Tag: billy bell

8 Choreographers Who Started As "SYTYCD" Contestants

“So You Think You Can Dance” is often a launching pad for a dancer’s career. While many “SYT” alums go on to perform for iconic artists or join high-profile companies, some also become choreographers—and a few even come full-circle, making dances for the show where it all began. Here are 8 talented choreographers who got […]

Broadway Dance Center's Contemporary Intensive

Before you finish solidifying your summer plans, consider making a little room for a four-day feast of contemporary dance. From August 4–7, Broadway Dance Center in NYC will host a contemporary intensive for dancers 16 and up. Tracie Stanfield, the highly sought-after teacher and artistic director of Synthesis Dance Project, will head the intensive, with […]

Christina Perri's "SYTYCD" Fairytale

Christina Perri (photo by Yu Tsai) You probably remember Stacey Tookey’s contemporary piece “Jar of Hearts” on “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 7—partly because of the ultra-gorgeous choreography, and partly because the song’s been in your head ever since. (Click here in case you need a refresher.) At the time, Christina Perri’s song […]

Cedar Lake's Choreographers

How many companies can brag that most of their dancers are choreographers, too? That’s one of the reasons we’re obsessed with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet: a significant percentage of its artists have experimented with choreography. (Some of them—like Billy Bell, one of our February cover stars—even have choreographic side projects of their own.) It makes […]

A Cedar Lake Announcement

When we met up with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet “new kids” Ida Saki, Billy Bell and Navarra Novy-Williams for our February cover shoot, the company was in a state of limbo. Artistic director Benoit-Swan Pouffer had resigned in May 2013, and both the dancers and long-time ballet master and rehearsal director Alexandra Damiani were anxiously […]

"Now We're Ready to Grow."

Here’s what you already know about Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet: It’s a company of unique, thoughtful, brilliant dancers. It has a beautiful home in NYC, but it also tours all over the world. Its repertoire, which has a European flair, is as stimulating intellectually as it is physically. Thanks to all that, Cedar Lake has […]

February Fun!

Happy first day of February! We can’t think of a better way to celebrate than showing off our fabulous February issue. It features a few Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet dancers we adore: Ida Saki, Billy Bell and Navarra Novy-Williams. These three spent most of their day weaving in and out of a breathtaking improvisation. And […]