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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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Friday Briefing: Class Etiquette Edition
Here's a five point friendly reminder to be a stellar student! Give it a read, and apply it to your classes this coming week! 1. Don't look at the clock. It's rude. Don't do it. When you look at the...
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Ashly Costa Shares How to Deal When You're Asked to Dance in Something You're...
In the dance industry, dancers don't always have a say in what they wear on their bodies. This can get tricky if you're asked to wear something that compromises your own personal values. So what...
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Acclaimed Dance Movie Hits Theaters TODAY
The French dance film that made waves at last year's Venice Film Festival is heading stateside: Polina opens in theaters on July 21. The story follows a young Russian ballerina-in-the-making, played...
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This Viral Proposal Is Giving Us #AllTheFeels
Well, this brings class videos to a whole new level! Choreographer Phil Wright and dancer Ashley Liai have been together eight-plus years, but she was still in total shock when he proposed to her...
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Finally, a Ballet Video That Gets It Right
It's no secret that ballet in pop culture has sparked its fair share of controversy . Which is why this video from Refinery29, featuring ABT's Isabella Boylston, is not only a super-fun watch, but a...
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Well, This Is an Absolutely Stunning Glimpse at Life as a Ballroom Dancer
The biggest takeaway from this gorgeous video chronicling the road to ballroom brilliance? Even world champions sweat—a ton. National and world champs Oskar Wojciechowski and Karolina Holody created...
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Here's How to Celebrate National Dance Day This Year
Happy (almost) National Dance Day, everybody! 2017's "Dance Christmas" falls on Saturday, July 29—and there are all kinds of ways for you to join the party. If you're in or around L.A. or Washington,...
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