Tag: cover story

How Commercial Phenom Amanda LaCount Is #BreakingtheStereotype

Amanda LaCount was born to move. The second the music comes on at her Dance Spirit cover shoot, the bubbly 17-year-old is shimmying her shoulders and tossing her hair. When she launches into a full-out freestyle to Whitney Houston’s “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay,” you can’t take your eyes off her. And yet with […]

The Many Facets of Dancer and Choreographer Kate Harpootlian

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 […]

This B-Girl is a Beast

Remember Emily Hoffman, aka Em, from our November 2013 cover story? (Photo by Erin Baiano) We loved watching this b-girl move on the set of our “Little Girls in a B-Girl World” shoot. So naturally, we’re thrilled she just posted a new video of her performing a hip-hop solo at The PULSE on Tour last […]