A choreographer’s notebook can be a very private thing. After all, it’s where she crafts concepts, scribbles formations and documents her dancers’ rehearsal processes before anything is ready to be seen by an audience. And while many artists use video cameras to record phrases and set movement on dancers, others choose to stick with good, […]
Al Blackstone is one of the fastest-rising choreographers in the industry, creating one successful piece after another. After making his Broadway debut as a dancer in Wicked, Blackstone won the 2011 Capezio A.C.E. Award for Choreographic Excellence, which gave him the opportunity to direct and choreograph a full-length production, Happy We’ll Be. For the last […]
Hey, “SYTYCD” fans: Want to win a trip to see the finale episode LIVE in L.A.? Of course you do! Click here to enter our “SYT” finale sweepstakes. And then there were 10. We said goodbye to four of the loveliest ladies on last night’s “So You Think You Can Dance”—Team Stage’s Kate and Alexia, and Team Street’s […]
As a student at Wayne State University, Sonya Tayeh had one of those experiences that seem to change everything: She saw Martha Graham’s seminal solo, Lamentation. Fast-forward a decade or so, and Tayeh is revisiting that defining moment. Fresh off another groundbreaking season on “So You Think You Can Dance,” Tayeh was one of four […]
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 […]
The Season 11 finale of “So You Think You Can Dance” had it all: Amazing performances, musical guests, guest dancers and guest judges, and plenty of cute Cat Deeley hijinks to last until #SYTYCDSeason12. Oh, and we got the RESULTS! But before we get to the big reveal (hint: Chace Crawford’s twin!), let’s talk about […]
The “So You Think You Can Dance” Top 10: By definition, that’s a pretty rarefied crowd. At this point in the competition there are no obvious weak links in the contestant lineup, so eliminations are starting to feel…weird. We’re invested in all the remaining dancers, which means, to horribly misquote Sheryl Crow, now every cut […]
It’s that late-summer time of year when a lot of you, especially you high school juniors and seniors, are starting to have college-related meltdowns. Your minds are swirling with questions—important ones. What school might be the best fit for you? How should you go about narrowing down your list of colleges? Should you major in […]