Tag: keone and mari madrid

Collage of dancers featured in Dance Magazine's 2025 "25 to Watch"

Introducing Dance Magazine’s 2024 “25 to Watch”

Dance Magazine has announced who’s included in this year’s “25 to Watch!” This annual feature showcases dancers, choreographers, directors, and companies on the brink of skyrocketing. Get to know this year’s trailblazers and breakout stars who are forging their paths in the dance world here. Header collage photo credits, left to right, top to bottom: Ryoko […]

7 Dancers Who Need to Be in the Britney Spears Musical

Yes, you read that right: The Britney Spears musical is officially happening, and we are SHOOK! In addition to having perhaps the most fabulous title in the history of musical titles—Once Upon a One More Time (!!!)—it also features choreography by Keone and Mari Madrid, which means it’s sure to be super dancy. So, which […]

Keone and Mari Madrid on Their Groundbreaking New Projects

Trailblazer (noun): a pioneer in any field of endeavor. It seems like choreographic duo Keone and Mari Madrid are always exploring uncharted territory. The husband-and-wife team have a well-earned reputation as dance pioneers, starting a decade ago (long before dance videos were a thing) with their mind-bending YouTube clips, and now with their impressive multidisciplinary […]

Watch Keone and Mari Madrid's Stunning Dance Tribute to Immigrants

The dance world already knows that Keone and Mari Madrid are brilliant storytellers, choreographers who can create narrative movement that moves us. But we especially love it when they use their choreographic voices to highlight important causes. For this year’s VIBE Dance Competition exhibition performance, the husband-and-wife duo created a beautiful homage to the immigrants […]

"World of Dance" Recap: It's the Final Cut-Down

Week 2 of Misty Copeland as guest judge, week 2 of merciless cuts…How can the final episodes of “World of Dance” possibly live up to the sheer dramaaaaaaaaa of last night’s episode? Well, based on the nail-biting results dished out by Copeland and Co. last night, the competition is only going to get fiercer from […]

How Keone and Mari Madrid Made the "Love Yourself" Video

Yes, Keone and Mari Madrid were dance-world superstars long before they choreographed and starred in the video for Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself.” But many non-dancey people—i.e., everyone from your third-grade BFF to your Aunt Linda—first fell in love with the duo after watching the Bieber vid, which currently has a casual 1.2 billion views on […]

"World of Dance" Series Premiere Recap: Can We Have Some More?

Well, that was perhaps the fastest hour of television ever. We knew that NBC’s “World of Dance” competitor lineup was stacked, but the show’s premiere episode last night gave us just a taste of the deep talent field, with performances by only seven acts. None of them disappointed. But in the words of J.Lo herself […]