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Watch Keone and Mari Madrid's Stunning Dance Tribute to Immigrants

The dance world already knows that Keone and Mari Madrid are brilliant storytellers, choreographers who can create narrative movement that moves us. But we especially love it when they use their choreographic voices to highlight important causes. For this year’s VIBE Dance Competition exhibition performance, the husband-and-wife duo created a beautiful homage to the immigrants […]

Ian Eastwood Started an Intense—and Important—Convo About Class Videos

You’re obsessed with class videos. We’re obsessed with class videos. The passion, energy, and talent showcased in these clips, which give us an insider-y peek at the commercial dance world’s hottest classes, are totally irresistible. But at what point does the phenomenon go from being a good thing to a bad thing for dancers and […]

"World of Dance" Recap: It's the Final Cut-Down

Week 2 of Misty Copeland as guest judge, week 2 of merciless cuts…How can the final episodes of “World of Dance” possibly live up to the sheer dramaaaaaaaaa of last night’s episode? Well, based on the nail-biting results dished out by Copeland and Co. last night, the competition is only going to get fiercer from […]

How Keone and Mari Madrid Made the "Love Yourself" Video

Yes, Keone and Mari Madrid were dance-world superstars long before they choreographed and starred in the video for Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself.” But many non-dancey people—i.e., everyone from your third-grade BFF to your Aunt Linda—first fell in love with the duo after watching the Bieber vid, which currently has a casual 1.2 billion views on […]

Best News All Week: 15 New Keone and Mari Madrid Videos

You read that right, folks—Keone and Mari Madrid, aka the cutest dance couple ever, aka our flawless November 2015 cover stars, will be releasing 15 new videos (one a day!) from June 15–29. This might seem too good to be true, but leave it to the Madrids to deliver. The first handful of videos are […]

Keone and Mari Madrid Get Earthy in "Sound and Color"

Keone and Mari Madrid celebrated Earth Day in the danciest way possible with the release of their latest short video, “Sound and Color.” Set to the song by the Alabama Shakes, the vid honors Mother Nature and all her beauty, with the Madrids embodying planted seeds: They literally emerge from the dirt and “grow” into […]

Keone and Mari Madrid's Amazingly Unique Interactive Video

Keone and Mari Madrid are one of the cutest dance couples around (and if you need a reminder why, refer back to our November 2015 cover feature on the two insanely talented dancer-choreographers). So, understandably, we get pretty excited when they release a new project. Their latest video, however, is unlike anything they’ve made before—and we’re obsessed. […]