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10 Weird Habits Every Dancer Has
Dancers are truly a special breed. And that means some of the stuff we do every day—stuff that seems totally normal to us—completely weirds out our non-dance friends. Here are 10 funny dancer habits...
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Meet the Dancer Who Does Motion Capture for the "Avatar" Series
Since dancers are masters at the art of movement, Hollywood frequently turns to them for big motion capture projects. (Mumble's happy feet in Happy Feet came courtesy of tap legend Savion Glover, for...
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True Life: I Performed on NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar"
With musicals like Hairspray, Grease, Peter Pan, and The Wiz earning prime-time spots on big networks, complete with celebrity-studded casts and flashy new choreography, there's no question that live...
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Here Are the 3 Danciest Police #LipSyncBattle Vids
Police offers are sworn to protect and serve their local communities—we all know that. What we didn't know until earlier this week, when a very particular kind of #LipSyncChallenge video started to...
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The NYCBxSPAC Series Is the Most Beautiful Thing You'll See All Summer
This Tuesday, July 17, New York City Ballet begins its 52nd summer residency in Saratoga Springs, NY. This annual tradition sees the company's world-class dancers bringing their signature works by...
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Meet Marquee TV, the New Netflix for Dance
Yes, we all love it when Netflix offers up a few tasty dance movies. But there's a new streaming platform in town promising a veritable feast of delicious dance goodies—which means nights in with your...
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How to Get the Most Out of Your Dance Camp Experience
Lucky you! You get to spend a week full of dancing with amazing choreographers, teachers and dancers! As exhilarating as this is, you need to know how to get the most out of your camp experience in...
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5 Dancers and Their Cats You Need to Meet Right Meow
There's nothing more purrrrfect than some fabulous trinas and their feline friends. We're not kitten: These bonds are paw-sitively adorable! From hanging out backstage to working out together and...
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Dear Katie: How Can I Improve My Port de Bras?
In our "Dear Katie" series, former NYCB soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email dearkatie@dancespirit.com for a chance to be...
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Shoe-perstar: 12-Year-Old Elyssa Banker Is on a Mission For Dancers In Need
Elyssa Banker has been dancing at Central Park Dance in Scarsdale, NY, since she was two. At age 12, she needed a bat mitzvah project, and realized that kids less fortunate than her didn't always have...
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Long Live the Fortnite Dance Craze
A year (and five seasons) after being released, the video game sensation, Fortnite, is here to stay—and so is the totally unexpected dance craze it's launched. The game's comical dance moves have...
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"SYTYCD" Season 15 Recap: Meet the Top 20 (Plus a MAJOR Twist)
At the start of last night's episode of "So You Think You Can Dance," 41 dancers remained. An hour later, we had a Top 20. And then there was a BIG FAT TWIST. (We'll get to that.) The 41...
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Save the Date: World Ballet Day Will Return This Year!
Bunheads everywhere, rejoice! It was just announced that the always-epic World Ballet Day will be back for round five (FIVE) this year. And the big moment's going to be here faster than you can say...
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5 Dancers and Their Cats You Need to Meet Right Meow
There's nothing more purrrrfect than some fabulous trinas and their feline friends. We're not kitten: These bonds are paw-sitively adorable! From hanging out backstage to working out together and...
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What Inspired Ballerina Isabella Boylston to Start Her Own Ballet Festival
Last year, American Ballet Theatre principal Isabella Boylston decided to bring world-renowned ballet to her hometown of Sun Valley, ID. The first three-day Ballet Sun Valley festival featured stars...
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Ciara Brought in ReQuest Dance Crew for Her "Level Up" Video, and YOU GUYS...
We've always been impressed by Ciara's very legit dance skills. But for "Level Up," the first single she's released since 2015, the star decided to create a dance vid that is actually on another...
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Your College Has No Dance Major. Now What?
You can still dance at a high level while attending a school that has no dance department. Just ask these two recent grads—their post-college careers bloomed because they took charge of their dance...
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Watch Maddie Ziegler and Derek Hough Review Viral Dance Vids
We all spend hours online perusing one dance vid after another, from silly to serious, funny to fierce. Now, SELF has asked two of our fave dance pros for their takes on some of the most famous...
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EXCLUSIVE: Watch the Trailer for Fik-Shun's New Dance Movie, "All Styles"
What do you get when dance all-stars like Fik-Shun Stegall, Heather Morris, and Christopher Scott join forces for a movie? That'd be All Styles, the new dance film that just might give Step Up a run...
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"World of Dance" Week 7 Recap: The Duels Are in Sight
Last night's episode of "World of Dance" proves that there's literally an endless supply of talented dancers in this world. We're on week SEVEN of Qualifiers, and each week, we're continuously blown...
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