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This K-Pop Music Video Will Change the Way You Think About Boy Bands

K-pop boy band, Seventeen just released a jaw-dropping music video that we can’t get enough of. Thanks to the intricacy and overall it-factor of the choreography, this boy band’s taking things to a level that even professional dancers might have trouble keeping up with. In fact, these guys are so good that *NSYNC may have […]

How This Dancer Turned Her Problem Into a Business

The groundwork for Erin Carpenter’s company, Nude Barre, began when she was a teenager. At 16, she earned a spot in the residency program at The Kennedy Center in partnership with Dance Theatre of Harlem. “We were required to wear nude—as in, our actual skin tone—tights and shoes,” she remembers. Carpenter brought her “sun tan” […]

Four Companies, One Show: Check Out Peridance Presents This Weekend

Peridance Contemporary Dance Company members (photo by Karli Cadel) Being the savvy dancers that you all are, you already know it’s a good idea to scope out hot, interesting choreographers, to discover who and what you really like—and what you like…less. Being informed about what’s happening in the dance world will help you choose which […]

Teddy Forance Writes a Letter to His Teenage Self

Whether he’s onstage with Shaping Sound—the company he helped co-found with Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini and Kyle Robinson—or performing with artists like P!nk, Janet Jackson, Lady Gaga or Usher, contemporary dancer Teddy Forance never delivers anything less than jaw-dropping performances. His technique is flawless and he leaves everything he has on the stage, every single […]

An Inside Peek at the NYU Future Dancers and Dance Makers Program

High school senior Savannah Gaillard has been attending the New York University Future Dancers and Dancemakers workshop at Tisch School of the Arts for the past three years. The uber-focused and dedicated teen chronicled the final three weekends of the 2016 program: Every Saturday, from February through April, she and her mom, Nancy, took the […]

Are You Ready to Go Pro?

It’s a question every serious dance student has to ask as she approaches high school graduation: What’s next? College, or a company gig? A full-time dance career, or…something else? You can’t take this big decision lightly. But how can you know if you’re ready to go pro after high school? What about at age 22, […]