Dyllón Burnside is an American actor and singer. He is known for his
role as Ricky Evangelista, a dancer, in the FX television series
Pose.Burnside got his first start at age 12 when he performed as the
lead singer of hip-hop/R&B boy band “3D†with 2 of his cousins and
managed by his mother, touring with the likes of Stevie Wonder and
Rihanna, with a distribution deal with Atlantic Records and performing
in venues including Madison Square Garden and the Nokia Theater. After
10 years, he began feeling constricted by fronting a boy band and
wanted to explore arts less traditionally masculine: "The things that
I was interested in didn’t necessarily align with my family’s or
society’s idea of what it meant to be a man. ... I can still be a
male and sing Mozart or take a ballet class and that it not have
anything to do with anything other than I wanted to take a ballet
class." As a result, he enrolled at the CAP21 conservatory to take a
vocal major, moved to New York City and took acting and dance classes
including studying for a bachelor's degree in media studies and
writing from The New School.While at CAP21, Burnside starred in the
Tupac-inspired musical Holler if Ya Hear Me on Broadway in 2014, where
he played Anthony. While studying Burnside was also a part of NBC's
Peter Pan Live!, HBO's High Maintenance and performed in BeBe Winans's
musical Born For This in both Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
role as Ricky Evangelista, a dancer, in the FX television series
Pose.Burnside got his first start at age 12 when he performed as the
lead singer of hip-hop/R&B boy band “3D†with 2 of his cousins and
managed by his mother, touring with the likes of Stevie Wonder and
Rihanna, with a distribution deal with Atlantic Records and performing
in venues including Madison Square Garden and the Nokia Theater. After
10 years, he began feeling constricted by fronting a boy band and
wanted to explore arts less traditionally masculine: "The things that
I was interested in didn’t necessarily align with my family’s or
society’s idea of what it meant to be a man. ... I can still be a
male and sing Mozart or take a ballet class and that it not have
anything to do with anything other than I wanted to take a ballet
class." As a result, he enrolled at the CAP21 conservatory to take a
vocal major, moved to New York City and took acting and dance classes
including studying for a bachelor's degree in media studies and
writing from The New School.While at CAP21, Burnside starred in the
Tupac-inspired musical Holler if Ya Hear Me on Broadway in 2014, where
he played Anthony. While studying Burnside was also a part of NBC's
Peter Pan Live!, HBO's High Maintenance and performed in BeBe Winans's
musical Born For This in both Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
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