The Company
Yaroque Dance Theatre is a New York City–based contemporary dance company that merges high concept with high camp, creating work that is sharp, spectacular, and unapologetically queer. Blending drag, mime, clowning, pop culture, and rigorous contemporary technique, the company builds ensemble-driven performances full of bold characters, theatricality, and showbiz flair.
Founded by choreographer and director Shelby Green in 2024, Yaroque was created to close the gap between “serious” dance and mainstream entertainment. Its work invites audiences into off-kilter, emotionally charged worlds where humor and spectacle open onto deeper questions of identity, power, and performance.
Since its founding, Yaroque has premiered an evening-length production at The Chain Theatre in New York City and developed new repertoire for the Royal Conservatoire of Dance in The Hague. The company is now building toward global touring and expanded screen-based collaborations.
OUR TEAM
SHELBY GREEN| artistic director
Shelby Green (they/them) is a New York City–based choreographer, director, and dance filmmaker working at the intersection of high camp and deep feeling. They are the founder and artistic director of Yaroque Dance Theatre and co-founder of the digital dance festival Finding Compassion. Blending concert dance, ballet, Gaga, commercial forms, drag, and clowning, Shelby creates bold, theatrical worlds that use humor, spectacle, and emotional honesty to explore identity, vulnerability, and queer experience. Their work spans stage and screen, including Yaroque’s first evening-length production, which premiered in March 2025 at The Chain Theatre in New York City. Across live performance, film, and hybrid formats, Shelby is committed to making work that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking.
Belleza
rehearsal director
The iconically mononymous, Belleza (she/her), has been dancing Shelby’s choreography since 2020 and has been able to find the accuracy through their movement. They now serve and the meticulous yin to Shelby’s imaginative yang. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Belleza graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance and a BS in Applied Physiology and Health Management from Southern Methodist University. She now resides in New York City, working as a teaching artist with DMF Youth, and a company member with Ballet Nepantla.
