Tag: cover model search 2019

Catching Up with Cover Model Search Finalist Emma Sutherland

We’re thrilled for our Cover Model Search winner, Darriel Johnakin—but we also love our two runners-up, Diego Pasillas and Emma Sutherland! We talked to Emma about how life has changed since her NYC visit for the contest. Emma performing in “Blindly On Our Way” at New York City Dance Alliance Nationals in July (courtesy Sutherland) […]

Catching Up with Cover Model Search Finalist Diego Pasillas

We’re thrilled for our Cover Model Search winner, Darriel Johnakin—but we also love our two runners-up, Diego Pasillas and Emma Sutherland! We talked to Diego about how life has changed since his NYC visit for the contest. Diego performing his solo “Dive in the Water” at Radix Nationals (courtesy the Pasillas family) Hi, Diego! What’ve […]

Darriel Johnakin is Your 2019 Cover Model Search Winner!

From the moment we saw Darriel Johnakin flash a million-watt smile while nailing a textbook tilt at her Cover Model Search photo shoot this spring, we knew she’d go far in the dance world. Now, having crossed “Dance Spirit Cover Model Search winner” off her bucket list, Darriel’s back to doing what she does best: […]

Vote for Your Favorite in Our Cover Model Search Contest!

Congratulations to Dance Spirit‘s 2019 Cover Model Search finalists: Darriel Johnakin, Diego Pasillas, and Emma Sutherland! One of them will win a spot on Dance Spirit‘s Fall 2019 cover. Learn more about the dancers by clicking on their names here: Read Darriel’s profile here Read Diego’s profile here Read Emma’s profile here And then vote […]

2019 Cover Model Search Finalist Emma Sutherland

Click here to vote for Emma. There’s a story Kate Walker, director of dance at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, TX, loves to tell about Emma Sutherland, who just graduated from the program. “We were watching the students run a really long, challenging piece,” Walker recalls. “Several […]

2019 Cover Model Search Finalist Diego Pasillas

Click here to vote for Diego. There are some dancers who impress in easy-to-articulate ways: They’ve got the extension, they’ve got the feet, they’ve got the technique. Then there are dancers like Diego Pasillas, whose virtuosity isn’t as easy to wrap your head around. Not that Diego doesn’t have the extension/feet/technique; that’s all there, too. […]