{"id":1730,"date":"2017-06-07T14:22:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T14:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:29","slug":"preston-dugger-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2017\/06\/07\/preston-dugger-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Preston Dugger III"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Preston Dugger III<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Dance Theatre of Harlem<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ballet San Jose<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oakland Ballet<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>BalletMet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1731\" src=\"http:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/90.jpg 250w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/90-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/90-230x297.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preston Dugger III grew up in Washington DC and attended the Thomas G. Pullen Creative and Performing Arts Academy. He studied at the Washington Ballet School and Dance Institute of Washington before dancing with Dance Theatre of Harlem, BalletMet, Ballet San Jose, and Oakland Ballet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has performed in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motown<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memphis<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Broadway. Mr. Dugger also appeared in season 1 of the series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flesh and Bone <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well as season 2 of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smash<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TnOy2WR8S7I?ecver=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>See also:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/person\/preston-w-dugger-iii-vault-0000115708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preston W. Dugger, Playbill<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadway.com\/buzz\/158762\/memphis-hoofer-preston-w-dugger-iii-on-how-broadway-gets-his-blood-boiling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Memphis Hoofer Preston W. Dugger III on How Broadway Gets His Blood Boiling, Broadway.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/lifestyle\/style\/2001\/05\/20\/preston-dugger-iii-up-to-speed\/0abb79b6-62f0-4f78-9c89-38212ac2a120\/?utm_term=.f08cb5a88909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preston Dugger III, Up to Speed, The Washington Post<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/05\/fashion\/weddings\/dancing-on-air-onstage-and-off.html?mtrref=www.google.com&amp;gwh=E2FD9A315C471EB3CC696B15E356F7D9&amp;gwt=pay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dancing on Air, Onstage and Off, The New York Times<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2005\/10\/18\/the-oakland-ballet-returns-with-a-slightly-too-full-plate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Oakland Ballet returns with a slightly too-full plate, East Bay Times<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/photos\/preston-w.-dugger?excludenudity=true&amp;sort=mostpopular&amp;mediatype=photography&amp;phrase=preston%20w.%20dugger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photos of Preston W. Dugger, Getty Images<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Video links:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TnOy2WR8S7I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gotta Dance! Broadway Dancer Preston Dugger III Broadway.com Photo Shoot, Broadway.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Social media:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/preston.w.dugger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preston W. Dugger<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/djduggz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@djduggz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preston Dugger III Dance Theatre of Harlem Ballet San Jose Oakland Ballet BalletMet Preston Dugger III grew up in Washington DC and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancers"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7387,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions\/7387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}