2026 Dance Teacher Awardee Archie Burnett Has Brought Voguing to Students Worldwide With Authenticity and Flair
It’s possible no one has done more to disseminate vogue and waacking worldwide than Archie Burnett. Born in 1959 on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, then raised in Brooklyn, New York, Burnett has brought his broad smile, hearty laugh, and signature, quotable aphorisms to 37 countries, returning to many of them “six or seven times,” he says.