You know Galen Hooks as the choreographer who creates the stellar dance moves for dozens of viral videos, and the dancer who’s performed for everyone fromthe Biebs to Rihanna. But now she’s gearing up for two different roles; director and composer. Hooks’ new dance film, “Wait for Me,” was written, composed, directed, styled, and choreographed […]
(…drumroll please…) Travis Wall AND Mandy Moore! Yup, it’s a tie: At the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony on Saturday night, both Wall and Moore took home statuettes. 🏆 🏆 Hearing Moore’s name was especially thrilling because this is her first Emmy win, following four unsuccessful bids in the choreography category (in 2008, 2011, 2013, […]
The competition is officially heating up—meaning this week, the Top 8 danced not only with their respective All-Star partners, but also with each other! Yay! (The solos have been great and all, but additional duets are way more exciting.) But first… The Opening Number Did anyone else totally predict this was choreographed by Mark Kanemura […]
Understated classwear puts your technique front and center. Dance Spirit photographed Mikaela, Mio, and Zoe on Juilliard’s campus at the end of the 2016–17 school year. Mio Ishikawa and Mikaela Kelly in Discount Dance Suppy leotards. (Kenneth Edwards) (From Left) Mio Ishikawa is in Just For Kix leotard and So Danca skirt. Zoe Hollinshead is […]
The French dance film that made waves at last year’s Venice Film Festival is now stateside: Polina opened in theaters on August 25th. The story follows a young Russian ballerina-in-the-making, played by dancer Anastasia Shevtsova, who’s performed with the Mariinsky Ballet. A still from Polina (Courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories) Polina is about to join the […]
If you’re looking for a distraction from the Sunday Scaries, boy are you in luck. This 4-minute dance film is so gorgeously intense you won’t be able to focus on anything less than #AllOfTheFeels. Last December, “SYTYCD” champ Eliana Girard and Nederlands Dans Theater’s Alex Anderson returned to Lake Worth, FL for five days to […]
In addition to training, competing and winning titles in just about every style you can think of, 13-year-old Kaylee Quinn is a regular on the sci-fi drama “Stitchers,” playing the younger version of the show’s main character. Her path in dance hasn’t been without challenges, though. Last summer, Kaylee won the Hope Award at her […]
Congrats to this year’s Outstanding Choreography Emmy nominees, announced yesterday morning in Hollywood! It’s a pretty stellar list of names, with “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Dancing with the Stars” choreographers earning four of the category’s five slots. (Rockstar Mandy Moore was actually nominated for her work on both shows. 🙌 ) The […]