Dance Spirit has highlighted college dance programs committed to dismantling white supremacy. But what if you arrive at your dream dance school to find that Western dance forms are at the center of every core requirement, or that your reading list doesn’t feature a single nonwhite academic? We spoke with Alex Christmas, a doctoral student […]
Whether she’s tearing it up in class or shining on the small screen in Disney Channel’s “Disney Fam Jam,” Aliyah Rose Maese is a high-octane bundle of spunk who was born to dance. No, really: Only a few years after she started training, Aliyah booked her first professional gig, Nickelodeon’s “Lip Sync Battle Shorties,” after […]
It’s no secret that competition dance is expensive. Like, really expensive. Add in a global pandemic that has left millions of Americans unemployed and it can seem downright outrageous. Still, dancers need to dance! Dreams need to be chased, technique needs to be honed, and vital career relationships need to be established. So, how can […]
You may know him from the Top 10 on “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 14. You might have caught him touring the world with Taylor Swift. Or you might remember his viral video from 2015, where he revealed to his mom that he was cast in Swift’s 1989 World Tour. Choreographer, dancer, and […]
You may know—or have seen on social media—that International Human Rights Day is in December. But did you know December is also Universal Human Rights Month? Communities all over the world designate this time to acknowledge the basic rights of every human, and to celebrate the idea that we all deserve to be treated with […]
2020 has been a time. So if you’re like us, you’re getting excited (and hopeful) about what 2021 might bring. What better way to look to the future than to look to the stars? That’s right, your resident Dance Spirit astrologers are here with your dance horoscopes of 2021. And to make this year *extra* […]
When Joy Isabella Brown moved to L.A. at 15, she was unfamiliar with dance—but she did discover martial arts tricking. After a few years of honing that movement practice, she met choreographer Jacob Jonas, and was quickly invited to a rehearsal with his company. Though she still describes her experience as an “uphill battle,” it’s […]
We’ve all heard plenty about how hard this COVID-era winter is going to be. The days are shorter, the weather is colder, and many of us are back on lockdown. And while we’re probably going to spend most of the winter months counting down the days until a vaccine is widely available, we might need […]