Tag: dancer to dancer

4 Mistakes Dancers Make When Picking Summer Intensives

You’ve completed your summer intensive auditions and received your acceptance letters. Congrats! Now, it’s time to choose where you’ll be spending this vital training time. While it’s easy to select the program with the biggest name, or head to the school where all your friends are going, it might not always be the best choice […]

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 […]

This Ballerina Danced in a Professional Company AND Graduated from Harvard

For Harvard grad and professional ballerina, Liz Walker, school and dance were always separate. In high school, she studied at a private, all-girls school by day and trained at American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School by night. At the same time she was auditioning for professional companies, she was applying to colleges. But when […]

Boston Ballet Prima Ashley Ellis Writes a Letter to Her Teenage Self

Boston Ballet principal Ashley Ellis’ dancing is the perfect pairing of ethereal grace and punchy musicality. The Torrance, CA, native began training at South Bay Ballet at age 6, and attended the School of American Ballet summer program in 1998. In 2001, she was accepted into American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company, and the following year, […]

Meet 4 of Our Fave Dance Comp BFFs

Two dancers from different studios on opposite ends of the country meeting at a dance competition may sound like the formula for a cheesy teen-rivalry movie. But it’s actually real life for lots of dancers on the comp circuit. Meet four sets of adorable BFFs who found winning friendships at a competition. Jada Pate & […]

How Commercial Phenom Amanda LaCount Is #BreakingtheStereotype

Amanda LaCount was born to move. The second the music comes on at her Dance Spirit cover shoot, the bubbly 17-year-old is shimmying her shoulders and tossing her hair. When she launches into a full-out freestyle to Whitney Houston’s “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay,” you can’t take your eyes off her. And yet with […]

Why You Should Know 12-Year-Old Dance Darling Dyllan Blackburn

Dyllan Blackburn’s sweet, low-key personality means she might initially fly under the radar—but once she’s onstage, she’s undeniably a star. With spectacular control and versatility that would put a chameleon to shame, Dyllan’s bound to accomplish her dreams of “touring with famous people, and maybe becoming a choreographer.” For now, though, she’s plenty busy winning […]