Danze Off

Three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle is recognized as one of Broadway’s most respected musical stars and is an acclaimed dancer, singer, choreographer, producer, and writer. Hinton received a full scholarship to the prestigious School of American Ballet under George Balanchine. At age 15 he made his Broadway debut as the Scarecrow in the musical ‘The Wiz’. Hinton’s career has spanned over three decades with award winning performances in Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, Dreamgirls, Sophisticated Ladies, Chicago, Ragtime, Miss Saigon, and The Tap Dance Kid.

He has appeared in film and television programs, including Dreamgirls where he played opposite Jamie Foxx and Beyonce. He has also appeared in Touched by an Angel, Quantum Leap, Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story, These Old Broads’, Foreign Student, Sweet, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Smash. As a choreographer his credits include the 65th and 66th Academy Awards, the feature film Idlewild by Outkast, and has directed and choreographed for Baltimore School of the Arts, Washington Reflections Dance Company, and Philadanco. He has also worked on Respect, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Evil Dead: The Musical and currently producers of Sistas: The Musical. Hinton is extremely excited to launch the DANZEOFF national dance competition and convention in 2017 and produce his first show of the 2017 Broadway season.