Tag: janelle monae

6 Queer Musicians to Choreograph to This Pride Month

With Pride celebrations around the world canceled due to COVID-19, we’re all trying to find ways to celebrate the incredible queer community this June. So this #NewMusicFriday, we rounded up a few of our favorite queer musical artists, in the hopes that they’ll provide some choreographic inspiration to all you dancers stuck at home. Janelle […]

All the Details on Janelle Monáe's Dance-Filled Oscars Performance

Historically, the Academy Awards aren’t a super-dancy event—after all, there’s still no award for best movie choreography. But this year, pop icon Janelle Monáe brought all the next-level dancing (and over-the-top theatricality) we ever could have dreamed of in her opening number. New York Magazine on Instagram: “The #Oscars tore a massive hole in the […]

All the Dance Highlights of the 2019 Grammy Awards

Yes, yes, it’s a music awards show, but for us, it’s *always* all about the dancing. And last night, the Grammy performers—especially the ladies—gave us everything our little dancer hearts desired. Happy early Valentine’s Day to us! 😍 4. Camila Cabello performing “Havana” What a performance from @Camila_Cabello, @JBALVIN, @ricky_martin & @sandovalarturo1 at the 2019 […]

NBC Might Be Doing The Wiz as its Next Live Musical!

If you guys are anything like us, you probably caught NBC’s “The Sound of Music, LIVE!” when it aired in December 2013. And you probably also watched Peter Pan Live, when it was on this last December. Yes, the shows got some not-so-great reviews, but does that mean we love them any less? Of course […]

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It’s spring! It’s spring! It’s finally, finally spring! Actually, it’s 40 degrees and rainy here in NYC (womp). But the spring signifier that REALLY matters to me and my fellow bunheads is the kickoff of ballet season—and that happened last night, aka opening night at New York City Ballet. Over the next couple of months, […]

Janelle Monáe Does It Again

It feels like it was just yesterday we were gushing about Janelle Monáe’s amazingly quirky single, “Q.U.E.E.N.” (I mean, it was only two months ago—dang, girl!) But now, here we are yet again obsessed with another one of her just-released videos, “Dance Apocalyptic.” In a departure from her signature look, Monáe literally lets down her […]

Janelle Monáe's New Video Is Crazy in a Good Way

If you’re like me, you’ve been a diehard Janelle Monáe fan ever since her breakout performance on “So You Think You Can Dance” three years ago. The forward-thinking diva recently released the video for her newest single, “Q.U.E.E.N.”—and like pretty much everything Monáe creates, it’s full of quirky surprises. The mini-film takes place in a […]