylor Zakhar Perez being a hottie at fashion shows & beyond
    Celebs
    Badge
    gallery

    23 pics of Taylor Zakhar Perez being a hottie at fashion shows & beyond

    July 02 2025 3:24 PM
    45 pics of Nicholas Galitzine to get you excited for He-Man
    Celebs
    Badge
    gallery

    45 pics of Nicholas Galitzine to get you excited for He-Man

    July 02 2025 2:51 PM

    Christopher Harrity

    Read Full Bio