Category Archives: How To

Being Annie: Lilla Crawford on Her Starring Broadway Role

Posted on Nov 7, 2012 by .
Lilla Crawford gets a kiss from Sunny. By Joan Marcus

It’s definitely not a hard-knock life for Lilla Crawford. At only 11 years old, she’s singing, dancing and acting her heart … Continue reading →

Posted in Musical Theater

Acing A Capella

Posted on Oct 8, 2012 by .
Chloé Arnold (by Matthew Murphy)

You walk onstage for your tap routine—click, click, click—and take your opening position for a performance a capella (without music). … Continue reading →

Posted in How To, Tap

Choreographer’s Collage: Justin Peck

Posted on Oct 5, 2012 by .
(by Paul Kolnik)

Justin Peck’s ballets are at once contemporary and playful, with intricate partnering and kaleidoscopic formations. Though the New York City … Continue reading →

Posted in Choreography, How To

Stacey Tookey Takes Charge

Posted on Oct 5, 2012 by .
by Michael J. Moore

If you truly felt for Billy Bell during the “Mad World” number on “So You Think You Can Dance” Season … Continue reading →

Posted in Choreography, How To

New Beginnings

Posted on Sep 10, 2012 by .
Gev Manoukian and Chelsie Hightower on “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 4 (Kelsey McNeal/FOX)

B-boy Gev Manoukian auditioned for “So You Think You Can Dance” for the first time during Season 2. He made … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballroom, How To

Dancing Forsythe

Posted on Sep 10, 2012 by .
The Joffrey Ballet's Christine Rocas and Rory Hohenstein in In the middle, somewhat elevated (Herbert Migdoll)

There I stood, center stage, during a performance of William Forsythe’s In the middle, somewhat elevated. Rehearsals for the ballet … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, How To