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January 2010 Buy This Issue Special Focus Your Guide To Getting In: Dos and Don'ts From Summer Study Pros Features Form Your Own Crew Meet the Beat Freaks Musicality Matters: How to Become a More Musical Dancer Super Freaks Spotlight Going It Alone: Competing Without Your Studio The Paris Opéra Ballet School Body Body Buzz Hip and Shoulder Openers Making Contact: Preparing for Intimate Partnering Work Up Close and Personal: Intimate Choreography The Look Next Up School Buzz Strike a Pose: Meet Model and Dancer, Lisa Byrnes Dancer to Dancer Letter To My Teenage Self: Bonnie Lewkowicz Taylor 2's Ivy-League Ingenue, Madelyn Ho Up Front Dashing Modern Dancer, Desmond Richardson Kate's Note: Finding Your Dance Family MTV Brings the Disco Heat with Turn the Beat Around NYCB's Rank Climbers Pick Of The Month: Pixorial Save the Date The Dirt: Aisha Mitchell	February 2010 Buy This Issue Special Focus How To Work The Return Audition Features Showmance Is In The Air: Falling For Your Co-Star Vivian Nixon Makes Her Own Mark Who's Hot In Modern Dance Spotlight Nakul Dev Mahajan: The Mastermind Behind Bollywood The Royal Ballet School Body 911: My Best Friend Quit! Body Buzz: Energy Bars, Lip Balms and more! Fitness: His and Hers Exercises The Look Sweat-Proof Your Makeup Your Perfect Audition Outfit Next Up School Buzz Dancer to Dancer Letter To My Teenage Self: Julie Diana Meaghan Grace Hinkis Up Front Kate's Note: The Art of Auditioning Log On! Marcelo Gomes in Kings of the Dance Pick Of The Month: Dance with Julianne Hough Remembering Marion Coles Save the Date Smoldering Dance Sweeties The Dirt: Aria Alekzander
March 2010 Buy This Issue Special Focus Ballet Competitions 101 Features Broadway's Spooky Starlet: Krysta Rodriguez It's Russell: Winner of "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 6 Spotlight A Peek Inside the Beijing Dance Academy Flipping Out: Why Tumbling is More Popular Than Ever Before Body Body Buzz: Heath Crimes, Ballerina Baldness and more Fitness: Toe Pointers The Look Style Lab: 4 Ways to Wear 1 Pair of Mesh Shorts Next Up School Buzz Dancer to Dancer Jessica Vetrano: Tapping Her Way To The Top Letter To My Teenage Self: Desmond Richardson Up Front Busy Billy Bell Capitol Tapping: The 2nd Annual D.C. Tap Festival HAIR Heads Across the Pond Kate's Note: America's King of Krump Log On! Save the Date The Dirt: Iris Wilson	April 2010 Buy This Issue Special Focus A Winning Streak: The Towson University Dance Team Diva Dance Team Wear Features A New Era for The Joffrey Ballet A Photographic Timeline of The Joffrey Ballet's History It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's The LXD! Spotlight Inside The Vaganova Academy It's About Time: Mastering The Time Step Body Body Buzz: The Skinny on Sunscreen, Vitamin B12 and more! Don't Get Burned: The Dangers of Tanning Fitness: LB Kass's Dance-Team-Inspired Program Self-Tanning Picks From The Pros The Look Support Systems: The Best Bra Tops For Every Bust Next Up School Buzz Dancer to Dancer Choreographer's Collage: Andy Blankenbuehler Fanny Gombert: The Graham II Dancer Takes a Leap of Faith Letter To My Teenage Self: Antboogie Up Front Kate's Note: Ya Gotta Have Heart Log On! Pick Of The Month: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Power Squad Bod Save the Date So You Think You Think You Can Audition?: The Scoop on Season 7 The Dance Community Helps Haiti The Dirt: Travis Wall
May/June 2010 Buy This Issue Special Focus More Outrageous Audition Stories! The Commercial "It" Girls The Road to "Glee": Heather Morris Makes Her Mark in Hollywood The Talk of the Town: Newcomer Taja Riley is on the Fast Track to Commercial Success What's the Most Outrageous Thing You've Ever Been Asked To Do At An Audition? Where There's A Will...: How Lauren Gottlieb Made It To The Top Features Spotlight Ballet Pantomime The Checklist of Champions: Getting Organized Before Nationals Words to Pack By Body Body Buzz: PMS Relievers, Bruise Be Gone and more! Fitness: Upper-Body Builders The Look Beam Me Up!: Cool Dance Sneakers Out Of This World Hip-Hop Looks Next Up From Dancer to Director: Anne Fletcher School Buzz Dancer to Dancer Choreographer's Collage: Jorma Elo From Russia with Love: American Keenan Kampa studies at the renowned Vaganova Academy Letter To My Teenage Self: Renée Robinson Luke Broadlick: A former karate kid becomes a commercial dance phenom Up Front A Totally Tap Workshop and Competition Brittany Hine is Turning Heads Kate's Note: Who Knows You Log On! Pick of the Month: Strictly Ballroom Save the Date Sonya Tayeh's World The Dirt: Melissa Hough	July/August Buy This Issue Special Focus Broadway Bonanza Broadway's Baby: Meredith Miles Features Cover Model Search Finalist: Alexa Anderson Cover Model Search Finalist: Emily James Cover Model Search Finalist: Patricia Zhou Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Meet the 2010 Cover Model Search Finalists New York City—Your Way Spotlight Finding Your Groove No Coach? No Problem! Body Body Buzz: Beat Bug Bites, Five-Minute Pedicure and More! The Look Next Up School Buzz Dancer to Dancer A High School Dance Diary Emily Bowen: Houston Ballet's Firecracker Letter To My Teenage Self: Mike Schulster Up Front 20 Years of Tap Calling All Cagelles! Kate's Note: Be a Part of It Log On! Making "Mao": Amanda Schull returns to the big screen in another dance flick Pick of the Month: Dance Sensation! for Wii Save the Date The Dirt: Sharni Vinson

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"So You Think You Can Dance" Season 7 auditions are in full swing! Watch the video to hear what Mia, Adam and Nigel want from this year's contestants.

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The former SYTYCD star is making moves on Broadway.

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Audition Advice From DS Models Michaela Sprague and Meredith Miles

On Tour

Faculty Assistant Sheila Kaiser on tour with The PULSE