Vampires, witches, sickled feet…oh, my! This is the week to indulge in all things spooky and scary, and the dance world doesn’t disappoint. Here are our favorite spooky dances that haunt our minds rent-free. 1. Jordan Fisher and Lindsay Arnold, “Dancing with the Stars” Dancing a heart-pounding paso doble, Jordan Fisher, Lindsay Arnold and a […]
Auditions rarely fail to deliver on suspense. But this? This was the nail-biter to end all nail-biters. Hayoung Roh and Chelsea McCloskey, both professional dancers based in NYC, had made it through what felt like endless rounds of cuts, both on Zoom and in person. Out of the nearly 500 dancers (from 30 states and […]
“Just be yourself.” These three words became something of an in-car mantra for Toya Ambrose as she prepared to walk into her first audition in more than a few years. The role? Head coach of the Chicago Luvabulls, the official dance team of the Chicago Bulls. The Luvabulls spent the last NBA season on hiatus […]
Smoothies are fun and delicious, but they can also be good for you. Some smoothie shops, for example, advertise “boosts” of protein and vitamins at an additional cost. Homemade smoothies can also be a tasty way to incorporate healthy ingredients into your diet, right from your own kitchen. Nutritionist Val Schonberg of EnlightenU Nutrition Consulting […]
As dancers, we all have our vices—those little technique cheats that we know are incorrect, and we try our best to fix whenever we can remember…but at the end of the day, we just can’t seem to banish them for good. After all, these cheats usually appear to help us: They can get our legs […]
Simply put, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan is a dazzling performer—we couldn’t take our eyes off of her when she danced the lead pas de deux from “Rubies” during an online company performance in October. In our March/April digital cover story, PNB artistic director Peter Boal describes the 23-year-old corps member as having a “go-for-broke […]
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The dance team life is practically defined by togetherness: on the court, in the stadium, at team-bonding events and in rehearsal after rehearsal. So how are America’s collegiate dance teams even able to #SocialDisDance through this too-long pandemic? Dance Spirit asked members of three top teams to find out. Abigail Kim, second-year member of Florida […]