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Catching Up with Cover Model Search Finalist Michelle Quiner

We’re thrilled for our Cover Model Search winner Kaylin Maggard—but we also love our two runners-up, Haley Hartsfield and Michelle Quiner! We talked to Michelle about how life has changed since her NYC visit for the contest. What have you been up to since your trip to NYC? I went to the Youth American Grand […]

Kaylin Maggard Is Your 2017 Cover Model Search Winner!

All of 18-year-old Kaylin Maggard’s dreams—from scoring the title of National Senior Outstanding Dancer at New York City Dance Alliance Nationals to winning the 2017 Dance Spirit Cover Model Search—are coming true. And to anyone who knows the gorgeous contemporary dancer, that’s no surprise. From the moment the Dance Spirit staff met Kaylin, it was […]

2017 Cover Model Search Finalist Michelle Quiner

For 18-year-old aspiring ballerina Michelle Quiner, dance is a family affair: All five of her sisters (out of eight siblings total!) dance seriously. And coming from a big dance family definitely has its perks. Every day, after their homeschooling is finished, Michelle and her sisters motivate each other to work on technique exercises and stretching […]

2017 Cover Model Search Finalist Kaylin Maggard

Banana feet? Check. Precise musicality? Check. Luscious lines? Check. Seventeen-year-old Kaylin Maggard’s gifts tick every box on a dancer’s wish list. But it’s what she does with these gifts that sets her apart from the pack. When Kaylin performs, her maturity and poise create an emotionally charged world, captivating audiences until the very last 8-count. […]

Vote for Your Favorite in Our Cover Model Search Contest!

Congratulations to Dance Spirit‘s 2017 Cover Model Search finalists: Haley Hartsfield, Kaylin Maggard and Michelle Quiner! One of them will win a spot on Dance Spirit‘s October 2017 cover. Learn more about the dancers on their profile pages, and then vote for your favorite below. We also want you to get social! We’ll be factoring […]

2017 Cover Model Search Finalist Haley Hartsfield

It’s rare to come across a dancer who has as much raw talent as Haley Hartsfield. Those super-archy feet! Those endless pirouettes! That captivating stage presence! It’s rarer still to find a rising star who works as hard as 17-year-old Haley does. Just ask her longtime mentor, Megan Buckland, the artistic director at Academy of […]

Cast Your Cover Model Vote!

We are so excited to introduce this year’s three Cover Model Search finalists: Hannah Bettes, Alyssa Ness and Megan Skalla! All three girls are fabulous and we had a blast with them during their time in NYC this April. You can read all about the three talented dancers in the July/August issue of DS (it […]

How Cute Are Our Cover Model Search Finalists?

It’s finally time! You can vote right now for your favorite 2013 Cover Model Search finalist. Who do you want to see on the cover of our October issue? I’m actually not jealous of you guys, because we’ve got an amazing lineup this year. Our last girls standing—Madi Hicks, Hayden Hopkins, and Alexa Luke—are all […]