If you've looked at a screen at some point within the past decade, chances are you've seen Mollee Gray dancing across it. Television? She appeared on "Glee," "Shake It Up," "Victorious," "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "The X Factor," and...
LA Dance Project In Benjamin Millepied’s piece I Fall, I Flow, I Melt, mostly performed to Bach, the dancers sparkle like sun on the ocean On the edge of the Los Angeles Arts District, the home of Benjamin Millepied’s company has an...
The ever-dancy Disney Channel just dropped yet another dancetastic show. "Disney Fam Jam," a family dance competition inspired by choreographer Phil Wright's viral parent-and-kid dance classes , premiered last night. Each episode...
Until her death in a freak accident, the ‘radical and shocking’ Isadora Duncan transformed dance. Now her feminist free spirit struts the stage again ‘You’ll have to excuse me, I’m just trying to fight with this veil,” says Viviana...
Royal Opera House; Peacock theatre, London Jacqueline du Pré’s life story is translated into a powerfully affecting ballet by Cathy Marston, while Kate Prince defies the odds with a refugee crisis hip-hop drama set to the songs of Sting...
Josephine Lee, resident pointe shoe expert at The Pointe Shop in California, has found perfect pairs for quite a few men. Are you a male dancer hoping to try pointework? Here are Lee's tips for your first pointe shoe fitting appointment....
Like many professional dancers, New York City Ballet's Gilbert Bolden III is totally used to sharing pics and vids of his dancing on social media. But in the fall of 2018, the corps de ballet member hesitated before posting one...
Dancers, we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief—our beloved "So You Think You Can Dance" has just been renewed for a sensational 17th season. So You Think You Can Dance on Instagram: “#SYTYCD is coming back for SEASON 17 on @foxtv!
Ever felt a pang of unexpected hunger the moment before you entered stage right? Or been a few minutes into class before realizing the dinner you ate an hour ago has left you overstuffed and lethargic? Figuring out when to eat and...
Sadler’s Wells, London The English National Ballet’s luminous lead principal here creates her own show, ranging from Frederick Ashton to Arvo Pärt and two superb short films It’s impossible not to love Alina Cojocaru. There’s no...
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to kick off Carnival, Mangueira is one of several samba schools using the world’s biggest festival as a platform for protest, with their theme of a Jesus of the favela returning to a land with prophets of...
Ivo van Hove’s attention-splintering revival of the immortal 1957 musical features new choreography, a ravishing orchestra and smothering visual effects.
In a letter, top choreographers appeared to threaten a French company that fired its artistic director over his treatment of a dancer who had recently given birth. But some big names say they never signed it.
Peacock theatre, London A compelling cast pour their hearts into Kate Prince’s jukebox tale of civil war, trafficking and three siblings separated as refugees A hip-hop dance show set to the songs of Sting? It seemed an unlikely...
Choreographers Benjamin Millepied and William Forsyth deny signing letter demanding director’s return after dismissal for pregnancy discrimination Choreographer Benjamin Millepied , the husband of Natalie Portman, has denied signing an...
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, Do I need private...
By hiring a diverse range of dancers, the directors of Complexions Contemporary Ballet are working to change tired stereotypes When Jillian Davis is on stage, it’s hard to watch anyone else. In a blink of the eye, her body swings from...
Yesterday, the first of Nike's new Common Thread video series dropped, and we were thrilled to see that it featured dancers—namely, Dance Theatre of Harlem member (and June/July 2017 Pointe cover star ) Ingrid Silva , and Florida-based...
Their technique might seem effortless onstage, but even the most seasoned ballet professionals have that one step that still drives them crazy. We asked five principal dancers to open up about the skills they still find challenging, and...
Royal Opera House, London Cathy Marston’s first main stage commission for the Royal Ballet translates Du Pré’s lyrical presence on the podium into dance, capturing her deep love affair with music Jacqueline du Pré danced with her cello....
Arts Council England figures show BME and disabled people under-represented in sector Arts organisations and museums in England are being warned they will lose public funding unless they meet “stretching” targets to create and attract...
Tiler Peck, the New York City Ballet star, suffered a debilitating neck injury. We follow her arduous path back to the stage in advance of “Swan Lake.”
Songs have been dropped, dance routines booted out and the street-fights look nasty. This is a West Side Story for the Trump era, says the avant-garde superstar director I vo van Hove likes it in America. Broadway rarely warms to...
Coronet; Queen Elizabeth Hall; Sadler’s Wells, London Dana Fouras bows out in style, Holly Blakey delivers a frenzy of self-loathing, and Pina Bausch’s Bluebeard was worth the wait Russell Maliphant ’s company celebrates its 25th...
The Cuban dancer talks about food rationing, what he ate at ballet school and his father’s terrible cooking I always lived with rationing in Cuba – I was born in 1973. We used the term “the three musketeers” to mean rice, chicharos...
February 20, the official opening night of West Side Story , marks the first Broadway musical opening of 2020. Once it does, the shows simply don't stop. March and April are stuffed with new musicals—eight, to be exact—as shows rush to...
Imagine living in a real-life musical, where spontaneous song-and-dance breaks happen as often in the street as they do onstage. After a series of unusual events, every dancers' dream becomes an unexpected reality for computer coder Zoey...
When Francisco Villa left his native Argentina to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy , he had a specific goal in mind. "I was telling my friends, 'I am going to New York and I am going to dance with Lady Gaga.' I was trying...
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, London The proximity to the action in this show highlights the finesse and strength of the Havana troupe Only a few months since Acosta Danza were last in London , and just before they embark on a UK...
From Sonic the Hedgehog to the 1975, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
Royal Ballet reveals adaptation of Atwood’s trilogy of dystopian novels Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam The British choreographer Wayne McGregor is to stage an adaptation of Margaret Atwood ’s trilogy of dystopian...
Leeds Playhouse Phoenix Dance Theatre’s new piece contains flashes of anguished brilliance but feels cut off from its subject matter In 2018, Phoenix Dance Theatre ’s Windrush premiered just as the scandal of its title began to break – a...
Given the endless hours dancers spend together in classes, rehearsals, and performances, it makes sense that onstage chemistry frequently leads to romance IRL. Sometimes the resulting relationships go beyond stage magic. Serious dance...
Sadler’s Wells, London Set to Bartók’s opera, the bloody myth becomes a bleak battle of the sexes where we can never quite tell right from wrong Pina Bausch was of the “hell is other people” school of thought. In her work, anyway....
13 February 1985: Older dancers attend afternoon socials at venues they discovered in their youth Ballroom dancing, seen it on TV I got what I got from ballroom dancing Once upon a time, in 1961, it was reported that some five million...
I know it might be crazy, but did you hear—that ZOMBIES 2 comes out this week? It's been almost two years since the first ZOMBIES installment was released on Disney Channel, and we've had a Zed-shaped hole in our hearts ever since....