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Here are the Winners of the 2025 UDA National Championships
January 17–19, college dance teams from around the country gathered in Orlando, Florida, to attend the Universal Dance Association 2025 College National Championships. Teams competed in three...
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Why You Should Consider Festival-Affiliated Summer Programs
Choreographer David Dorfman, a professor at Connecticut College, says students who attend summer dance festival intensives return to campus with something in common: They’ve gone through an artistic...
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How to Make the Most of Summer Breaks as a Dance Major
Even after the whirlwind of Nutcracker season and finals dies down, summer break can feel very far away. Still, because applications for intensives, internships, and jobs open in winter, now is the...
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Alejandro Vargas on Cultivating a Diverse Career
As a lively 6-year-old, Alejandro Vargas had an abundant energy his parents hoped to channel into sports. After cycling through all the conventional options, nothing seemed to stick. Then, to connect...
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A Dancer’s Guide to Navigating Your First-Ever Intensive
Summer intensives offer endless opportunities—to fortify your training, to connect with teachers and other dancers, and to prepare for a professional career. But how do you know if you’re ready for...
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Real-Deal Advice on Convention Scholarships
Many competitive dancers are eager to land coveted convention scholarships. But why are these awards so sought-after? How can dancers increase their odds of winning them—and who might they not be...
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Sometimes the Best Way to Move Forward Is to Stop Dancing
I’ve been an anxious person and a perfectionist for as long as I can remember. I was devastated over an A-minus on a test, I would stretch until I cried, I would go over a dance I knew well a million...
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Viral TikTok Duo The Gardiner Brothers Push the Boundaries of Traditional...
When it comes to choreographing their viral Irish dance routines, the rules merely exist to be broken for The Gardiner Brothers. Professional dancers and content creators, Michael and Matthew...
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How Braylon Browner Balances the Spotlight and the Studio
Since finishing in the Top 8 of “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 18, Braylon Browner has continued to carve out a dynamic presence both on and off the stage. Currently a sophomore at University of...
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How to Learn From Rejection and Prepare for the Next Audition
The first time Jessica Tong auditioned for Hubbard Street’s second company, she made it to the end of the call but didn’t get the job. The next time she auditioned, six months later, she also didn’t...
View ArticleMaycee Steele on Dancing Backup for Tate McRae and Showing Up as Her Best Self
Maycee Steele is never far from the for-you page. From her creation of the mega-popular “Cuff It” dance challenge with Kaitlyn Hardy in 2022 to her presence as a backup dancer in Tate McRae’s...
View ArticleFor Ailey’s Jacquelin Harris, Dance Has Always Been Instinct
As a young child, I was enrolled in dance class by my mother, along with my three older sisters, no doubt in an effort to create some peace in her life. Little did she know that she was creating a...
View ArticleAdam Vesperman Moves From Billy Elliot to Touring the World
At age 11, Adam Vesperman was ushered into an impromptu audition for Billy Elliot: The Musical at a West Coast Dance Explosion Nationals. Despite an off-key rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little...
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6 Trends Competition Judges Are Tired of Seeing in Routines
Competition dance trends become popular for a reason, but even the most exciting fads eventually run their course. Four competition judges discuss the dance trends they believe it’s time to leave...
View ArticleMeet Radha Varadan, the Kathak Dancer Reinterpreting Classic Ballet Variations
Radha Varadan’s ingenious reimaginings of some of ballet’s most famous variations using kathak, a form of Indian classical dance, have earned her serious traction online. Based in India and the U.S.,...
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How to Audition for an NFL Cheer Team, According to the Experts
With football season officially over, most of the world won’t be thinking about the gridiron until the leaves start to turn again. But there is one group of people who are ramping up for weeks of...
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