Michał Paweł Piróg (born 28 May 1979, Kielce[1]) is a Polish dancer, choreographer, TV presenter, actor and television personality.
Michał Piróg | |
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 Piróg in 2016 | |
| Born | May 28, 1979 Kielce, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | dancer, choreographer, actor, TV presenter |
Life and career edit
He graduated from the Cyprian Norwid High School No. 3 in Kielce and studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He is a self-taught dancer. At the age of 19, he started to work as a dancer at the Kielce Dance Theatre. He appeared in numerous theatre and television productions including Piotr Galiński's ballet performance Być albo brać ("To Be or To Take"), John Kander's Chicago at the Komedia Theatre in Warsaw, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats at the Roma Music Theatre in Warsaw, Ballady morderców ("Murder Ballads") at the Bajka Kinoteatr as well as Neil LaBute's play Fat Pig at the Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw.[2]
He worked as a dancer and choreographer in the Droga do gwiazd TV program broadcast on TVN Channel. In 2006, he co-hosted, alongside Edyta Herbuś, the W rytmie MTV programme. In 2007, he became one of the judges on the You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! talent show. In the same year, he appeared in Polish rock band Ira's music video to the song Trochę wolniej. In 2008, he co-hosted, together with Joanna Liszowska and Rafał Maserak, the Twój prywatny instruktor tańca show ("Your Private Dance Teacher"). In 2010, he started to work as a host in Poland's edition of the Top Model television series, initially aired on TVN Style. He has collaborated with singer Andrzej Piaseczny and Plastic music band and worked on choreography to their music videos.[3][4]
He also works as a dance instructor at the Autorska Szkoła Musicalowa in Olsztyn and organizes numerous dance and acting workshops across Poland. As a professional dancer he specializes in jazz, modern jazz, afro jazz, modern dance, funky jazz and broadway jazz and has collaborated with a number of theatres in Poland, France, Belgium and Switzerland.[5]
He established a two-year dancing project Horn Dance Company in partnership with Joanna Wasiuk. In 2017, he appeared alongside Piotr Czaykowski, on TVN's reality show Asia Express.[6]
Personal life edit
He openly identifies as gay.[7] He is of Jewish ancestry from his mother's side and has an older brother Sebastian.[8] He is a member of the Jewish Community Center in Warsaw (Gmina Wyznaniowa Żydowska w Warszawie).[9]
Filmography edit
- 2009: Zamiana as Joni
- 2014: Wkręceni 2 as juror
- 2016: Druga szansa as himself
- 2016-2017: Wmiksowani.pl as Zibi Dól
- 2017: Drunk History - Pół litra historii as narrator
References edit
- ^ "Personalidade: Michał Piróg". Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^ "Michał Piróg". Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^ "Michał Piróg". Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^ "Michał Piróg". Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^ "Michał Piróg". Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^ "Poznajcie uczestników drugiej edycji "Azja Express"". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^ "Michał Piróg: robię swoje". Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^ "Wywiady Repliki - Michał Piróg. Synek Madonny". Archived from the original on 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^ "Michał Piróg postanowił zostać Żydem". Archived from the original on 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2019-08-07.