Tag: dirty dancing

It's Official: Allison and tWitch Are Unbearably Cute

Oh my gosh, you guys. This. THIS FOR EVER AND EVER. Sorry—had a cuteness blackout for a second there. Backing up! Allison Holker and Stephen “tWitch” Boss , aka The World’s Most Perfect Married Couple, have been having a lot of fun over at BuzzFeed recently. And in Allison and tWitch land, “having a lot […]

We Love You, Buzzfeed, But Step Off Center Stage

Hey, Buzzfeed: We have a bit of a bone to pick with you. This is rare for us. We are usually big fans of the sweet, sweet procrastination your listicles provide. And in the past you have done very, very right by dancers. But this week, Buzzfeed, you took things a little too far. You […]

This Dancing-in-Movies Supercut Will Make Your Day

Why is it that short weeks always feel the longest? If, like me, you’ve woken up each of the past three days thinking it was Friday, never fear, my friends: I have a video that will snap you right out of your funk. What is this magical film, you ask? It’s a supercut of all […]

Doriana Sanchez

You probably know Doriana Sanchez as the force behind the high-energy disco routines on “So You Think You Can Dance” and the creator, director and choreographer of Cher’s Living Proof tour. But those are only two entries on her impressive resumé. Sanchez began studying ballroom at age 3 with her father, Frank, a master ballroom […]

6 Things We Bet You Didn't Know About Dirty Dancing

We celebrated the nation’s birthday yesterday, and DS is about to turn 15 (more on that in our September issue), but there’s another big birthday happening this year: Dirty Dancing was released 25 years ago this summer! To honor everyone’s favorite ’80s-tastic dance film about the ’60s, I’ve compiled a bunch of fun Dirty Dancing […]

Double Take

A scene with the corps de ballet in Black Swan. Courtesy Summit Entertainment. With technology, pretty much anything is possible onscreen these days—but no visual effects can compare to the feeling of watching a dancer take the floor for real. That’s where a dance double comes in. Dance doubles step in for actors when scenes […]