Tag: erin baiano

The Making of "Center Stage," as Remembered by Its Dance Stars

Whether you first watched it in a theater two decades ago or on Netflix last week, odds are you feel a deep connection to Center Stage. The cult classic, which premiered May 12, 2000, is arguably the greatest dance film ever made. (Dance obsessives might take issue with the “cult” before “classic,” not to mention […]

A Day in the Life of Sara Mearns

Gorgeous ballerinas: Believe it or not, they’re people, too. New York City Ballet principal Sara Mearns may look superhuman onstage, but In a Day’s Work, a new film by former Miami City Ballet dancer Ezra Hurwitz, shows the work that goes into the creation of that illusion. Hurwitz follows Mearns through an average day. We […]

The January Issue is Here!

The new issue! Cover shot by Erin Baiano. The funnest day in the Dance Spirit office every month is “new issue day.” Even though we’ve just wrapped up months of working on a particular issue, it’s still crazy exciting when we actually get our copies and get to hold them and gawk at them and […]