You might not like what she has to say, but Abby Lee Miller will critique your dancing. “Ever wanted to dance for the ALDC? Well, now’s your chance!” When I received an email with that in the subject line (I guess the secret’s out that I signed up for the Abby Lee Dance Company mailing […]
Have you ever been handed a dance costume for a competition or recital and thought, “I could’ve designed something better than this!” Revolution Dancewear’s “Design Your Dream” competition asked dancers to do just that. And, out of 47 submissions, 13-year-old Rachael Bonato’s fiery, Hunger Games-inspired creation won the grand prize! Rachael and two other finalists, Morgan […]
A cutting contest at the 2010 L.A. Tap Festival. Photo by Samantha Scipio. Alaman Diadhiou entered his first cutting contest—an improv-based competition in which individual dancers must face off and perform on the spot to a set tempo while trying to impress a panel of judges and avoid getting cut—at the D.C. Tap Festival in […]