Tag: choreography

Cue the goosebumps. Kyle Hanagami has done it again—this time, with choreography to Sam Smith’s “Him.” “Him” is about Smith’s struggle to find his place in religion as a gay man. As Gay Pride parades and festivals happen all across the world, the message behind “Him” is an issue at the forefront of peoples’ minds […]

As soon as we see Emma Portner‘s name attached to a project, we immediately know it’s going to be magical. And such was the case with singer/songwriter Maggie Roger’s latest music video for her song “Fallingwater.” We were already obsessed with the movement to begin with, but once we found out Portner was the one […]

Grace VanderWaal’s soulful song “Florets” has inspired a stunning, dance-filled music video that will leave you swooning. This dance delicacy is the passion project of choreographer Kristin McQuaid, whose work has appeared on “So You Think You Can Dance” and “America’s Got Talent.” The romantic video gives us all the feels thanks to “So You […]

Choreographing a dance means standing alone at the front of the studio…right? Not necessarily! Many choreographers prefer making work with a partner. Two heads can definitely be better than one, but creating collaboratively does come with some strings attached. Whether you’re working in a duo or group by choice or you’ve been assigned to develop […]

This is one two-and-a-half-minute ride you’ll never ever want to get off. The classic musical Carousel is—pardon the dad joke—a doozy of an emotional roller-coaster. Girl meets boy, girl and boy fall deeply in love, boy behaves badly (like, really badly), girl finds the courage to forgive boy and finally move on with her life. […]

Rapping dance duo Ayo & Teo may still want “ice on their wrists so (they) look better when (they) dance,” as their 2017 chart topping song, “Rolex,” says. But the two feature a more unusual accessory in their recent dance routine: a cotton swab. After teaming up with DoSomething.org for the Give A Spit About […]

Sometimes, you hear talk about an upcoming class video and it sounds too good to be real. Wait: Todrick Hall made a track featuring RuPaul, and then Todrick personally asked Brian Friedman to choreograph it, and then Brian got Maddie and Charlize and Jade and Kaycee and Sean and Gabe and Larsen and Bailey to […]

With several Shaping Sound tours and TV credits like “So You Think You Can Dance,” “Dancing with the Stars,” and “Boardwalk Empire” to her name, you wouldn’t expect Kate Harpootlian to be refreshingly down-to-earth. But that’s exactly how she is: As soon as you start talking to the gifted dancer and choreographer, it becomes clear […]