Yesterday, the dance community was heartbroken to learn that Jaime Guttenberg and Cara Loughran, both 14-year-old dancers, were among the 17 people killed on Valentine’s Day in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Jaime trained at Dance Theatre in Coconut Creek, FL and was a member of the studio’s DTX […]
Unless you live under a rock, you know the Super Bowl is going down later today. What you may not know, however, is that the ballet worlds of Philadelphia (home of the Eagles) and of Boston (the Patriots’ stomping grounds) are just as excited as, y’know, everyone else you know is. Just look at the […]
I’m definitely not the first to acknowledge that the dance world hasn’t always been the friendliest place for those whose bodies are “too [insert normal, healthy body descriptor here].” For me, it was always “too tall,” (hi, I’m over 5’10”) but every single one of my fellow dancer friends can think of way too many […]
Scrolling your feeds endlessly can have a serious impact on your posture and alignment. “Since 2008 or so, I’ve seen a lot of heads and shoulders hunched forward,” says Kim Fielding, a former dancer who created a Pilates class specifically to counteract the effects of technology. “Some dancers will overcompensate for this, leading to splayed […]
Like many talented ballet students, Amir Shah hopes hard work and dedication to the art will lead to a bright future in the ballet world. Unlike most ballet hopefuls, Amir lives in a low-income neighborhood in Mumbai, India—which has almost no ballet scene. The 15-year-old, who has only been dancing for two years, was recently […]
What do you get when you invite some of America’s coolest dancers to a pool party with over 5,000 water balloons? A #Splashmob, of course! 🏖☀️💃🏽🎈 That’s exactly what happened when Bunch O Balloons and World of Dance threw the first-ever #Splashmob this summer in L.A. More than 50 WOD artists and crews (The Miniotics! […]
Merritt Moore is a ballerina who just so happens to be graduating from Oxford University with a PhD in quantum physics. Is she even human? The jury is still out on that – but the 29-year-old, who earned her undergrad degree from Harvard, has actually found dance to be a powerful tool that assists her […]
Yes, Dance Spirit, there really is a Santa Claus. And we’ve got proof—namely, the delightfully silly stunt Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker Bear pulled off last week to celebrate the start of ticket sales for BB’s 2017 production of the holiday ballet classic. For reasons that would maybe be clearer to me if I were a Bostonite, […]