The second round of 2018 Future Star winners showcases dancers with singular talent and ability. We’re thrilled to celebrate their success! Avery Neiswender Photo by Woods Photography, courtesy Molly Neiswender Age 10 Art In Motion Dance Studio, Champaign, IL StarPower, Branson, MO Kadyn Belanger Photo by 4Star Productions Courtesy Spirit of Dance Awards Age 12 […]
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 […]
The year 2019 is already off to a dramatic start for dance fans, thanks to Abby Lee Miller’s latest announcement. The infamously tough dance coach just let the world know that she’ll begin filming Season 8 of the hit reality series “Dance Moms” at the end of January. Her return to the show will come […]
Casey Nicholaw, one of the masterminds behind last spring’s Mean Girls, is bringing yet another upbeat musical set in a high school to Broadway—but this one tells a drastically different story. Choreographed and directed by Nicholaw, The Prom follows the experience of a lesbian couple in Edgewater, IN, who are barred from going to prom […]
Former New York City Ballet principal dancer and Dance Theatre of Harlem founder Arthur Mitchell passed away today in a Manhattan hospital. He was 84 years old. As a leading dancer with NYCB in the 1950s and ’60s, Mitchell became indelibly associated with two roles created on him by George Balanchine: the central pas de […]
The iconic New York City dance studio Steps on Broadway has a new leader coming on board: Joe Lanteri. The New York City Dance Alliance founder will be Steps’ new co-owner and executive director. “For me, it’s a big full circle,” says Lanteri, who used to take class at Steps when he first moved to […]
When news about the lawsuit against New York City Ballet and Chase Finlay emerged last week, plaintiff Alexandra Waterbury, a former School of American Ballet student, told The New York Times: “Every time I see a little girl in a tutu or with her hair in a bun on her way to ballet class, all […]
Dance phenomenon Travis Wall and his mom Denise are no strangers to the spotlight. Travis’ success on “So You Think You Can Dance,” followed by his own reality show, have propelled him to reality dance stardom. Though he’s working behind the scenes as a choreographer these days, you can still catch him performing occasionally with […]