Happy month of endless Hamilton celebration Tonys season, Broadway fans! This morning, delightful Book of Mormon alums Andrew Rannells and Nikki M. James announced the 2016 Tony Award nominees. Can you guess which show not only dominated the list, but actually broke the Tony nomination record—which, fun fact, was previously held by The Producers and […]
It seemed like the whole world was crying purple tears yesterday, after news broke that Prince—the man, the legend, the dancer, the dance lover—had died at just 57 years old. But moving as all the heartfelt tributes were, in a way they weren’t in keeping with Prince’s own joyful, sexy, irrepressible spirit. He wouldn’t have […]
OK, there wasn’t as much dance as we would have liked to see at this year’s Grammy Awards. But the night still included a few awesome dance-y moments. One word, guys: Hamilton! It’s always great when Broadway gets some love and recognition outside of the musical theater scene, so when the folks from Hamilton appeared […]
Dear Santa, Hi! How are you? Busy, I bet! Har har. (Ho ho?) Look, I know I’m late—it’s Christmas Eve, and I’m sure you’re dealing with all kinds of #reindeerprobz—but I thought I’d reach out to you anyway. Because I’m not just some girl who’ll be happy with a Kylie Lip Kit and Adele tour […]
There’s nothing like the thrill of attending a summer program. Getting to experience new teachers and classes can make a world of difference in your technique. Meeting other students who are as obsessed with dance as you are can lead to lifelong friendships. And sometimes, a summer program can alter the course of your dance […]
Thank you, musical theater gods, for (newly-crowned MacArthur genius) Lin-Manuel Miranda. He brought us In the Heights. He brought us Bring It On. And then he went and brought us Hamilton—that most unlikely and yet, somehow, most fantabulous rap musical about America’s Founding Fathers. As if that weren’t enough, he also instituted the daily #Ham4Ham […]
Hamilton, which had its first run at NYC’s Public Theater earlier this year, is an unlikely success story. Who would’ve guessed that a musical based on the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton would be such a hit? But thanks to the show’s creative dream team, which includes writer and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda and choreographer […]
Ah, Independence Day. (Or as we like to call it around here, Indepen-DANCE day—it never gets old!) A whole 24 hours of hot dogs, corn on the cob, Popsicles, fireworks and red white and blue everything. Let’s get this partay started! To get us all in the spirit, here’s part two of Dance Spirit‘s roundup […]