New York City Ballet’s fall gala always promises new ballet delights. This year, the company is offering not one, but three world premieres by a diverse lineup of choreographers: Matthew Neenan, Kyle Abraham, and Gianna Reisen. At 19 years old, Reisen is the youngest choreographer to ever work with NYCB, and Abraham will be the […]
Former New York City Ballet principal dancer and Dance Theatre of Harlem founder Arthur Mitchell passed away today in a Manhattan hospital. He was 84 years old. As a leading dancer with NYCB in the 1950s and ’60s, Mitchell became indelibly associated with two roles created on him by George Balanchine: the central pas de […]
The iconic New York City dance studio Steps on Broadway has a new leader coming on board: Joe Lanteri. The New York City Dance Alliance founder will be Steps’ new co-owner and executive director. “For me, it’s a big full circle,” says Lanteri, who used to take class at Steps when he first moved to […]
This is it, guys. The answer to the question we’ve been asking ALL SUMMER LONG is finally here: Who went home with the $1 million dollar prize?! Let’s get right to it. Your Season 2 “World of Dance” winner is…. THE LAB!!! 🏆👏✨👑 The kids of The Lab (NBC/Universal via Newsweek) The super-fierce, pint-size hip […]
We’re only a week away from finding out who will be the champion of “World of Dance.” But we’re getting ahead of ourselves because this week’s episode was lit. With the help of guest judge and all-around-wonder-woman Misty Copeland, the field of talented dance acts was narrowed from 12 to four. Read on to find […]
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 […]
If you live in a city, you probably understand the struggle that comes with public transportation. Sure, you can get pretty much anywhere on the cheap, but you also never know how long it might take—or what grossness you might encounter along the way. (Just a hint, NYC newbs: The subway is not the best […]
This just in: Maddie Ziegler—whom we haven’t been able to stop talking about since May—escaped from the dusty, empty house of Sia’s “Chandelier” video, only to be found trapped in a giant cage. With Shia LaBeouf. Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler in Sia’s “Elastic Heart” This unlikely image comes to us courtesy Sia’s bizarre “Elastic […]