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How Choreographer Will Loftis Finds Inspiration

As a choreographer, Will Loftis has touched almost every part of the dance industry. He’s worked on television, from “So You Think You Can Dance” to “The World’s Best” to “The Voice,” and he served as the supervising choreographer for the “Dancing with the Stars” 2020 tour. He’s a regular on the convention circuit, teaching […]

Makenna Miller's Battle with a Rare Tumor

A year ago, 12-year-old Makenna Miller was living every young dancer’s dream: She was dedicated to training at The Loudoun School of Ballet in Leesburg, VA, and was becoming a consistently successful competition star. She’s been the overall scholarship winner at conventions like NUVO and 24 Seven, and placed in the top 10 at the […]

Highlights from The 2015 Dance Awards

To say I was impressed by the 2015 Dance Awards closing gala would be an understatement. From beginning to end, it was pure entertainment. I was a huge fan of both the opening and closing numbers and especially fond of the guest performances by the faculty. (But then again, should I have expected anything less?) […]

10 Things We Learned From “All the Right Moves” Episode 4

“I will bury you far underground. You’ll be saying hi to the Chinese by the time I get done burying you.” —Nick Lazzarini, Voice of Reason, “All the Right Moves” Last night on “All the Right Moves,” there was convention dancing (at NUVO, with brief appearances by Denise Wall and Chantel Aguirre!), there was love triangle […]