Tag: broadway dance center

Troubleshooting Tap Turns: Tips for Pirouettes in Tap Shoes

You know that pirouette dream, when your placement is so perfect you can keep turning forever? That dream is the reality for highly technical tappers, who benefit from the decreased friction of their shoes. Get the placement right and, with a strong spot, they can pirouette for days. But turning in tap shoes isn’t all […]

Dance Spirit's Ultimate NYC Itinerary

The Big Apple is dancer heaven, with more to do and see than anyone could possibly exhaust. Want to make the most of your visit? Take the personality quiz below to get an itinerary tailor-made for your dancer needs. Meet Your Tour Guides Traci Finch of New Chamber Ballet, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet and CelloPointe […]

Choose Your Own NYC Adventure

Headed to The Big Apple? The endless number of studios, shops, shows and restaurants can seem overwhelming. Let Dance Spirit and a few NYC dance insiders be your guides. Clockwise from top left: Alex Lopez/NYC & Company, Clayton Cotterell/NYC & Company, Alex Lopez/NYC & Company, Joe Buglewicz/NYC & Company, Marley White/NYC & Company, Joe Buglewicz/NYC […]

Sophia Anne Caruso

When NBC aired The Sound of Music Live!, viewers fell in love with the 12-year-old triple threat playing Brigitta von Trapp: Sophia Anne Caruso. This talented young actress already has a stacked resumé of theater credits, television appearances and commercials—including a national Campbell’s soup commercial and a guest appearance on NBC’s “Smash” as a young […]

Broadway Dance Center's Contemporary Intensive

Before you finish solidifying your summer plans, consider making a little room for a four-day feast of contemporary dance. From August 4–7, Broadway Dance Center in NYC will host a contemporary intensive for dancers 16 and up. Tracie Stanfield, the highly sought-after teacher and artistic director of Synthesis Dance Project, will head the intensive, with […]

When Dance Spirit Met Fifth Harmony

(L to R) Maggie McNamara, Sean Bankhead and me!   Last week, fellow DS editor Maggie McNamara and I headed to NYC’s Broadway Dance Center for an experience we’re not likely to forget: An exclusive master class with hip-hop choreographer Sean Bankhead, who has been working with girl group, Fifth Harmony. (You might remember their […]