Dance Students and Faculty React to the Sudden Shutdown of the University of...
Last Friday, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia announced it would be shutting down as of June 7. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that a steep drop in enrollment left the nearly...
View Article3 Reasons to Scroll Past “What I Eat in a Day” Posts
Social media offers an open lens into the lives of whoever is willing to share. This is especially enticing for aspiring dancers who are hungry to gain access into a professional’s routine—how they’re...
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Step Onto the Court with Brooklynettes Co-Captain Hayoung Roh
In the summer of 2021, Hayoung Roh auditioned for the Knicks City Dancers on a whim—and made the cut. After a year with that team, she transitioned to the Brooklynettes Dancers, the official dance...
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I Tried Grace & Form, the New Ballet and Workout App by Pro Dancers
I’m standing next to a counter in my basement, trying to take a virtual barre taught by New York City Ballet principal Indiana Woodward. But her gorgeously flowy port de bras are totally distracting...
View ArticleHow to Make It to YoungArts Week—and Get the Most Out of It
YoungArts isn’t just a prestigious stage for the next generation’s most talented young artists. The organization also provides awardees, ages 15 to 18, a week of master classes, mentoring, and...
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Olivia Cece’s Career Is Carrying On the Legacy of Her Beloved Late Dance Teacher
Growing up, Olivia Cece had big aspirations for her career, but Broadway wasn’t one of them. For one thing, she didn’t sing or act. In fact, she didn’t know anything about the world of musical...
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ROOTS Dance Summit’s Holistic Approach Is Revolutionizing the Competition...
As an educator and the founding director of Francisco Gella Dance Works, Francisco Gella has nearly 30 years of experience teaching at colleges, conservatories, studios, competitions, and conventions....
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CONTRA-TIEMPO’s Futuro Summer Dance Intensive Prepares Future Changemakers
As the daughter of two labor union organizers, being an advocate for social change is in Ana María Alvarez’s blood. “I have been very clear pretty much my whole life that dance isn’t just something I...
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Meet Ashley Wallen, Choreographer of Disney+’s “Descendants: The Rise of Red”
When Ashley Wallen got the call from Descendants: The Rise of Red director Jennifer Phang about being the film’s choreographer, he was ecstatic. “First of all, it was like, ‘Oh, my god, I’m doing...
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Shifting the Comp Kid Stigma
UPSHAW AS A YOUNG COMP KID. COURTESY UPSHAW. When Kamille Upshaw arrived at The Juilliard School in 2007, she’d been a competition dancer for a decade. “There was still a bit of a stigma about...
View ArticleWhen and Where to Watch the 2024 Olympic Breaking Competition
In just a few days, breaking will make its much-anticipated Olympic debut at the 2024 Paris Games. 16 b-boys and 16 b-girls will compete battle-style to sold-out stadium crowds, the culmination of...
View ArticleHighlights and Takeaways From Breaking’s Olympic Debut
Dance shone in the global spotlight like never before this past weekend as breaking made its long-anticipated debut on the Olympic stage. In a packed amphitheater-style arena at Paris’ Place de la...
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How Anxiety and Depression Can Affect Your Ability to Learn Choreography
Over the course of her career, Tia Ungar, a dancer, cheerleader, and cheer coach based in the United Kingdom, has dealt with chronic anxiety. When her anxiety peaks, it’s a challenge to learn and...
View ArticleChoreographer Mandy Moore Brings Her Creative Vision to Vegas
After choreographing the highest-grossing stadium tour of all time (you’ve never heard of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, have you?), the always-busy Mandy Moore remains as in-demand as ever. A few months...
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English National Ballet Dancer Vsevolod Maievskyi’s Journey to Loving Ballet
In 2018, Vsevolod Maievskyi achieved his dream of joining the Mariinsky Ballet. For four years, Maievskyi was onstage night after night, dancing everything from demanding corps parts to Prince...
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Boston Conservatory at Berklee Launches the Country’s First Circus Arts Minor
Serious circus training hasn’t historically had much of a place in higher education. Sure, some universities have student troupes and aerial classes, but these extracurriculars don’t qualify for...
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Get to Know Commercial Dancer Will West, a “Once-in-a-Generation-Talent”
Featured in two of the past year’s most viral music videos—Jungle’s “Back On 74” and Ariana Grande’s “yes, and?”—Will West transitions seamlessly, sometimes instantly, from style to style. He can...
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A Strike Threat, Scaffolding, and Last-Minute Changes: What It Was Like...
Ballet de Lorraine’s Tristan Ihne has been dancing professionally for nearly two decades. But on July 26, he gave a performance unlike any he’d done before: Along with about 200 other dancers, he...
View ArticleIntroducing M.A.D.D. Rhythm’s Rising Choreographer Andrew Carr
Quintessential to Chicago tap lore is Jumaane Taylor’s Supreme Love, a tour de force that pushes the best of the best to the limit. When Andrew Carr was in the original 2015 cast, he was only 11....
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Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Victoria Kalina Is Ready for NYC
When viewers of the Netflix documentary America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders last saw Victoria Kalina, she had decided to hang up her blue-and-white uniform and move on from the famous...
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