Tag: behind the scenes

Dancers from St. John’s University Dance Team model sparkly gold dance team costumes.

When Miko Fogarty walked on set, we could have called it a wrap after the very first shot. But, naturally, we kept her for a full day of photo-shoot magic.  

Our Ailey II cover girls, Shay Bland, Samantha Barriento, and Annellyse Munro, have proved their natural stage presence can easily carry over to the camera. Watch them navigate a photo shoot in our behind the scenes footage.

It doesn’t take long to see just what makes our January cover star, Witney Carson, a total ballroom bombshell. Watch for yourself in our behind-the-scenes video.

Before a performance at the Reality Wanted Awards, which we’ll see on “Raising Asia” (photo by Adam Taylor) Watch out, Beyoncé. There’s an 8-year-old (soon to be 9!) triple threat blazing trails in the entertainment industry, and nothing can stop her. You may remember Asia Monet Ray as a member of the Abby Lee Dance […]

We ain’t never had friends like the four swings—Mike Cannon, Lauryn Ciardullo, Michael Mindlin and Jennifer Rias—who showed us the cave of wonders behind the scenes at this spectacular show. Photography by Matthew Murphy for Dance Spirit [portfolio_slideshow nowrap=0 thumbs=true timeout=4000 showtitles=true showcaps=true showdesc=true]

A screen shot of Christopher Wahl’s The Heather Project Best thing the Easter Bunny brought us this year? A video project starring gorgeous National Ballet of Canada principal Heather Ogden. It’s a super-cool portrait created by photographer Christopher Wahl, who describes it this way: “An extension of my still portrait work, The Heather Project is […]

A still of Justin Peck in rehearsal from Ballet 422, via TribecaFilm.com. New York City Ballet has a big spring coming up—and not only because of the new JR piece in the works. Ballet 422, the documentary about NYCB dancer and choreographer Justin Peck, will make its debut at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival in […]