Author Archives: Kathryn Holmes

Choreographing Success

Posted on Sep 8, 2009 by .
Jessica Lang working with Colorado Ballet dancers. Photo by Terry Shapiro.

Contemporary choreographer Jessica Lang has a flair for the dramatic. Whether she surrounds her dancers with large, realistic set pieces … Continue reading →

Posted in Modern

Belinda McGuire

Posted on Jul 13, 2009 by .
Belinda/David Hou

Like most freelance modern dancers in NYC, 25-year-old Belinda McGuire is constantly searching for the next challenge. “I love diversity, … Continue reading →

Posted in You Should Know

Christina Dooling

Posted on Jul 6, 2009 by .

Christina Dooling, 22, is living most dancers’ dream. In 2006, while in her third year at New York University’s Tisch … Continue reading →

Posted in You Should Know

From Classical to Commercial

Posted on Jun 24, 2009 by .
Sleeping Beauty/Vita Limanovic

You’re a total bunhead. Whether you live for Swan Lake or worship Jirí Kylián, you can’t imagine life without your … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial, How To

Home Away From Home

Posted on Jun 1, 2009 by .
Photo by Rosalie O'Connor

Quinn Pendleton, from Washington, CT, attended her first summer program when she was 13. She spent subsequent summers at Boston … Continue reading →

Posted in Mind, Your Body

Talking To Your Doctor About Injuries

Posted on Nov 15, 2008 by .
DS_doctor illust

When modern dancer Elizabeth* first saw a neurosurgeon after discovering she had two slipped discs in her back, she was … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Your Body