Tag: animation

William Forsythe's Move to Cali

William Forsythe with Jodie Gates, the director of USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. (photo by Ian Carney) You may have read that legendary choreographer William Forsythe is leaving his company to join the faculty of the new BFA program at University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. (The school will enroll its […]

Two Animators Are Always Better Than One

You know we’re obsessed with animation, as evidenced by our constant and consistent gushing on the topic. But this new video with our perennial favorite Cyrus “Glitch” Spencer and one of my early “So You Think You Can Dance” faves Jaja Vankova is on another level entirely. It’s incredibly interesting to watch two hip-hop dancers […]

Animating Dance: Glen Keane's Duet is a True Masterpiece

Believe it or not, I’m not gonna gush about my love of animation dance today (as much as I would love to bombard you with a plethora of Marquese Scott videos). Instead, I want to talk about something equally mind-blowing: animated dance. Artist and animator Glen Keane worked with Disney for 38 years; he’s the […]

Marquese Scott's New Commercial Is Fantastic

Animation sensation Marquese “Nonstop” Scott is at it again. (You might remember the mesmerizing video of Scott dancing to a remix of John Legend’s “All of Me,” or this video, which went viral in 2011.) This time, he’s bringing his reality-bending style to Coca-Cola in a new commercial that’s all about dance. Scott works it […]

The Mesmerizing Marquese Scott

Marquese “Nonstop” Scott (photo by Drew Crozier) Not too long ago, we asked: What is animation dance? Thanks to some expert instruction, we now know that animation is about bending reality, about making people stop and think, Wait…what did I just see? Well that’s just what we thought after watching this new video of animator […]

Bending Reality

Bryan “Chibi” Gaynor (in gold) performing with Dragon House Crew on “So You Think You Can Dance” (photo by Adam Rose/FOX) When Cyrus “Glitch” Spencer of Dragon House Crew auditioned for Season 9 of “So You Think You Can Dance,” fans were blown away by his “new” style: animation. The fascination continued in Season 10, […]

"They Had to Move!"

Recognize these guys? So back in the day, there were these things called newspapers, and people read them. Crazy, I know. (OK, so newspapers still exist…but you get my point.) And these two pals used to dance across the pages, entertaining kids and adults alike with their adventures. Calvin, an imaginative little boy, and Hobbes, […]