Tag: dance advice

Photo Shoot Tips From 4 of Your Favorite Dance Photographers

Whether it’s a stunning photo of your favorite ballerina, a snapshot of your team during a performance, a crazy flexy pose on your Insta feed or your super-cringey first-recital photo, we all have a dance photograph that sticks in our minds. To ensure that all of your awkward dance photos remain in the past, and […]

Eliana Girard Writes a Letter to Her Teenage Self

She’s known as the ballerina with soul, but Eliana Girard’s versatility has helped her shine even brighter. On top of being crowned America’s Favorite Female Dancer on Season 9 of “So You Think You Can Dance,” she’s appeared in shows like “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Glee,” performed with Taylor Swift on her RED Tour, […]

How Dancers Can Beat Zoom Fatigue

Now that we’re more than nine months into the pandemic, there’s a big chance you’re feeling Zoom-ed out. Read: Totally overusing the video-conferencing app for school and dance classes—and everything else. And according to dance/movement therapist Erica Hornthal, MA, LCPC, BC-DMT, there’s good reason for that: “Managing your environment in a virtual space is taxing […]

Robert Green Writes a Letter to His Teenage Self

You may know him from the Top 10 on “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 14. You might have caught him touring the world with Taylor Swift. Or you might remember his viral video from 2015, where he revealed to his mom that he was cast in Swift’s 1989 World Tour. Choreographer, dancer, and […]

How to Reap the Benefits of Your Convention Experience—Long After the Weekend Passes

Between travel restrictions and the economic burdens of COVID-19, you may not find yourself able to convention-hop every weekend as per usual (or you might find yourself attending virtual, rather than IRL, convention events). But that doesn’t mean your dance training has to suffer—especially if you’re conscientious about applying your convention lessons and corrections to […]

Jookin' Master Lil Buck Writes a Letter to His Teenage Self

There’s a chance you’ve never heard of jookin’, a Memphis-grown form of street dance. But if you have, chances are it’s because of Charles Riley, or Lil Buck. Buck began pursuing jookin’ seriously at age 13, when he realized his dream of becoming a backup dancer. Little did he know that one day, he would […]

Choreographer and Dancer Alice Sheppard Writes a Letter to Her Teenage Self

Up until 2004, Alice Sheppard was a medieval-studies professor. But after seeing disabled dancer Homer Avila perform, Sheppard took her first dance class—and loved movement so much that she resigned her professorship to pursue a career in dance. She made her professional debut with Infinity Dance Theater, and has since danced with AXIS Dance Company, […]