Tag: dance spirit

It’s no secret that we’re kind of obsessed with the new-ish boy band on the block, PRETTYMUCH. And why shouldn’t we be? These boys don’t just carry a tune, they can also groove to the beat—and despite the high bar the Backstreet Boys set back in the day with their super dancy music videos, it’s […]

Ballet legend David Hallberg and hip-hop dancer Metter Towley may seem like an unlikely pair, especially on the dance floor—but Revlon’s new “Lash Loudly” mascara campaign proves otherwise. The ad features Hallberg and Towley as they freestyle to the song “Flava” by Princess Nokia. And surprisingly, the contrasts between these two dancers and their dance […]

Avery Gay and Marcus Sarjeant are the contemporary ballet bosses everyone’s talking about. Their daring performance on “World of Dance” last week made for a surprising turn of events, knocking previous Junior Champion Eva Igo out of the competition. Not only are Avery & Marcus the only ballet act on the show to feature pointe […]

Congratulations to the July Cover Model Search Editors’ Choice video winner, Savannah Quiner! Catch her solo by clicking here, and enter the Cover Model Search here!

Strong, stable, sufficiently stretched quads are the secret ingredient to everything from straighter knees to fully extended arabesques. But what are the most effective ways to get them? Dance Spirit turned to Michael Gernold, a personal trainer with Progressive Personal Training in NYC, for a crash course on lengthening and strengthening your quads. Photos by […]

We always love dance-infused music videos, but the vid for Ryan Blyth’s new hit “Raise A Glass” is on a whole different level. Why? Because it stars none other than Amanda LaCount, the dance maverick who’s challenging preconceptions on and off the dance floor with her beautiful curves and her message of #breakingthestereotype. Not only […]

The bar has been raised as “World of Dance” moves to the next round: the Duels. And with over 60 acts of talented dancers advancing to this round, some serious dancing will go down before we can begin to contemplate who the winner might be. Though the Qualifiers were a great introduction to talented new […]

Two lifelong Swifties walk into the MetLife Stadium and… There’s no punchline. Just this, an obsessive analysis of THE BEST TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT TOUR OF ALL TIME. (Imma let you finish, 1989 Tour.) But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Allow us—Katherine Beard and Helen Hope, both assistant editors here at Dance Spirit—to explain. We saw […]