Tag: birthday

The Best Balanchine Quotes in Honor of Mr. B's Birthday

Happy birthday, George Balanchine! The great choreographer and founder of New York City Ballet would have been 114 years old today. Balanchine revolutionized ballet, especially American ballet—and he also had quite a way with words. To celebrate Mr. B’s birthday, we rounded up some of our favorite iconic Balanchine quotes. “See the music, hear the […]

Celebrate Harry Potter's Birthday With This Harry-Draco Dance Battle

It’s one of the most magical times of the year—and we don’t mean “magical” in the holiday-spirit sense, but in the wands-and-wizards sense: Today is Harry Potter’s birthday! Whether you’re a Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, its time to celebrate not only the birth of “The Boy Who Lived,” but more importantly the creation of […]

tWitch Got Ellen the Cutest, Danciest Birthday Present

Can we talk about how wonderful the tWitch—Ellen DeGeneres bestfriendship is? They’ve hearted each other for ages. (Remember their epic duet, with Ellen doing a verrry impressive Alex Wong impression, during the “SYT” Season 7 finale? Yeah, that was SEVEN YEARS AGO). tWitch has even served as a featured DJ on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” […]

Happy Birthday, The Lion King

It’s the ciiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiife! Today the Broadway production of The Lion King celebrates its sixteenth birthday. Sweet sixteen! And it feels like only yesterday that everyone in the world fell in love with the show’s crazy, puppet-y brand of awesomeness. He’s gonna be a mighty king! (Photo by Joan Marcus) Some fun birthday facts: […]

Looking Back at Being 15

Happy Birthday, Dance Spirit! This month, our magazine turns 15 years old, and we couldn’t be prouder. While celebrating, the DS editors had some fun reminiscing about what we were like at 15. We searched far and wide (and called our mothers) to collect these photos of our awkward, awesome and dance-y teen years.  Please […]