In our “Dear Katie” series, Miami City Ballet soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email [email protected] for a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, I feel like I’m so focused on dance that I basically don’t have a social life. It’s not that the other dancers […]
If you find yourself anywhere near NYC’s über-chic Park Avenue between Monday, August 14 and December, you’ll want to hightail it to PurePoint Financial’s new Financial Center to check out a surprising collaboration with one of the dance world’s shining stars. The Financial Center’s goal is to feel more like a gallery than a traditional […]
During her senior year at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, dancer Mimi Healy was moved up to a new technique level. She was thrilled—but her best friend, who remained stuck in a lower level, wasn’t. It was a situation pretty much guaranteed to generate awkwardness. But Healy chose to talk to […]
Katie performing a solo routine. Photo courtesy The Dance Zone. At 16, Katie Wolfe’s life revolves around competitions and conventions. When she isn’t competing in her hometown of Las Vegas, she’s traveling to competitions around the country with her studio, The Dance Zone, or taking extra dance classes to hone her technique. Katie knows what […]
With Jules (left) during NYCB’s intermission Before the curtain rose on New York City Ballet’s Saturday matinee of Coppélia, I glanced to my left and noticed that my friend sitting next to me, Jules, was bobbing her head to the ballet’s overture. I laughed—I was doing the same. It’s funny how music that we all […]
Seventeen-year-old Maya* was bullied all through middle school. Here, she shares her struggle to rise above it and move on. As told to Rachel Zar (iStock) I’ve had the same group of girlfriends—the “popular” kids—by my side my entire life. From the beginning, we sat together in class, we ate lunch together and, after school, […]
Members of the Illinois College dance team Being on a dance team comes with a lot of perks: You get tons of performance opportunities and, often, a built-in group of best friends. But it’s not always a high-kicking blast. “Dancers bring a lot of passion to everything in their lives,” says Jessica Walz, who advises […]