William Briscoe began his dance training at the Repertory Dance Company of East Harlem at age 10. He went on to train at LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts, while also performing in Aida at the Metropolitan Opera House, Merce Cunningham Dance Center and later received his BFA from The Juilliard School in 2003. Upon graduation William became a leading member of Aszure Barton & Artists (2004-19). He has performed and toured with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Hell's Kitchen Dance for 2 seasons. Toured with Robert Battle’s, Battleworks. Joined the abcdancecompany, in St. Polten, Austria and Geneva, Switzerland, working with various choreographers and director and choreographer, Nicolas Musin. He danced for Kyle Abraham/ A.I.M. Toured Italy with Alessandra Ferri’s Evolution program in 2015.
Briscoe was casted in the remake of the movie HAIRSPRAY. He has performed with Vogue Evolution, who appeared on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew on Season 4. Taught Master classes in Modern/Contemporary dance at Goucher College, LaGuardia HS of the Performing Arts & Music and Art, Adelphi University, Bolshoi Ballet in Curitiba, Brazil, Jacob’s Pillow, with Aszure Barton & Artists, Repertory Dance Company of East Harlem, Third Dance, The Juilliard School with Cherice Barton, The Playground, ESOTA in Queens, Axis Connect in New York City, NY, and Braswell Arts Center: Basel, Switzerland; InDancity, Vienna, Austria; Performing Arts Center Austria, Vienna; Tanz Bozen, Bolzano, Italy Briscoe assisted Aszure Barton on Lift, a creation for The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. He’s collaborated with Brice Mousset on French Armour, with Oui Danse. In 2014, William was rehearsal director and co-choreographer for the Shadow Box Theatre production, The Earth and Me, directed and written by Sandy Robbins. He conducts Master Classes in Contemporary/Modern, Vogue and Heels. William was on Modern Dance faculty at Adelphi University from 2015-19. Where he created works for Dance Adelphi in 2016 & 2019, and independent performance projects. He was on Dance Faculty at Fusion Dance Centre in Roselle Park, NJ.
Summer of 2017, William explored concepts for Notions of Beauty: Mone’ah Leezah Smile, at BAAD (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance) during a one-week residency. A 2021 recipient of the TURBO residency at ImPulsTanz, he developed Mon’ah Leezah Smile. He has received awards for his choreography at National Dance Competitions. Strutted his stuff for Kinky Boots promo commercial, Feel the joy. In 2018, he performed and choreographed the music video Damned Devotion, for recording artist Joan as the Policewoman, and Next Level Festival of Choreographers and Composers series 2018. Briscoe staged Aszure Barton’s Awáa/Duet & Come In on Ballet Am Rhein in Dusseldorf, Germany. In 2021, he played Duane in HAIRSPRAY at Nürnberg Staatstheater, Germany. And, Odette in La Cage aux Folles, at Volksoper, Vienna (2022) a phantom in the Rocky Horror Picture Show at Stadttheater Bozen (2023).
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