From the moment we saw Darriel Johnakin flash a million-watt smile while nailing a textbook tilt at her Cover Model Search photo shoot this spring, we knew she’d go far in the dance world. Now, having crossed “Dance Spirit Cover Model Search winner” off her bucket list, Darriel’s back to doing what she does best: […]
Dance majors are always busy, but when the weather cools, activity heats up on campus. Back-to-school excitement is replaced by midterms, extra rehearsals and social events. Dance Spirit spoke with Julia Spizzichini, a sophomore in the commercial dance program at Pace University, and Melissa Lowe, University of Arizona professor of dance and director of student […]
Sonya Tayeh led a master class for Pace students in May. (photo courtesy Pace) Calling all high schoolers: Pace University’s Commercial Dance BFA program will host a weekend intensive for prospective students on its campus October 17–19. (And yes, you read that correctly: You can get a degree in commercial dance.) Unlike a typical college […]
My first Friday night at New York University, two second-year dance majors had some of us freshmen follow them through SoHo to a tiny triangular street corner. There was nothing there but a one-story building that looked ready for a demolition crew. I didn’t know where we were or why. Then Savion Glover climbed onto […]
UNCSA Teams Up With ABT Wish you could get the world-class training of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre without the hustle and bustle of NYC? Now you can. This fall, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) School of Dance becomes JKO’s exclusive affiliate school. UNCSA School of […]