Tag: dance theatre of harlem

Pumpkin Spice Is Invading Dancewear and We Love It

There’s a change in the air these past few weeks—is it fall? Not quite yet. More importantly, it’s PUMPKIN SPICE SEASON. And now, the quintessentially autumnal flavor isn’t just for lattes anymore. Dancewear companies are picking up on the trend, offering more and more pieces in rich, sweet orange shades. Behold, eight of our favorite […]

Ballet Trailblazer Arthur Mitchell Has Died

Former New York City Ballet principal dancer and Dance Theatre of Harlem founder Arthur Mitchell passed away today in a Manhattan hospital. He was 84 years old. As a leading dancer with NYCB in the 1950s and ’60s, Mitchell became indelibly associated with two roles created on him by George Balanchine: the central pas de […]

Forget Being Normal. We Love #HowDancersDoThings

Let’s face it. Dancers just do things differently. We can never walk down a grocery aisle—we have to tap. We can never simply pick something up we’ve dropped—without going into a penché. But it’s not a bad thing. We love all the ways that dance bleeds into our daily lives. Turns out the pros aren’t […]

Watch These Awesome Fire Island Dance Festival Performances

The annual Fire Island Dance Festival took place in New York last week and raised a record-breaking amount for its worthy cause: Dancers Responding to AIDS. This year also featured five new world-premiere works and more than 30 professional dancers. Highlights included ballerina Wendy Whelan in choreographer Brian Brooks‘ piece First Fall, a MADBOOTS Dance […]

Ballerinas Get Artsy in Stunning NYC Subway Photos

Photographer Aaron Pegg is already Insta-famous as @underground_nyc, where he snaps artsy photos of people throughout the NYC subway system. Over the weekend, he revealed that ballerinas are his favorite photography subjects. The New York Post interviewed Pegg and rounded up some of his best ballet pics—and we are drooling over the gorgeous poses and […]