Tag: academy awards

The Osage Tribal Singers and Dancers perform onstage during the Oscars.

The Most Memorable Dance Moments From the 2024 Academy Awards

2024 was a big year for dance at the Oscars, including a history-making performance, a heart-pumping ensemble number, and a surprise addition to the “In Memoriam” segment. We’re still rooting for a “Best Choreography” category as dance continues to be an integral part to each year’s nominated films. But until then, we still enjoy seeing our beloved artform […]

All the Details on Janelle Monáe's Dance-Filled Oscars Performance

Historically, the Academy Awards aren’t a super-dancy event—after all, there’s still no award for best movie choreography. But this year, pop icon Janelle Monáe brought all the next-level dancing (and over-the-top theatricality) we ever could have dreamed of in her opening number. New York Magazine on Instagram: “The #Oscars tore a massive hole in the […]

There’s Still No Oscar for Best Choreography, So We’re Giving Out Our Own Award—with the Help of Your Votes

2019’s movies featured some truly fantastic dancing, thanks to the hard work of many talented choreographers. But you won’t see any of those brilliant artists recognized at the Academy Awards. And we’re (still) not OK with that. So we’re taking matters into our own jazz hands. On February 7—just before the Oscars ceremony—we’ll present a […]

Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Here to Teach Us Broadway Slang

Even if you’re a full-fledged Broadway baby, you’ll learn a thing or two from LMM. How can you tell if your relationship is real, or a mere showmance? What are you supposed to do when someone barks, “Thank you, 5!” in your face? And— perhaps most importantly—what is YOUR money note? Hamilton creator/Mary Poppins Returns […]

We LIVED for Rita Moreno at Last Night's Oscars

Rita. Moreno. Is. A. Legend. As if we weren’t already deeply in love with this rainbow unicorn of a human being—a dance and film icon probably best known for her epic, Oscar-winning performance as Anita in the film version of West Side Story—her appearance at last night’s Academy Awards made us fall even harder. Why? […]

Why Isn't There an Oscar for Best Choreography?

The 2018 Oscar noms are here. Which is fun and all; we’ll never not get excited about a night of glitz and glamor and, when we’re lucky, pretty great dancing. But we’d be a heck of a lot more excited if the Academy Awards included a Best Choreography category. And really—why don’t they? Last year, […]

Somebody Give Justin Timberlake an Emmy for His Oscars Performance

We’re going to take a minute off from obsessing over WHAT THE HECK WENT DOWN during the Best Picture award presentation last night (seriously, how did that happen?). Because while that’ll be the moment most people remember from the 89th Academy Awards, we need to recognize the actual best moment of the evening. And that […]