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Meet Round 1 of This Year's Future Star Award Winners
Dance Spirit is beyond excited to announce the first round of 2017 Future Star winners! Every year, DS partners with competitions to recognize dancers with exceptional presence and ability. The second...
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#VideoBreak: Ashley Everett In "Duets" Is Everything You Need Today
Beyoncé's choreographer + Beyoncé's dance captain + the greatest duets of our generation = dance video greatness. Yes, it may seem too good to be true, but the dance gods have gifted us with this very...
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This Ballerina's Mind-Boggling Workout Is Serious #Goals
Yes, we all know dancers are strong. But sometimes it takes a truly epic workout video to remind us JUST HOW INSANELY STRONG they actually are. Behold, National Ballet of Canada principal Svetlana...
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Meet the Mother-Daughter Duo Dancing in the Same Ballet Company
There's a surprising twist to Regina Willoughby's last season with Columbia City Ballet : It's also her 18-year-old daughter Melina's first season with the company. Regina, 40, will retire from the...
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Lex Ishimoto and Taylor Sieve Spill the Deets on Their Romance
So you Think You Can Dance' Season 14 finalists Lex Ishimoto and Taylor Sieve shocked fans at home (at least the ones who hadn't thoroughly scoured their respective Instagrams) during Episode 14, when...
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How Charlize Glass Morphed From Baby to Beast On the Dance Floor
Some might say Charlize Glass' fame kicked off with a single three-letter word. In 2014, Beyoncé shared a video of the then–12-year-old dancer performing to "Yoncé" on Instagram, along with a simple...
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10 Jokes Only Dancers Will Understand
What's better than a good dance joke? They're corny, they're punny, and they're exactly what you need to get you through long Nutcracker days. These 10 jokes are guaranteed to put a smile on your...
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How These Tap Trailblazers Are Still Influencing Dance Today
As a tap dancer, you're a student of history—whether you know it or not. Tap technique today is intimately connected to the great hoofers of the past. "Tap is incredibly personal, because all of these...
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Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of the Radio City Rockettes
For some it's a holiday tradition, for others its an iconic spectacle, but no matter the reason, more than 1 million people will watch the Rockettes perform in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular...
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Hey, Young Choreographers: This Could Be Your Big Break
Love choreographing, but having a hard time finding a place to present your work? It's an all-too-common problem for choreographers everywhere—and especially for younger artists, who tend not to have...
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Great News, "Bunheads" Fans!
Anyone else still not over the fact that the show "Bunheads" was so cruelly cancelled? Yeah, us too.😠But as of last Friday, everyone's favorite dance show is now available to stream on Hulu. All 18...
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Meet the Claras of the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular"
Think the Rockettes are the only stars of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular? Think again. Each year, a few lucky girls share the role of Clara, who appears during the Nutcracker portion of the...
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The Story Behind the Dancers in Apple's Holiday Ad Is as Sweet as the Dancing...
There are holiday ads, and there are HOLIDAY ADS. Apple's festive new campaign, titled "Sway," is definitely the latter! We love everything about it, from the music (can't go wrong with a Sam Smith...
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The New "Step Up" Trailer Will Snap You Right Out of Your "Nutcracker" Daze
We got not one but two presents from the " Step Up: High Water " team today: a new trailer that is all kinds of 🔥 🔥 🔥 , and an official release date for the YouTube Red series. Happy merry everything!...
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Here's Our First Look at Misty Copeland in Disney's "Nutcracker" Movie
When we first heard about Disney's live-action film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms , we honestly weren't sure what to expect. Would it bear any resemblance to the ballet story we know alllllllll...
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Kyle Hanagami Taught a Total Newbie How to Dance—in 30 Days
Imagine you'd never danced a day in your life, and then you woke up one morning and said, "Let's do it." Who would you call to guide you through this new, foreign world? Kyle Hanagami ,...
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12 Dance Movies and Shows to Stream Over Winter Break
Official Lifetime Giphy. Your destination for critically acclaimed & award-winning original programming that spans movies, dramas, comedies & reality series. Winter break has finally arrived!...
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The English National Ballet's Pointe Shoe Christmas Tree Is Glorious
Happy merry everything, everyone! Whether or not you celebrate Christmas, you'll LIVE for this: The English National Ballet has constructed a pointe shoe Christmas tree. It is made out of 540 pointe...
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The Best Detoxing Face Masks
You survived Nutcracke r season. The gifts have all been opened. The craziness of the past few months is finally dying down. As you give your mind and body a (much deserved) rest this winter break,...
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Watch This Teacher Challenge His Student to a Dance-Off and Try Not to Smile
It's December 27th, which means the post-holiday blues is real right now. But when things are looking down, the perfect dance video always seems to turn up. Case in point? This hilarious, adorable,...
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