Well Dance Spirit fans, it’s official—we have been blessed with the first Jonas Brother music video of 2020. And just when you thought your favorite singing trio couldn’t get any better, they came into the decade with one of the most dance-packed music videos we’ve seen in a minute. In the video, the Jo Bros […]
If you’re a proud citizen of Bachelor Nation, you know that as nail-biting as the rose ceremonies can get, the real fun happens in the post-credits scenes. The clips ABC shows at the tail end of each Monday-night episode never actually have much to do with the reality show’s main plot line of competitive romancing. […]
Whether you’re a musical theater buff or someone who lives for the Step Up franchise, you have to admit that dance movie scenes are often (all too) representative of real life. Here are five of our favorite scenes that, despite being silly and/or fantastical, somehow manage to reflect how we feel. 1. Did you just […]
If you were obsessed with “Peter Pan Live!” and “The Sound of Music Live!,” you’re undoubtedly living for “Grease: Live.” The new production of the musical Grease, which aired this month on Fox, has a stellar cast (see below)—and is jam-packed with energetic dance routines choreographed by Zach Woodlee. Dance Spirit caught up with Woodlee […]
The Tony Awards (airing this Sunday night!) recognize a lot of Broadway talent: actors, directors, sound designers, lighting designers, writers, composers, and our favorites, choreographers. But we all know that the true muscle behind every amazing musical is the dancers. And they rarely get Tony nominations. (Unless they happen to be the fabulous Karine Plantadit, […]
(Photo by Tracy Whiteside/thinkstock.com) 1. Your teacher asks you to freestyle at the end of class. What’s your go-to showstopper? A. A huge shimmy followed by a big body-roll B. Time steps, pullbacks and wings until your taps nearly fall off C. The quadruple pirouette your teacher didn’t even know you’d mastered D. Sky-high extensions […]
Today the BBC is airing an interview with choreographer extraordinaire Wayne McGregor, who talks about how John Travolta’s smooth moves first got him interested in dance. “I grew up in the ’70s, John Travolta time—Grease, Saturday Night Fever, those were the movies in the cinema, and those were the kinds of dances I wanted to […]