Tag: ida saki

10 "SYTYCD" Auditions That Still Blow Us Away

In need of a little audition-spiration? Whether you’re preparing to try out for the show or are just looking to get into the “SYTYCD” mood, here are 8 phenomenal past auditions we’re still obsessing over. Tate McRae, Season 13 The control, the balance, the tilts, those legs—we still have no idea how then–14-year-old Tate McRae […]

Ida Saki Talks Training, Challenges, and Her Keys to Success

Former Dance Spirit Cover Model Search winner and all-around goddess, Ida Saki, is one of those rare dancers that captivates on every level. Not only are we obsessed with her silky smooth contemporary moves and impossibly gorgeous lines (those feet!! 😍 ), but we’re just as obsessed with what she has to say. And in […]

10 Quick Questions With Ida Saki

The first time you saw Ida Saki may have been on the October 2009 cover of Dance Spirit. At the time, 17-year-old Ida was a competition dancer from Texas, where she trained at Dance Industry Performing Arts Center. That same year, Ida won the coveted Senior Outstanding Dancer title at New York City Dance Alliance […]

Feet First

What would dancers be without their feet? Here are up-close-and-personal portraits of 13 professionals’ beautiful, battered, beloved feet.

Talent Abounds at NYCDAF's "Destiny Rising" Gala

If there’s one thing NYCDA Executive Director Joe Lanteri knows how to do, it’s make dreams come true. This was obvious at last night’s New York City Dance Alliance Foundation Gala, “Destiny Rising,” at The Joyce Theater. It was an evening of passionate performance by tons of crazy-talented dancers, many of whom grew up as self-proclaimed “NYCDA babies.” […]

Video Break Time: Lauren Adams Is Our #WCW

Whether her muses are ballroom champions or some of the world’s most gorgeous male dancers, Lauren Adams creates works that are elegantly vivid—they embody feelings we all feel, but in a hyper-articulate, singularly beautiful way. And the fact that top-level artists from all parts of the dance world are clamoring to work with her? Well, […]

Choreographer Lindsay Nelko Talks Awakening

Lindsay Nelko (photo by Kristen Sawatzky) At last year’s Capezio A.C.E. (Award for Choreographic Excellence) Awards in NYC, Lindsay Nelko tied for third place, winning $3,000 to produce her own show in conjunction with Capezio and Break the Floor Productions. Next week, we’ll see the fruits of that partnership: Nelko will present the world premiere […]