Tag: performance

Pros Share How to Nail Your Next Quick-Change

Your heart is racing, your adrenaline is pumping, and your friend is zipping up your costume while cheering you on. It must be a quick-change! From shoes to hairpieces to makeup, costume changes between dances have a lot of moving pieces. Luckily, Dance Spirit talked to two quick-change experts—Zoe Lemelman, an incoming Pace University Commercial […]

How to Perform Without a Mask…Again

The world is slowly opening back up. And if we can be honest, none of us will miss our sweaty masks sticking to our faces. Wearing a mask while dancing is nobody’s favorite thing. But there’s another downside to masks that dancers must now grapple with: a year and a half now spent practicing performance […]

Dear Katie: Help! I Need More Stage Experience!

In our “Dear Katie” series, Miami City Ballet soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email [email protected] for a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, I love my dance studio—the training is really good—but we only get to perform twice a year. I really want more stage […]

The Most Effective Way to Remove Stage Makeup

Of all the many skin-care sins out there, not removing your makeup is probably number one. That’s doubly true after a dance competition or recital, when your face is caked in heavy stage makeup and sweat. But those thick layers of pancake, powder, and eyelash glue aren’t easy to get rid of. Here, we break […]

The Eyes Have It: How Dancers Can Use Their Eyes Effectively Onstage

Have you ever been unable to take your eyes off a dancer, only to realize it’s because they’re using their eyes so beautifully? Powerful eye contact can be the detail that takes your performance to the next level. Not everyone knows how to use their eyes effectively, though. Too much eye contact can make you […]