'La La Land' Day Made All Our Dreams Come True
In honor of "La La Land" being released on DVD April 25, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti declared that same day to be "La La Land Day." Because magic is real and dreams can in fact come true, the...
View ArticleWatch Misty Copeland Surprise These Young Ballerinas
If you need a heartwarming bit of news today, look no further. American Ballet Theatre principal (and idol of budding ballerinas everywhere) Misty Copeland stopped by The Steve Harvey Show the other...
View ArticleThis Is How a Ballerina Throws the First Pitch at a Baseball Game
Ah, the time-honored tradition of having non-baseball people throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a major league game. It's usually a cute non-event, a fun photo opportunity for a politician or a...
View ArticleYour Aches and Pains Addressed: Hip Issues
Your hips don't lie—especially when it comes to pain. And while temporary soreness is normal for busy dancers, constant aching and pinching definitely isn't. Dance Spirit turned to Jenni Green, PT,...
View ArticleHigh School Seniors: Apply For This College Dance Scholarship Right Now
Let's be real: One can never have too much money for college . Between tuition, housing, textbooks, dance wear, etc., the expenses add up. Fast. But the Association of Dance Conventions &...
View ArticleRosie Granito Is Your April CMS Editors' Choice Winner
Congratulations to the April Cover Model Search Editors' Choice video winner, Rosie Granito! Catch her solo, Colors , choreographed by Talia Favia, below, and enter the Cover Model Search here !
View ArticleHere Are Your 2017 Tony Award Nominees
Look: The Hamilton lovefest at last year's Tony Awards was amazing, but it also made the whole Tony extravaganza seem a little...predictable. So it was nice to feel some real suspense before the...
View Article"DWTS" Week 7 Recap: A Night at the Movies
Any time Mandy Moore does anything, anywhere, it's bound to be amazing. (I mean, La La Land ? SYTYCD ? You get the picture.) So as very active members of the Mandy Moore fan club, we were beyond...
View ArticleAll the Deets on Maddie Ziegler's New Novel
Finished reading The Maddie Diaries and hungry for more Maddie Ziegler book news? Maddie gets it. That's why she just shared the cover and synopsis of her new novel, The Audition , which comes out...
View ArticleHere's How to Deal if Your Teacher Doesn't Like You
It's tricky to figure out how to relate to a strict dance teacher. Not every teacher and student will jibe in the classroom, and students hoping to make it as professional dancers need to develop...
View Article5 Amazing International Dancers You Should Know
While people come from all over the world to train in cities like NYC and L.A., we American dancers often forget to look outside of the U.S. bubble. Here are five artists from around the world that...
View ArticleTo the Surprise of Nobody/Delight of Everybody, Benjamin Millepied Is Making...
Today in "How has this not already happened?" news: Benjamin Millepied —former New York City Ballet principal, former artistic director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, founder/director of L.A. Dance...
View ArticleNow I Know My A-B(eyoncé)-C's
Think you're Beyoncé's biggest fan? Your knowledge of Queen Bey's never-not-on-fleek dance moves can now be put to the ultimate test. Director Adam France and a bevy of gorgeously diverse dancers have...
View ArticleIsabella Boylston and James Whiteside Are Flawless As Usual in This NOWNESS...
There's pretty much no better duo than American Ballet Theatre's Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside. Not only are the two principals insanely talented dancers, but they're also BFFs—and it 100%...
View ArticleWatch ABT Dancers Squee Over Their New Lounge
What's one of the most important differences between ballet dancers and "normal" athletes? Misty Copeland says it best: "We're working like professional athletes are, and most of those athletes have...
View ArticleMeet the Dancer Who Auditioned 7 Times Before Making It into Ailey
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Chalvar Monteiro has known he wanted to be an Ailey dancer since he was a young student. And the New Jersey native fought hard for that childhood dream: He...
View ArticleTurns Out Michael Fassbender Is a Fairly Decent B-Boy
Michael Fassbender is many things: Oscar-nominated actor. International heartthrob. Boyfriend to former ballet dancer Alicia Vikander . B-boy? Yes, b-boy. Sort of. On the BBC's "Graham Norton Show,"...
View ArticleInside Broadway's "Great Comet" with Choreographer Sam Pinkleton
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 has become the buzziest show on Broadway after receiving a staggering number of Tony nominations (twelve to be exact 😱), including a Best Choreography nom...
View ArticleJ. Lo Wants You to Take the #WorldOfDanceChallenge
The long, looooong countdown to the premiere of NBC's "World of Dance" is almost over, friends: Just 20 more sleeps until May 30, when we get to see its sure-to-be-fabulousness. And to get everybody...
View Article"DWTS" Week 8 Recap: Trio Night
I'll admit it: Being relatively new to the whole "DWTS" game, I was doubtful even the super-talented pro dancers could come up with really cool and exciting ways to do ballroom trio numbers. But boy,...
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