Tag: christina ricucci

Views from the Top: What it's Really Like to Be a Comp Celebrity

To her high school classmates, Sarah Pippin was a regular girl: a good student and a friendly face around campus. But on the weekends—at dance competitions and conventions across the country—Pippin was a bona fide celeb, adored by her fellow competitors and faculty members alike. By the time she graduated high school, Pippin had racked […]

Christina Ricucci on Her Life with Lyme Disease

Two years ago, Christina Ricucci, then 15, was living every dancer’s dream. She was training intensively at Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, Westside Dance Project and Murrieta Dance Project in Southern California. She earned top awards at competitions, including Teen Best Dancer at The Dance Awards Nationals in 2013. (She even landed on a cover […]

"Be Kind" to Help Christina Ricucci Fight Lyme Disease

(Photo by Erin Baiano) As many of you probably know, our friend Christina Ricucci is going through a really tough time right now. She’s been battling Lyme Disease for several months, and has had an especially difficult time of it during the last couple weeks. Christina is well known in the dance community for her […]

Captivating Christina

(Photo by Erin Baiano) Here’s a not-so-secret secret: Christina Ricucci is a little bit of an overachiever. This summer alone, she attended two prestigious intensives (at Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater), three Nationals (New York City Dance Alliance, The Dance Awards and Showstopper) and one turbocharged convention (Dancerpalooza). And you all obviously […]

My Top Highlights from NYCDA Nationals

Oh my goodness, you guys: What a crazy, jam-packed, INCREDIBLE week it’s been here in NYC! New York City Dance Alliance finished up its Nationals last night with an epic closing gala, capping off nine days of workshop classes and competition. And talk about talent! I’m still kind of overwhelmed by all of the amazing […]

Meet the 2014 Cover Model Search Finalists

You might expect cutthroat competition among three teenage girls vying for a chance to be on the cover of Dance Spirit. But when our 2014 Cover Model Search finalists came to NYC for three days of shoots, shows and classes, the atmosphere was one of girl-power solidarity. After all, they were bound by one unifying […]

Voting Is Now Open For Our Cover Model Search

That’s right! You can now vote for your favorite out of our three fabulous finalists—Christina Ricucci, Sarah Pippin and Alyssa Allen. We met these three back in April, when they flew out for an NYC weekend of classes, a Broadway show and a DS photo shoot, and of course, they rocked! Here they are for […]