OK, I know it’s a little bit early for this, but I’m gonna go ahead and tell you guys my New Year’s resolution: In 2015, I resolve to be half…no, a third as cool as the girls of Will “WilldaBeast” Adams’ LilBeasts. Yaass, ladies. You know we’ve been all about the LilBeasts for a while […]
Who inspires you to dance? It’s a tough question—because there are so many possible answers. Here at DS, Misty Copeland encourages us to be ourselves, and to never let the phrase “I can’t” pop into our heads. Ricky Ubeda makes us want to stretch for days in hopes of coming close to his gorgeous extension. […]
It’s getting kind of absurd how frequently talented hip-hop littles are popping up on our radar recently. That’s why we just had to take a closer look at the kids dominating the scene in our brand-new hip-hop issue. (PSA: Turn to p. 47 of your April issue to learn more about littles like Taylor Hatala, […]
You might want to sit down for this. One of our favorite #lilBEASTs, Gabe De Guzman, and his fellow beast, Kenneth San Jose, absolutely kill Will “Willdabeast” Adams’ choreography to Ludacris’ “How Low.” Not only are these kids the definition of “full out,” but they also manage to showcase their individual styles and personalites within […]
(left) Larsen Thompson in the November 2013 issue of DS (photo by Erin Baiano); (right) Taylor Hatala (via YouTube) OK, here’s a little #girlpower for your Saturday morning. Take Larsen Thompson, the 15-year-old hip-hopper whose stacked resumé includes several commercials, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” a Kyle Hanagami video, Willdabeast’s LilBeast videos, the title Elite Protégé […]
Last night’s Super Bowl was nothing if not memorable. It was a football lover’s dream: the neck-and-neck scoring, the absurd yet impressive “juggle catch” and the last-minute rookie interception that saved the game for the New England Patriots. In the end, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was named MVP. But let’s be honest, this year’s Super […]
When I was hanging out at Dancerpalooza last week, I couldn’t get over Will “Willdabeast” Adams’ classes. First of all, dude is an insane dancer—super clean, so that every movement reads with perfect clarity. (“So You Think You Can Dance” loves him, too: Last week, he choreographed for the show for the first time.) But […]