Tag: flashdance

Here Are the 3 Danciest Police #LipSyncBattle Vids

Police offers are sworn to protect and serve their local communities—we all know that. What we didn’t know until earlier this week, when a very particular kind of #LipSyncChallenge video started to crowd our newsfeeds, was that a few of these hardworking law-enforcement officials have some serious moves! The trend started at the end of […]

Our Favorite Movie Dance Doubles of All Time

There’s no better test of a true dance nerd than her ability to pick out the moment a dance double appears onscreen—and frequently, that double is a bona-fide dance star. Here are a few of our all-time favorite movie dance doubles. Isabella Boylston for Jennifer Lawrence, “Red Sparrow” OK, no, we haven’t seen the film […]

5 Times Dance Movies Nailed How We Really Feel

Whether you’re a musical theater buff or someone who lives for the Step Up franchise, you have to admit that dance movie scenes are often (all too) representative of real life. Here are five of our favorite scenes that, despite being silly and/or fantastical, somehow manage to reflect how we feel. 1. Did you just […]

How Well Do You Know Your Movie Dance Scenes?

Is it Friday yet? WOMP. If you, like us, are suffering from a severe case of the Mondays, we’ve got a little something to ease your pain (or at least distract you from whatever productive thing you “should” be doing). You know we love a good dance-in-movies supercut, and today, we’re sharing perhaps the most […]

10 Dance-Inspired Halloween Ideas

October 31 is only four days away! But don’t freak out if you haven’t chosen a costume yet. DS has got you covered. Here are some dance-y costume ideas to get your creative juices flowing: 1. The cast of “Glee”! The show is coming to an end soon, so don’t miss this chance to portray […]

Your Name in Lights

Jakob Karr in Flashdance: The Musical (DRGPhotography) Jakob Karr, with his amazing extensions, and Kamille Upshaw, with her captivating stage presence, made names for themselves by snatching up award after award on the competition circuit. The two were hired for their first professional dance jobs in 2007—performing together during the halftime show of an alpaca […]

"Flashdance" the Musical

What a feeling! Have you heard that Flashdance, perhaps my favorite of the ’80s dance movies (I mean, come on—it single-handedly inspired the off-the-shoulder sweatshirt look), might be heading to Broadway? Nothing Great White Way-related is confirmed yet, but the pre-Broadway run will begin in Toronto on July 31. No word on who’ll play welder-by-day, […]