From live-streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon Lin-Manuel Miranda’s phenomenal, Pulitzer prize-winning musical about the “10-dollar founding father without a father”...
New York Times staff members put their heads together with disability advocates to recommend movies, books, TV shows, dance and art that capture disability experiences.
In Hoppla!, Achterland and Mitten, the Belgian dance legend manages a dynamic mix of composition and choreography The Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has always been engrossed by music. Rather than “set” dance to music,...
The curtain rises, the crowd goes wild, and the bright lights of Broadway shine down as you make your debut on opening night…it's every Broadway baby's dream. But you may be surprised to learn that a show's journey to the Great White Way...
Star of first film will also executive produce follow-up to hit summer romance movie, with Jonathan Levine directing An official sequel to the hit summer romance movie Dirty Dancing has been announced, 33 years after the first film was...
If you're on #compkid TikTok, odds are you've seen a post by Nick Silverio ( @nicksilverioo ). Silverio was a competitive dancer with Elite Academy of Dance in Shrewsbury, MA, before studying business at the University of Pennsylvania...
Commercial dancer Kaitlynn Edgar was in Travis Wall's class at NUVO when she realized that competitions and conventions could lead to big things. Like joining-Shaping-Sound big. "After class, Travis started asking me all these questions,...
If you're looking for a sign that 2020 might *just* be turning around, look no further than Netflix's new dance-centric film Work It . The movie comes out this Friday, August 7, and the hype is real . ICYMI, the film follows high school...
Last night, the "World of Dance" contestants entered a new phase of the competition—and with that came their first opportunity to dance on the official "World of Dance" stage. This week turned on the lights, smoke, and effects, and the...
For Mica Paris, Jenna Russell and Drew McOnie, the hit film was not only an inspiration – it mirrored the exuberant joy and harsh reality of show business Sir Alan Parker obituary Continue reading...
The latest popular TikTok dance challenge isn't the "Renegade," or set to "Savage," by Megan Thee Stallion—it's testing how much your friends and family really know about what you do in the studio all day. TikTok user @kayausvlogs...
While taking all those #SocialDisDancing Zoom classes at home certainly helped keep your technique up to par, the relaxation of your daily schedule—no need to wake up early to catch a bus!—may have messed with your sleep cycle. Finding...
If online shopping has become your favorite #SocialDisDance hobby this summer, you're in luck. Just For Kix is giving away one $500 gift card and five $100 gift cards to their website to six lucky winners. Enter here by August 30th for...
Available online Paul Lightfoot and Sol León bow out with two pieces, Standby and She Remembers, bringing dancers out of lockdown Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online Here are two rare pieces of lockdown...
Last month, a photo of two 14-year-old Black ballerinas—Ava Holloway and Kennedy George—dancing on Richmond, Virginia's Robert E. Lee statue lit up social media as Black Lives Matter protests seared through the U.S. The dancers, clad in...
Tristram Kenton’s photographs have accompanied reviews in the Guardian for more than 30 years. Ahead of a series of themed galleries, we open up his archive with 40 fabulous shots Continue reading...
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'm always getting...
Mold’s Theatr Clwyd has not put on a show in months but remains vital for its community during the pandemic, delivering food and enabling young people’s creativity During lockdown, artistic director Tamara Harvey returned to Theatr Clwyd...
A growing number of courses encourage people to express fury. While not for everyone, devotees have found positive flow-on effects “To the outside, it would look ugly,” chuckles Sarah Garner, an infectious disease specialist. “It’s...
This week, the remaining Junior dancers took the stage to duel for a spot in the Semifinals, and tWitch gave two more acts on the chopping block a chance for redemption. Here are the winners of the final round of duels. Bailey and Kida...
The Rooster choreographer recalls the genius and cruelty of Marie Rambert and the demands on young dance talent today Christopher Bruce’s dance career started in a Scarborough pub. One night, after a few pints with a neighbour who knew a...
Our favorite season? Awards season, of course! Congratulations to the six choreographers who received Emmy nominations for their fabulous television work. This year, the Emmys thought outside the usual "So You Think You Can Dance" and...
The Compañía Nacional de Danza’s program looked like business as usual, but it came after months of limited activity and strict measures to rehearse safely.
Onstage and off, Pressley Hosbach is a bundle of personality, positivity, and passion. Technique, too, as shown by the challenging solos she nailed on "Dance Moms" Season 8. Pressley also performed on Justin Bieber's Purpose World Tour...
Earlier this week, Vanity Fair dropped a gift into our laps. The magazine released a 25-minute long YouTube video of Julie Kent reviewing ballet scenes from 60 years of feature films, spanning from 1948's The Red Shoes to 2018's The...
A f ew years ago, friends Laney* and Kate,* along with two other fellow dancers, were called into a meeting with their studio's owner and manager. "They started yelling at us, saying they were going to take away our solos," Laney...
You've probably heard of the astrology app Co–Star. Maybe you've even been on the receiving end of some of its notoriously meme-worthy, bordering-on-shady push notifications. But what if the stars could give you dancer-specific advice?...
Available online Inspired by Bach, Mussorgsky and Ravel, works from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s archive reveal deep classical instincts No matter how experimental dance gets, there remains a timeless pleasure in the marrying of movement...
In the final part of our series, UK arts figures give the lowdown on the precious places that nurtured their careers ‘I’ve wrestled, climbed the walls and got a black eye there’ Robert Softley Gale is the artistic director of Birds of...
Nadia Albina, Ivo Graham, Cherylee Houston and more share memories of the theatres that they call home Ivo Graham ’s Game of Life UK tour has been rescheduled. Read more about Pleasance Courtyard . Nadia Albina stars in the Royal...
Available online Frauke Requardt and Daniel Oliver reprise their brave, surreal 2019 show for the coronavirus age In autumn 2019, the married couple Frauke Requardt and Daniel Oliver toured a performance called Dadderrs , which featured...
The Duels continued on last night's episode of "World of Dance," but this time, it was all about the Junior Division . And we have to say, our fave 18-and-under acts brought the heat . We sure hope the Upper Division dancers are ready to...
Eleven years ago, Jeanine Mason won over our dancing hearts with her impeccable technique and passionate stage presence, and was crowned the Season 5 "So You Think You Can Dance" champion . But rather than go the typical dancer route...