Tag: football

Super Bowl, Meet Super Ballet!

Unless you live under a rock, you know the Super Bowl is going down later today. What you may not know, however, is that the ballet worlds of Philadelphia (home of the Eagles) and of Boston (the Patriots’ stomping grounds) are just as excited as, y’know, everyone else you know is. Just look at the […]

When Top Choreographers Make Touchdown Dances…

…Everybody wins! The Wall Street Journal recently recruited three of our favorite choreographers to create touchdown dances for NFL stars (because why the heck not), and the results are straight-up hilarious. To say more would honestly just spoil the fun, so give this vid a watch—because Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‘s Joshua Bergasse, Come From […]

"Football Player" Joins Dance Team, Amazingness Ensues

Yes, we’ve all heard the stories about football players taking ballet classes to improve their agility. We’ve seen the funny, faintly sweet images of 350-pound dudes stretching their massive legs on straining barres. We’ve chuckled, shaken our heads, and thought, Bless their hearts. But a football player moonlighting as a member of his own squad’s […]

PNB Dancers Lose a Bet, Absolutely Win at Life

We don’t generally think of ballet directors as “fun.” But Peter Boal, artistic director of Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet, has broken the mold. In fact, a recent YouTube video proves that he is possibly the most fun, most good-spirited, most trash-talkiest AD out there. But I’m getting ahead of myself. And the award for Best […]

Ricky Ubeda Is Even Good at Throwing Things

We’ve talked and talked and talked about sports guys getting their dance on. But what about the dancers who stand out in the world of sports? Last year we told you about Michael Morris Jr., who earned a $2,500 college scholarship after killing it in a football toss competition. And this weekend, “So You Think You […]

Funding Dance…Through Football

Michael Morris, Jr., a dance student at the prestigious Boston Conservatory, is looking for ways to fund his education. But he’s not just going through the usual scholarship channels. Instead, he’s setting his sights on football—the “Dr. Pepper Giveaway” football-throwing contest, to be precise. For the past few months, Morris has been working on his […]

Precision at its Finest, Marching Band-Style!

I’ve always been drawn to the Radio City Rockettes and dance teams. It’s not just the sparkly costumes and the eye-high kicks that get me—it’s the precision. Have you ever watched the Rockettes and, at the end of the show, been like, “Wow, that one Rockette was so good?!” Probably not. Because that’s not the […]

Super Bowl? No, Super Beyoncé.

I always wanted to be one of those “cool girls” who’s all into sports and understands the difference between a first down and a field goal. Sorry, Dad: I didn’t get the Feller family football gene I guess. So while I won’t necessarily appreciate Sunday’s big battle between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore […]