Author Jen Jones Donatelli at the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders tryouts (courtesy Jen Jones Donatelli) It was the audition of a lifetime. I’d always dreamed of being a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. Though I knew the odds were probably against me—I’m a little older and curvier than the average NFL cheerleader—this year I decided to go for […]
Aimee Otte performing at The PULSE On Tour, where she was first spotted by her eventual agent. You hear stories about now-famous actors and models being “discovered”—but does that happen to dancers, too? As Aimee Otte can attest, the answer is an emphatic “yes.” She got her big break last year at The PULSE On […]
If you’re like me, you use commercial breaks during your favorite TV shows to run to the kitchen to refill your bowl of ice cream. Or, you know, do some sit-ups. Whichever you prefer… It takes a lot for a commercial to get me to stay put on the couch—so I’m giving a huge thumbs […]
When we first told you about Irish step dancer-turned-high fashion model Coco Rocha, she was getting her tap on in a TV spot for White House | Black Market. And we were beyond lovin’ it. Now, she’s back on the airwaves in a new spot for the brand. But this time she’s battling it out—with herself! […]
(L to R) Keltie, Allie Meixner and Chantel Aguirre backstage before a performance with Beyoncé at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards Some people might call me lucky: I’ve performed alongside Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, spent six seasons as a Radio City Rockette and have more than 20 music videos under my belt. But if there’s […]
Wendy Whelan (by Henry Leutwyler) Wendy Whelan Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet “One of my most memorable performances took place at the Palais Garnier in Paris in 2008, alongside dancers of the Paris Opéra Ballet. I danced the ballerina role in the second movement of George Balanchine’s Symphony in C. It took a lot of […]