Tag: choreo

Amy Yakima Is Major Inspo in This Short Film

How are those New Year’s resolutions going, team? Not so great? If you need a motivational reboot, we’ve got just the thing. “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 10 winner/Broadway star Amy Yakima teamed up with New York Film Academy’s Professional Conservatory of Musical Theatre (PCMT) to make a short dance film that’s seriously […]

The Inside Scoop on the Upcoming "Rent: Live" Special

The iconic 1990s musical Rent is the latest Broadway show to get the live treatment. Airing January 27, the star-studded cast includes Vanessa Hudgens as Maureen Johnson, Jordan Fisher as Mark Cohen, Tinashe as Mimi Marquez, and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” contestant Valentina as Angel. Keala Settle of The Greatest Showman will also make an appearance […]

Presenting Our Annual Jazz Hand Awards for the Danciest Shows on Broadway

Welcome to the fourth annual Jazz Hand Awards—aka “the Jazzies”—where we rate the danciest new shows shining on Broadway. The Jazzie for Most Authentic Afro-Caribbean Moves Goes to… “Once on This Island” (Center, left) Alex Newell as Asaka, mother of the Earth with Hailey Kilgore as Ti Moune in “Once on This Island” (photo by […]

Watch Kaycee Rice and Sean Lew Wow Us Yet Again

There’s nothing dynamic duo Kaycee Rice and Sean Lew can’t do. From dominating in class vids to qualifying on “World of Dance,” this pair has taken the industry by storm. And their latest video, directed by the talented Tim Milgram and choreographed by the Emmy Award-winning Tessandra Chavez? We can’t stop watching it. Dancing to […]

"Project Home" Is a New Dance Film Unlike Anything You've Seen Before

It took no fewer than three years for choreographers Chris Martin and Larkin Poynton to create Project Home, a 45-minute film that brings together artists from all over the world (including the inspirational Mari Madrid!). And their finished product is sure to take your breath away. Seriously, guys: It’s beautiful. Martin and Poynton’s vision was […]

Where Choreographer Molly Long Finds Inspiration

Molly Long is the rare prodigy who grew up to be even more brilliant. At the ripe old age of 16, Long (now 25) took charge of the minis at her home studio, Dance Precisions, in Southern California, leading the team to big wins at Nationals. It wasn’t long before she was traveling the country […]

Kyle Hanagami Taught a Total Newbie How to Dance—in 30 Days

Imagine you’d never danced a day in your life, and then you woke up one morning and said, “Let’s do it.” Who would you call to guide you through this new, foreign world? Kyle Hanagami, obviously—which is exactly what Ashly Perez, a video personality and producer at BuzzFeed, did. Perez recruited Hanagami to turn her […]