Tag: rachael mclaren

Letter to My Teenage Self: Rachael McLaren

(Photo by Andrew Eccles, courtesy Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Rachael McLaren moves with a ballet dancer’s refined footwork, a musical theater vet’s theatricality and a modern dancer’s unmistakable groundedness. After training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, McLaren performed in the Toronto cast of Mamma Mia! for two years […]

Happy 15th Birthday, DS!

In honor of Dance Spirit’s 15th birthday, we decided to check in with a few of our favorite past cover stars. They wrote to us about how being on the cover changed their careers. Memories! Brian Friedman, October 2003 “When I was asked to be on the cover, I was thrilled. I felt like I’d […]