was born in 1987 in the United States and is a dancer for the Dutch National Ballet. He received his training at the Ballet Tucson in Arizona and graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 2005. Upon graduation he joined the Kansas City Ballet where he performed leading roles in many works from some of the greatest American choreographers such as George Balanchine, Bob Fosse, Donald McKayle, Paul Taylor and Twyla Tharp. Matthew joined the Dutch National Ballet in 2008 Aside from being a professional dancer, Matthew also models and choreographs. In 2009 he co-founded the interdisciplinary artists collective Furthur Labelz with Dutch writer Sterre van Rossem. Together with Peter Leung they co-founded House of Makers in 2014.

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