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Quiz: Name That Dance Video Choreographer!
Who among us hasn't been sucked into watching hours on end of dance videos? (✋ Guilty 😬 ) Irresponsible? Maybe. Worth it? Absolutely! Think you're a true dance video guru? Challenge your dance world...
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Dear Katie: I Can't Stop Forcing My Turnout!
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 featured!...
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Tiler Peck Is Gorgeous in Charlotte OC's "Medicine Man" Music Video
Here's an especially great addition to the ever-growing group of ballet-inspired music videos : Soulful singer-songwriter Charlotte OC asked ravishing New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck to star...
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"World of Dance" Recap: May The Odds Be Ever in Their Favor
Last night, "World of Dance" returned for a third week of duels, and in the words of J.Lo, contestants "are going into the lion's den right now, and you have to go for blood." Um, anyone else getting...
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5 of the Hottest Albums Choreographers Are Using
You know how it goes: a fantastic new song drops, and next thing you know, you can't go to a dance competition or scroll through Instagram without seeing a routine choreographed to it. Certain music...
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The "Step Up: High Water" Trailer Is 🔥🔥🔥
In case you were wondering whether Channing and Jenna Dewan Tatum knew how to cast a dance show, surprise! THEY DO, GUYS. And the new trailer for the upcoming series "Step Up: High Water," which...
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Here Are This Year's Emmy-Nominated Dance Routines
Congrats to this year's Outstanding Choreography Emmy nominees, announced yesterday morning in Hollywood! It's a pretty stellar list of names, with "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Dancing with the...
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Inside "Miss Saigon"'s Most Intense Fight Choreo
If you're anything like me, you've spent some serious time fantasizing about how cool it would be to become dance captain of a Broadway show. Just imagine having all of that choreography in your head,...
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NYCB's Latest Collaboration with Cole Haan Is Picture-Perfect
Back in 2014, Cole Haan recruited New York City Ballet's Megan Fairchild, Sara Mearns, and Gretchen Smith to help design a pair of ballet flats , and the results were stunning. Lucky for us, this is...
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Christmas in July, Brought to You by the Boston Ballet Nutcracker Bear
Yes, Dance Spirit , there really is a Santa Claus. And we've got proof—namely, the delightfully silly stunt Boston Ballet's Nutcracker Bear pulled off last week to celebrate the start of ticket sales...
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How My Dance Training Is Getting Me Through the Hardest Experience of My Life
The stage was spinning. The whole theater was swirling before my eyes, and nothing made sense. I forced myself to push through the familiar choreography, which by then was in my muscle memory, feeling...
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Celebrate World Emoji Day with the Royal Opera House's "Guess the Ballet" Quiz
Happy #WorldEmojiDay, dance friends! 🎉 👯 🎉 👯 Because it's just the cutest, we thought we'd share the emoji challenge the Royal Opera House is currently hosting on Twitter. They've retold a series of...
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Meet The Ballerina Who's Also a Quantum Physicist
Merritt Moore is a ballerina who just so happens to be graduating from Oxford University with a PhD in quantum physics. Is she even human? The jury is still out on that - but the 29-year-old, who...
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Dance Spirit Presents: Isabella Torres' First NYCDA Nationals
This Nationals season, Dance Spirit followed four talented dancers from The Dance Awards, NYCDA, Showstopper, and Starpower for an inside look at everything that goes into the biggest competitions of...
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"So You Think You Can Dance" Recap: Welcome to The Academy!
They've impressed the judges, now it's time for the Top 100 dancers to enroll at The Academy—and to impress the All-Stars. Welcome to So You Think You Can Dance Academy! The 100 dancers who made it...
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World of Dance #Splashmob Makes Waves
What do you get when you invite some of America's coolest dancers to a pool party with over 5,000 water balloons? A #Splashmob, of course! 🏖☀️💃🏽🎈 That's exactly what happened when Bunch O Balloons and...
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"World of Dance" Recap: Let the Cuts Begin
Guys, we all knew this was coming—"World of Dance" was eventually going to eliminate someone. But man, is it brutal to watch these talented dancers give their all, only to be sent home. It's the name...
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"Despacito" Prompts Girl's Spontaneous Dancing Fits
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's dance inducing hit, "Despacito," is so catchy it should probably come with a disclaimer that warns people of an uncontrollable itch to tap your feet or bob your head....
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Extreme Fouettes You Have to See to Believe
There are dancers and then there are DANCERS! Whitney Jensen, soloist at Norwegian National Ballet, is the latter. The former Boston Ballet principal can do it all. From contemporary to the classics...
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How This Dancer Turned Her Problem Into a Business
The groundwork for Erin Carpenter's company, Nude Barre, began when she was a teenager. At 16, she earned a spot in the residency program at The Kennedy Center in partnership with Dance Theatre of...
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