In our Dear Katie series, Miami City Ballet soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email [email protected] for a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, I’ve been trying to improve my front développé, but I just can’t get it higher than 90 degrees. I’m plenty flexible, and […]
Fearlessly expressive, triple threat Liam Redford is undeniably Broadway-bound. But the 13-year-old isn’t waiting until he’s older to step into the spotlight. Liam’s already played one of his dream roles, the title character in Billy Elliot: The Musical, in five regional productions of the show, beginning with his debut at the Grand Theater in Williamstown, […]
If you’re in high school, working after school/on the weekends/over the summer may be a reality you’re not keen to face. After all, you’ve got enough to worry about: homework, rehearsals, technique classes, and maybe even college applications. But a job doesn’t have to mean babysitting or folding sweaters at Madewell. Instead, you can develop […]
Every year, hundreds of dancers audition for a chance to become a Radio City Rockette. Only a lucky few make the cut—this season, there are 13 newbies on the line—but many of them go on to perform with the Rockettes for years. Dance Spirit had the chance to listen in as first-year Rockette Mara Ranson […]
Dream of performing the Radio City Rockettes’ ultra-precise choreography? You’ll need to learn some ultra-specific terminology! We asked four first-year Rockettes—fresh from learning all that choreo—to define a few useful phrases from their “secret” language. ABOUT-FACE “This is a military term, so I had no idea what it meant when we started learning ‘Parade of […]
Moody lighting streams across a dance studio. As a pop anthem blasts, a supergroup of strong, confident dancers attacks intricate choreography with finesse and poise. But this isn’t the latest class video to achieve viral status—it’s footage of the world-famous Radio City Rockettes at work. For almost a century, the Rockettes have been celebrated for […]
In our Dear Katie series, Miami City Ballet soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email [email protected] for a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, I think I have an eating disorder. My eating habits have been getting worse (binging and purging, fasting, all that) since I […]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the moment the clock strikes midnight on Halloween, the holiday season has begun. And for dancers, that means only one thing: It’s officially full-on Nutcracker time. Sure, we’ve been in rehearsals since September, but it’s not until ~spooky~ season ends that we can really start getting in the […]