Tag: ellen

From Tap-Dancing Penguin to Break-Dancing Boss

For today’s installment of young break-dancing prodigies with so much talent it freaks us out a little bit: Meet Mace Maya, a 10-year-old breaker who began dancing at the age of 5. As the story goes, his dad saw him tapping up a storm while watching the movie Happy Feet and said, “Hey, want to learn […]

#MOVE

Here at DS, we’re all about sibling success: the DelGrosso sisters, the Fairchilds, Les Twins, the Cirios…the list goes on. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images) But today, we want to talk about the über talented, extraordinarily well-rounded Hough siblings. Together, Derek and Julianne have seven mirror ball trophies, an Emmy and featured roles in the movies […]

Ellen's Beats Commercial Is Everything

In case we haven’t mentioned it recently, we love Ellen Degeneres. And with the 86th Academy Awards just one week away, we’re getting pretty anxious to find out what dance-tastic surprises this second-time host has in store for us. Last year’s show (somewhat surprisingly) did not disappoint on the dance front—so, needless to say, we’ve […]

A Love Letter to Ellen

We just couldn’t let the year end without giving one final shout out to Ellen Degeneres. Basically, she wins 2013. (But, let’s be honest, she pretty much wins every year.) One of the biggest non-dancers-in-support-of-dancers, Ellen’s shows are constantly bringing up-and-comers to the spotlight. Ellen, on behalf of dancers and dance lovers everywhere, we love […]