With our bodies so absent in modern communication, maybe the key to reconnecting as a community lies in the physical One of my good friends suffered a bereavement so a group of us – all old schoolmates – hired a beach house and arranged...
Sculpture depicts dancer in 1912 ballet condemned in Le Figaro for ‘erotic bestiality’ It is one of the world’s greatest dancers depicted by one of the world’s greatest sculptors. Erotically charged, different to anything that had gone...
Lights up on Washington Heights—because the trailer for the movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical In the Heights has arrived. It's our first look into Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest venture into film—because LMM isn't stopping at...
Dance Spirit is thrilled to announce our 2019 Future Star winners! Every year, DS partners with competitions to recognize dancers with exceptional presence and ability, and this year, you all delivered in full force. Isabel Zukowski Age...
Dance Spirit is thrilled to announce our 2019 Future Star winners! Every year, DS partners with competitions to recognize dancers with exceptional presence and ability, and this year, you all delivered in full force. Abigail Teal Age 9...
On Monday, September 16, 2019, at precisely 6:59 pm Pacific Standard Time, 19-year-old Bailey Muñoz was named America's Favorite Dancer. The confetti fell from above the "So You Think You Can Dance" stage, and Bailey was immediately...
Towards the end of your first semester as a dance student, you'll participate in something that resembles an exam. Whether your school calls it a jury, a placement, an evaluation, an assessment, or an appraisal, the structure remains...
Linbury theatre, London Disabled and able-bodied performers collaborate in this welcome but slow adaptation of Shaun Tan’s story about a boy who befriends a strange creature The point about The Lost Thing is that it’s uncategorisable –...
Congratulations to the November Cover Model Search Editors' Choice video winner, Jasmine Cruz! Watch her solo above, and enter the Cover Model Search here .
London Coliseum Edward Clug strips back Shakespeare, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui riffs on Nijinsky and Wayne McGregor teams up with Manfred Thierry Mugler in this rich Russian triple bill What do you get when you cross Romeo and Juliet with...
Royal Opera House, London Hayward gets things off to a flying start as Ninette de Valois’s comic ballet makes an overdue return Dance has a strange relationship with its past. No art form looks back more, fretting away at keeping the...
From Copenhagen, Denmark, to San Francisco, CA, a ballet student's day starts the same way: with class. Ballet class is a given at schools around the world, but there is a myriad of differences—from the studios to the technique—between...
It is perhaps the understatement of the century to say that Misty Copeland— American Ballet Theatre principal , trailblazing role model , and straight-up ballet icon —knows how to work a pair of pointe shoes. But a new campaign for...
From Motherless Brooklyn to Peggy Sue, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
Don't let her crazy follower count (84K!) or her Insta-ready smile fool you: Alison Stroming is not just another dance-fluencer. Yes, she posts gorgeous fashion photo-shoots and totally personable YouTube videos, but Stroming is also a...
Get ready to have the best Bikini Bottom Day ever: The SpongeBob Musical is heading to TV screens across the country this Saturday at 7pm EST! Giphy The taped performance, which will air on Nickelodeon, features oh so many original...
The theater’s coming season will also include the second installment of its Pride Festival and its first presentation of the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
In our "Dear Katie" series, Miami City Ballet 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! Dear Katie, I love dancing in...
For any young dancer performing in The Nutcracker , Marie (aka Clara, depending on the production) is a dream role. But Charlotte Nebres, who will be playing Marie in New York City Ballet's Nutcracker this year isn't just bringing her...
Coliseum, London A stylish riff on Coco Chanel’s place in ballet history and a regal mocking of Handel make a double bill where style outshines insight The indomitable Boshoi ballerina Svetlana Zakharova is the epitome of chic in Yuri...
After complaints in Melbourne and Adelaide, the offending scene is amended in Sydney. But there are more questions to be answered On the opening night of The Nutcracker, the Sydney Opera House was braced for controversy. The classical...
Nutcracker season is upon us, which means we're all basically camping out at the theater. And even after a full warm-up and make-up session, there's still a LOT of downtime backstage. Instead of scrolling through your Instagram feed for...
With her confident smile, insane flexibility, and razor-sharp execution, Phoenix Sutch instantly commands every stage she sets foot on. At just 13 years old, Phoenix has already worked with her dance idols Andy Pellick and Joey Dowling,...
Tell us about your standout stage show of the year – we’ll feature a selection of your favourites later this month What was your favourite theatre, comedy or dance show of the year? Please briefly explain why (250 words max) by filling...
Gemma Bond's rise as a choreographer has been not meteoric but steady, characterized by constant creativity and commitment to her craft. Her style is informed by her dancing career—she performed in the corps de ballet of two of the...
There's a new holiday dance tradition in the works, thanks to the genius brain of tapper Michelle Dorrance . Dorrance Dance, her innovative company, is putting its own spin on The Nutcracker , using Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's...
Stratford Circus Arts Centre; Sadler’s Wells, London New works hit home as hip-hop collective Myself UK hits 10. And Indian classical dance that feels like new In front of a wildly supportive crowd, many of whom were filming brightly...
More and more dance students are starting to consider training options outside the U.S. Studying abroad allows dancers to immerse themselves in different dance styles, not to mention different cities and cultures. And in some cases, the...
Royal Opera House, London Francesca Hayward sparkles in this twee revival, a luminous presence in an inconsequential story about a lifesize doll There are ballets of magical otherworldliness, of stirring drama, technical fireworks or...
From Knives Out to Paula Rego, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
The Place, London On their final tour, Richard Alston Dance Company take it back to where it all began with a moving survey of their 25-year history It is a season of farewells for the Richard Alston Dance Company – though not for Alston...
We have a Thanksgiving tradition here at Dance Spirit: Every November, I ask my fellow editors to send me a list of the dance performances/artists/trends/miscellany from the past year that made them grateful to be part of this wild,...
The choreographer’s commitment to dance as a catalyst for social change can be seen at a museum show in Seattle and in a new work for the Alvin Ailey company.