It’s finally here! The premiere of Shaping Sound’s tour, that is. We’ve been obsessed with this company—full of so-beautiful-we-can’t-stop-looking-at-them commercial dancers—for quite a while. First, we featured the brand-spanking-new Shaping Sound on our cover last year, then we kept track of the blossoming company with exclusive interviews with the dancers. And now, our baby (OK, we […]
(L to R) Nick Lazzarini, Kyle Robinson, Travis Wall and Teddy Forance (by Rob Daly) Remember when you first saw Travis Wall’s choreography on “So You Think You Can Dance”? What about when you swooned over the first episode of “All the Right Moves,” starring Travis and his super-cute dancing buddies Teddy Forance, Nick Lazzarini […]
Kyle Robinson (bottom row, left) and Brandon Cournay (top row, fourth from right) with their Juilliard class Brandon Cournay and Kyle Robinson are pretty similar. They both grew up in small towns, moved to NYC to attend The Juilliard School, received their BFAs in Dance in 2009 and went on to have majorly successful dance […]
“You look so pretty tonight. Did you get that in jail?” —Nick Lazzarini, Voice of Reason, “All the Right Moves” Last week on “All the Right Moves,” Shaping Sound had a successful premiere show at the Saban Theater. There was a standing ovation and an after party with booze and, thankfully, no inappropriate kissing. Success! […]
“Drop the attitude? Why don’t you…drop off the face of the earth?” —Nick Lazzarini, Voice of Reason, “All the Right Moves” This recap is tardy, and for that I’m truly sorry. I was out of town last week hanging out at “So You Think You Can Dance” (more on that soon—I promise many details) and […]
“I’m making a little, like, brunch. I was gonna season the chicken with some banana chips…but I thought not…because you’re allergic to them.” —Nick Lazzarini, Voice of Reason, “All the Right Moves” This episode is all about “theater shopping,” and I realize that sounds more like a QVC special than an hour of fun and […]
“I will bury you far underground. You’ll be saying hi to the Chinese by the time I get done burying you.” —Nick Lazzarini, Voice of Reason, “All the Right Moves” Last night on “All the Right Moves,” there was convention dancing (at NUVO, with brief appearances by Denise Wall and Chantel Aguirre!), there was love triangle […]
“Unless your name is Beyoncé and you become a black woman, I’m not dancing backup next to you.” —Nick Lazzarini, Voice of Reason, “All the Right Moves” Drama, drama, drama. Travis, Travis, Travis. Taja, Taja, oh man, Taja. It’s only the second episode of the season and already the power struggle between Shaping Sound co-founders […]