High School Musical premiered on the Disney Channel 20 years ago, on January 20, 2006. To celebrate, Dance Spirit is speaking with some of the films’ key dance figures to examine HSM’s impact on dance and pop culture at large. Next up is a Q&A with Lucas Grabeel, who played the unforgettable role of musical […]
In 2021, Dondraico Johnson was at home, spending time with his nephews, when he learned he’d be interviewing to choreograph for Disney’s kid-friendly, music-and-dance-heavy Zombies franchise. “When I said ‘Zombies’ in front of a 6- and a 9-year-old, they went crazy in the house,” he says. “At that moment I was like, ‘I have to […]
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 […]
Happy National Tap Dance Day, friends! We’re marking the occasion by catching up with one of our favorite talented young tappers: Larry Saperstein. The “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” star began taking tap classes at 12 years old, studying at the American Tap Dance Foundation, where he quickly discovered his love for the […]
I know it might be crazy, but did you hear—that ZOMBIES 2 comes out this week? It’s been almost two years since the first ZOMBIES installment was released on Disney Channel, and we’ve had a Zed-shaped hole in our hearts ever since. Luckily, we get even more zombie-cheerleader magic this Friday, February 14. Dance Spirit […]
DISNEY! NIGHT! Disney Night on “Dancing with the Stars”! Sorry, but we’re still not over the bedazzled amazing-ness that was last night’s episode. If last week’s lack of glitz and glamour left us feeling a bit underwhelmed, Disney Night made up for it doubly—starting with one of the best opening numbers we’ve seen in a […]
We’ve been dying to hear more about “On Pointe,” a docuseries following students at the School of American Ballet, since we first got wind of the project this spring. Now—finally!—we know where this can’t-miss show is going to live: It was just announced that Disney+, the new streaming service set to launch November 12, has […]
If you’ve ever seen Disney Channel’s “Coop & Cami Ask the World,” you know 13-year-old Ruby Rose Turner can bust a move. And having appeared on “Dancing with the Stars”, we’re certain Ruby has a lot more moves that are just waiting to be performed. So when we heard she released a dance video we […]