Tag: sophia lucia

9 Dancers Who Are All Kinds of Foot #Goals

Few things are more beautiful than perfectly arched feet. While us normal humans are on a never-ending quest to make our biscuits look a little bit better, some dancers are just born with gorgeous bananas. Here are 9 artists—from big-name icons to up-and-coming talents—whose feet are all kinds of #goals. Sylvie Guillem French ballet icon […]

5 People You Didn't Know Auditioned for "SYTYCD"

“So You Think You Can Dance” just kicked off Season 15 with a fabulous audition episode. Unfortunately, as always, some of the gifted dancers we just met won’t make it to the live shows. In fact, so many talented artists have tried out for “SYT,” it can be hard to remember standout auditionees from the […]

10 Quick Questions with Sophia Lucia

Sophia Lucia burst onto the dance scene as a tiny tapper with a crazy knack for pirouettes. (She busted out a whopping 55 turns in 2013 to earn a Guinness World Record!) Thanks to her top-notch technique and unreal flexibility—not to mention a brief appearance on “Dance Moms”—Lucia became a household name practically overnight. Now, […]

Watch Sophia Lucia Being Flawless in Her New Dance Series

Question: When does Sophia Lucia have time to sleep? Everyone’s favorite comp-star-turned-bunhead seems to be diving headfirst into a new project every week. We absolutely #bowdown to everything she does, and her latest project is no exception. Behold: “Unscathed,” a new dance series on Sophia’s YouTube channel. We’re not entirely sure if there will be […]

Catching the Ballet Bug

In 2012, the internet exploded over a YouTube clip featuring then–10-year-old Sophia Lucia executing 54 turns in tap shoes. Dance fans fell hard for the record breaker, who quickly rose to comp-world stardom. Fast-forward to 2016, when Sophia gave her Instagram followers déjà vu with 10 perfectly executed pirouettes—in pointe shoes. The comp queen had […]

There Are Some Major Dance Stars in Hallmark's A Nutcracker Christmas

Oh hey there, Hallmark Channel! The producer of all those sweet, homey movies best watched in your PJs with your mom has a super dance-y film on its holiday lineup this season: A Nutcracker Christmas. And the casting is—to use a very Hallmark-y pun—perfectly on pointe. A Nutcracker Christmas tells the story of a talented […]

Your Moment of Dance Zen: Sophia Lucia's Insane Pirouettes

We’ve all had that amazing pirouette dream. You know the one I’m talking about: The one where you go into a turn, realize you’re perfectly, absolutely, unshakably on-balance, and just. keep. spotting. 5 turns. 6 turns. 7. 8. 9. TEN. But there are a select few superhumans who live that dream every day. And Sophia […]