Dance Spirit’s May/June 2014 issue. Shot by Joe Toreno. The day I found out Jeremy Hudson and Mark Kanemura were dating, I sprinted across the office and practically shouted to the rest of the Dance Spirit staff, “We have to put them on the cover!” You know Mark from Season 4 of “So You Think […]
Summer’s winding down and while you prepare to head back to school and the studio, we’re busy gearing up for the 2014 issues of Dance Spirit. But before we decide who will grace next year’s pages (and covers!), we want to hear about the dancers and choreographers you’re loving right now. To get you started, […]
It’s finally here! The premiere of Shaping Sound’s tour, that is. We’ve been obsessed with this company—full of so-beautiful-we-can’t-stop-looking-at-them commercial dancers—for quite a while. First, we featured the brand-spanking-new Shaping Sound on our cover last year, then we kept track of the blossoming company with exclusive interviews with the dancers. And now, our baby (OK, we […]
“Drop the attitude? Why don’t you…drop off the face of the earth?” —Nick Lazzarini, Voice of Reason, “All the Right Moves” This recap is tardy, and for that I’m truly sorry. I was out of town last week hanging out at “So You Think You Can Dance” (more on that soon—I promise many details) and […]
“I’m making a little, like, brunch. I was gonna season the chicken with some banana chips…but I thought not…because you’re allergic to them.” —Nick Lazzarini, Voice of Reason, “All the Right Moves” This episode is all about “theater shopping,” and I realize that sounds more like a QVC special than an hour of fun and […]
Last night marked the premiere episode of “All the Right Moves” on Oxygen. Surely you know this by now since we basically haven’t shut up about it since May. The first episode brought exactly what we expected: two contemporary routines, a whole lotta “who’s the boss of this company?” drama, and plenty of shirtless Kyle […]
Have you received your January issue of DS yet? If not, sorry for the spoiler alert, but you’ve probably figured it out by now: The first cover star of 2012 is Chantel Aguirre, and we completely adore this ballet-trained commercial dancer. Travis Wall—you know him, you dig him—had tons to say about Chantel during a […]
“The first time I saw Chantel Aguirre dance was in a video,” recalls choreographer Travis Wall. “My first thought was that she had crazy lines. My next thought was that I wanted to meet her.” A few months later, Wall did meet Chantel, who was 18 at the time and working as an assistant at […]