Tag: the dirt

The Dirt: Isabella DeVivo

Isabella DeVivo is taking the ballet world by storm: During her first year as a San Francisco Ballet corps member, she danced featured roles in Alexei Ratmansky’s From Foreign Lands and Liam Scarlett’s Hummingbird. Before joining SFB in 2013, she studied dance at the School of American Ballet in NYC and was a San Francisco […]

The Dirt: Angelica Generosa

Generosa in Twyla Tharp’s Waiting at the Station (photo by Angela Sterling, courtesy Pacific Northwest Ballet) Angelica Generosa is on her way to ballerina stardom. The Pacific Northwest Ballet corps member grew up in New Jersey, studying at Princeton Ballet School and the School of American Ballet before joining PNB as an apprentice in 2011. […]

The Dirt: Melanie Mah

  Melanie Mah’s career is basically the commercial-dance dream. After training as a ballet dancer near her hometown of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Mah earned a spot on Season 2 of “So You Think You Can Dance Canada” and made it to the Top 6. She moved to L.A. in 2011, and in the last five […]

The Dirt: Keo Motsepe

Keo Motsepe’s 2014 debut on “Dancing with the Stars” may have been his introduction to American TV audiences. But the South African pro had been racking up accolades in the international ballroom community long before his “DWTS” days. Motsepe, who grew up in Pretoria, was only 5 years old when he ditched soccer for dance. […]

The Dirt: Adi Malcolm

Adi at the FIS Apline World Ski Championships (photo by Rain Duran, courtesy Duran) Just over a year ago, Adilyn “Audacious Adi” Malcolm was researching Michael Jackson for a school project and became mesmerized by the moves she saw on YouTube. It snowballed from there: She watched as many videos of poppers, lockers and gliders […]

The Dirt with Amanda Cleghorn

One look at Amanda Cleghorn, and it’s easy to see why she was voted runner-up on “So You Think You Can Dance Canada” Season 3: She’s a full-bodied mover with total command of her instrument. And since she moved to L.A. in 2012, many choreographers have taken note. Cleghorn has performed with Stacey Tookey’s company, […]

The Dirt with Leanne Cope

She may be a Brit, but when she’s onstage as Lise in An American in Paris, Leanne Cope is the image of Parisian chic. Cope, who will make her Broadway debut in the role this month, is a first artist with The Royal Ballet. But it wasn’t simply her flawless technique that caught An American […]

The Dirt: Miles "Baby Boogaloo" Brown

If you’ve seen ABC’s “black-ish,” you’ll recognize Miles Brown as Jack Johnson, one of the sitcom’s youngest stars. But though he’s just 10 years old, Brown (aka “Baby Boogaloo”) isn’t new to the spotlight. At 5 he danced on “America’s Got Talent” as well as on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” In 2012, Brown performed in […]