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 […]
Dance legend and choreographer Travis Wall is championing the LGBT community in one of the most brilliant and moving ways possible: Through dance. In a music video (which Wall conceived, directed, produced and choreographed) for the acoustic cover of “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman, broadway star Shoshana Bean sings as Wall performs a […]
What better way to ring in spring than with a beautifully minimal new video from the genius mind of Mari Madrid? Madrid, who cooked up this stunningly beautiful choreo for Eileen Fisher’s “Power Moves You” campaign, is joined by fellow powerhouse dancers Haley Fitzgerald and Aye Hasegawa. The trio is decked out in Eileen Fisher […]
Brian Friedman is not only a legend in his own right—he’s also worked beside the biggest legends in the business. Growing up a Scottsdale, AZ, comp kid, Friedman was soon dancing behind Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, and Paula Abdul, and as an OG Newsie in the 1992 film. Now he calls the shots: He’s choreographed […]
Oh hey, nothing to see here, just a robot that can shake its mechanical booty in time to some of our fave dance songs. We are 😵. Created by ETH Zurich, a university in Switzerland, the robot, which goes by ANYmal, is programmed to analyze the speed and nuances of different music and then dance […]
Even if you’ve choreographed tons in high school, having your work seen—and critiqued—by professors and peers for the first time can be more than a little intimidating. So DS asked those who’ve been there how you can feel confident and creative throughout your first collegiate choreographic experience. Getting Started Chances are, the first dance you’ll […]
We’re no strangers to Spike Jonze’s delightfully dancy ads. But the brilliant director’s newest video, a promotion for Apple’s HomePod, could be his best yet—in no small part because it features the impressive dance skills of the equally brilliant FKA twigs. (Fun fact: twigs was a backup dancer for the likes of Kylie Minogue and […]
Dancer and choreographer Jerome Robbins was undeniably one of the most important figures in American dance—and he would have been 100 years old this year. In honor of Robbins’ centenary, here are a few things you should know about the legend. • Robbins attended New York University in 1935, intending to study either chemistry or […]