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Meet the 2015 Cover Model Search Finalists

Michelle May, Gabriella Stilo, Jordan Pelliteri (photo by Erin Baiano) It’d be hard to find three dancers more different than this year’s Cover Model Search finalists. There’s Michelle May, the crazy-talented tapper with a hip-hop edge; Jordan Pelliteri, the contemporary queen with tons of comp titles to her name; and Gabriella Stilo, the textbook-perfect ballerina […]

April 2015 Cover Model Search Video Winner

Congrats to our April 2015 Cover Model Search Video Winner, Kerrynton Jones! Here she is performing “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” Enter the Cover Model Search at dancemedia.com. Your browser does not support the video tag.

March 2015 Cover Model Search Video Winner

Congrats to our March 2015 Cover Model Search Video Winner, Taylor Sieve! Here she is performing “Broken.” Enter the Cover Model Search at dancemedia.com. Your browser does not support the video tag.

Captivating Christina

(Photo by Erin Baiano) Here’s a not-so-secret secret: Christina Ricucci is a little bit of an overachiever. This summer alone, she attended two prestigious intensives (at Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater), three Nationals (New York City Dance Alliance, The Dance Awards and Showstopper) and one turbocharged convention (Dancerpalooza). And you all obviously […]

(More) Good News from Boston!

Boston Ballet’s new corps member, Hannah Bettes Photo by Nathan Sayers for DS (2012) At Dance Spirit, we’re clearly brimming with excitement about Whitney Jensen’s recent promotion to principal dancer at Boston Ballet. (You can read her amazing story here, and don’t forget to check out the behind-the-scenes video from our cover shoot!) But another […]

Meet the 2014 Cover Model Search Finalists

You might expect cutthroat competition among three teenage girls vying for a chance to be on the cover of Dance Spirit. But when our 2014 Cover Model Search finalists came to NYC for three days of shoots, shows and classes, the atmosphere was one of girl-power solidarity. After all, they were bound by one unifying […]