Gregory Lucas Malek-Jones (born May 12, 1990) known professionally as Gregori Lukas is an American recording artist, singer, dancer and actor. Gregori released his debut single "Stay", in March 2013, composed by world renowned composer and conductor, Tomer Adaddi, a composer known for his unique blend of classical and contemporary music. Lukas released his second single, "Belong" on March 5, 2015. He has appeared with the

New York City Ballet New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's fir ...

in numerous productions and is best known for playing the title role in

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's ''

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'' at the

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Life and career

Born and raised in

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, Malek-Jones attended the

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in New York City alongside

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and others where he studied musical theater. While in attendance at the Professional Performing Arts School, he was nominated for the New Jersey Theater Alliance's NJACT Perry Award for Best Male Ensemble actor in a musical for his role in the Montclair Operetta Club's

Children of Eden ''Children of Eden'' is a 1991 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John Caird. The musical is based on the Book of Genesis, with Act I telling the story of Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel, while Act II deals with N ...

. Gregori also attended the

School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet (SAB) is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the age of six, with professional voc ...

, the official school of the

from the years 2000–2008. During his term with the

he performed in various shows with the

, including Harlequinade, Swan Lake, Vienna Waltzes, Sleeping Beauty and

The Nutcracker. While in production with

The Nutcracker, he was featured in the film, ''The Nutcracker Family : Behind the Magic'', directed by Virginia Loring Brooks. Malek-Jones also starred in the film adaptation for the independent film ''Tap Dreams'', directed by Anthony Giordano. Malek-Jones appeared with the

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in various theater productions such as ''

The King And I ''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the childr ...

'' and ''

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''. He also sang alongside

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winner

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for the New Voices concert in April 2003. In 2005, Malek-Jones appeared with New York City's Camp Broadway with "

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" star

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in the

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singing " Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive". In February 2010, Gregory and his longtime friend formed the pop music group Closet Boys and digitally released their debut single, "I Wanna Go", worldwide under

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. Gregory now resides in

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and New York City.

Discography

Singles

* "

Stay Stay may refer to: Places * Stay, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the US Law * Stay of execution, a ruling to temporarily suspend the enforcement of a court judgment * Stay of proceedings, a ruling halting further legal process in a tr ...

" (2013) * " Belong" (2015)

Filmography

References

External links

* *http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/01/arts/city-ballet-review-come-on-valiant-toys-let-s-fight-evil-mice.html *http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-12-09/dance/upcoming/1/ *http://danceviewtimes.com/dvny/reviews/2003/nycbnuts.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20110714185525/http://www.njtheater.com/perry/perry2003.asp *http://www.mandy.com/1/film3.cfm?id=4425 *http://www.papermill.org/press-releases/current-season/199-paper-mill-playhouse-announces-the-cast-of-qcurtainsq-april-27-may-22-.html *http://makeadifferencexp8.blogspot.com/2013/01/lukas-very-talented-young-musician-has.html *http://www.worldcat.org/title/nutcracker-family-behind-the-magic/oclc/182581948#details-allauthors *https://web.archive.org/web/20150905230513/http://www.newtownbee.com/news/news/2014/05/10/recording-artist-coming-play-and-stay-year-s-relay/205727 *https://www.villagevoice.com/upcoming-4/#google_vignette {{DEFAULTSORT:Lukas, Gregori 1990 births Living people American male singer-songwriters American male pop singers American male ballet dancers American LGBTQ musicians American LGBTQ rights activists Musicians from Montclair, New Jersey 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American male singers