Tall and elegant, with a long, swanlike neck, Devon Teuscher has a body tailor-made for classic ballerina roles. Yet while the American Ballet Theatre soloist’s frame is delicate, her dancing is anything but: This is a girl who grew up learning hardcore men’s variations at Vermont Ballet Theater and School. In 2005, Teuscher’s strong technique […]
You know that myth that dancers who go to college are wasting precious performance time? Karen Chuang proves otherwise. The Northern California native trained with Sonya Tayeh in San Francisco before heading to University of California, Los Angeles, in 2008—the same year she traveled with The PULSE on Tour as an assistant and demonstrator. Before […]
In the last few years, Daniel Ulbricht has been pretty busy. In addition to his work as principal dancer at New York City Ballet, his pickup company, Stars of American Ballet, has toured internationally since 2013. This summer, the group will make its debut at the historic Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in a program called […]
Zendaya has come a long way since her first hip-hop classes at 8 years old. Growing up in Oakland, CA, she danced with the troupe Future Shock Oakland. Now 17, the triple threat is unstoppable. She’s performed at the White House, starred in the Disney Channel series “Shake It Up” and cha-chaed her way to […]
Mollee Gray (left) and Kent Boyd (right) in Teen Beach Movie (by Francisco Roman/Disney Channel) What do you get when you mix sand, retro bikinis and your favorite dancers rockin’ out on top of surfboards? Find out July 19 when Teen Beach Movie premieres on Disney Channel. To celebrate this red-hot made-for-TV musical, DS caught […]
Photo by Adam Rose/FOX With legs for days, a keen fashion sense and a charming British accent, “So You Think You Can Dance” host Cat Deeley is practically dance royalty—an impressive feat considering she’s not a dancer. Sure, millions of fans tune in to “SYTYCD” to see who will be dubbed America’s Favorite Dancers, but […]
Eastwood teaching at The PULSE On Tour “My mom always told me, ‘Your goal should be to get paid for what you truly love to do,’” Ian Eastwood says. “Now I get to make her proud every day.” This dancer/choreographer is living the dream, all right. You probably recognize him from “America’s Best Dance Crew” […]
Jessica Tong in Mats Ek’s Casi-Casa The dancers of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago are known for their powerful stage presence and stylistic range. Jessica Tong exemplifies all that and more. She trained at The Ballet School in Salt Lake City, UT, and then at University of Utah, where she was a member of Utah Ballet. […]