Cute Mia and her mom in her new studio. (Wicked Local/Mark Thomson) It’s easy to get caught up in the small things—”Did I grab the right leotard? Are my tap shoes in my dance bag? Did the rehearsal location change?” They can leave you feeling overwhelmed and stressed by the time you get to the […]
Evan’s YouTube video had more than 12,500 hits at press time, but Evan didn’t have any photos of himself dancing with his new leg! His pal Kyla Heinz took these exclusively for DS. At 21 years old, Evan Ruggiero has the talent, drive and training to make it big on Broadway. The catch? He only […]
In the fall of 2009, dancer Emily Amador was entering her senior year of high school and her final year as a member of the competition team at First Position School of Dance in Milltown, NJ. Life was going according to plan—and then everything changed. After discovering lumps on her neck and near her collarbone, […]