Tag: contemporary

Meet Round 1 of This Year's Future Star Award Winners

Dance Spirit is beyond excited to announce the first round of 2017 Future Star winners! Every year, DS partners with competitions to recognize dancers with exceptional presence and ability. The second round of winners will be featured in our January issue, so stay tuned! Corbin LaPlant Photo by Silvie Damskey, courtesy Headlines Dance Age 13 […]

This Clip Starring Ailey's Power Couple Has Us Believing in Love Again

Distance, schmistance. There’s nothing quite like the highs and lows of a long-distance relationship—and “«PARIS/NEW YORK – Long Distance Love»,” a new short film from viral dance-video guru Redha Medjellekh, perfectly captures every bit of the angst and the amazingness. 2017 Dance Magazine Award winner Linda Celeste Sims and her husband Glenn Allen Sims (also […]

"DWTS" Week 10 Recap: A Semi-Finals Showdown

We’re coming down to the wire on “Dancing with the Stars,” and it’s getting harder and harder to decide which of the remaining couples should hang up their dancing shoes. This week, the contestants were put to the test with two routines: one required the pros to choreograph a dance to a song that they […]

#VideoBreak: Emma Portner's Latest Video Is Everything

Here at Dance Spirit, we’re constantly in awe of Emma Portner. The powerhouse choreographer, dancer, and November 2016 cover star is never not busy, constantly diving into new projects, while posting a stream of choreo videos that are breathtaking, innovative, and genre bending. (Is it just us, or does everyone else get lost in her […]

"DWTS" Week 7 Recap: This Is Halloween

“Dancing with the Stars” was basically designed for Halloween episodes, what with its emphasis on stage fog and amazing-bordering-on-insane costumes. But while we were expecting lots of delectable treats from last night’s Halloween spooktacular—including the first round of team dances, always a good time—we weren’t expecting the ep’s final trick: a double elimination that actually […]

This Ballerina's Shattering Stereotypes in Her New Role as Beauty Queen

Daphne Lee is a queen, and not just in the “OMG Girl Boss Alert” sense of the word. She’s an actual queen—a beauty queen. Crowned Miss Black USA in August, she’s been doing double duty as she continues to dance with the Memphis based dance company, Collage Dance Collective. Lee’s new title has given her […]