Set your DVRs, dance nerds. Mark Morris Dance Group will be featured in a new PBS “Great Performances” presentation, and you know what that means: Two hours of pure dance-viewing awesomeness, all from the comfort of your own couch. Oh, and just a little someone named Mikhail Baryshnikov(!) will be hosting it all. Mark Morris […]
We knew it was coming. Well, we hoped and prayed and wished that it was coming. And last night, our dreams finally came true: Straight outta 1990s Bel Air, the one and only Carlton Banks finally made an appearance on “Dancing with the Stars”—fittingly, on the show’s “My Most Memorable Year” episode. But we had […]
If you’ve been following NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” this season, you know that dancers are having a tough time. Out of 11 dance acts in the quarterfinals, only two are headed to the semifinals: Blue Journey, a multimedia dance piece created by Dutch choreographer David Middendorp, and Baila Conmigo, a Latin dance company from New […]
Travis Wall (photo by Joe Toreno for Dance Spirit) It seems like Travis Wall can do no wrong. From absolutely killing it on “So You Think You Can Dance” almost every single week to getting nominated for an(other) Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography—his fourth—Wall is having one heck of a year. There’s only one downside: […]
Christina Perri (photo by Yu Tsai) You probably remember Stacey Tookey’s contemporary piece “Jar of Hearts” on “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 7—partly because of the ultra-gorgeous choreography, and partly because the song’s been in your head ever since. (Click here in case you need a refresher.) At the time, Christina Perri’s song […]
Before a performance at the Reality Wanted Awards, which we’ll see on “Raising Asia” (photo by Adam Taylor) Watch out, Beyoncé. There’s an 8-year-old (soon to be 9!) triple threat blazing trails in the entertainment industry, and nothing can stop her. You may remember Asia Monet Ray as a member of the Abby Lee Dance […]
Jasmine Perry with Alec and Victor of “Strictly Ballet” Photo Will Davidson/Teen Vogue You already know just how much we love it when the fashion world enters ours (excluding the recent Free People, um, snafu). So it’s no surprise that we’re ecstatic about Teen Vogue’s newest venture: a web series (premiering today!) following six students […]
“It’s gonna be a dance-off.” We <3 you, Jimmy Fallon! Let’s face it. “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” is on TV pretty late, especially on school nights. Luckily, there’s the Internet to recirculate all the hilarity that ensues after our bedtimes and to help keep us laughing during the daytime. And you already know […]