Imagine living in a real-life musical, where spontaneous song-and-dance breaks happen as often in the street as they do onstage. After a series of unusual events, every dancers’ dream becomes an unexpected reality for computer coder Zoey Clarke (played by Jane Levy) in NBC’s newest series, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.” Although at first her new powers […]
Dance in movies is a trend as old as time. Movies like The Red Shoes and Singin’ in the Rain paved the way for Black Swan and La La Land; dancing stars like Gene Kelly and Ginger Rogers led the way for Channing Tatum and Julianne Hough. Lucky for us, some of Hollywood’s most incredible […]
The 2018 Oscar noms are here. Which is fun and all; we’ll never not get excited about a night of glitz and glamor and, when we’re lucky, pretty great dancing. But we’d be a heck of a lot more excited if the Academy Awards included a Best Choreography category. And really—why don’t they? Last year, […]
In the dance world, Mandy Moore has long been a go-to name, but in 2017, the success of her choreography for La La Land made the rest of the world stop and take notice. After whirlwind seasons as choreographer and producer on both “Dancing with the Stars” and “So You Think You Can Dance,” she […]
Have you ever desperately wanted to do your competition solo to that music? You know, the song that gives you goosebumps in the best way possible, sends your dancer’s heart soaring—and for those same reasons is pretty much guaranteed to be used by a million other comp kids? 3-time US national champion figure skater Ashley […]
If, like me, you’ve ever wondered (and wondered) how that stunning opening scene in La La Land came together, do we have a treat for you. In this completely absorbing Vanity Fair video, choreographer Mandy Moore breaks down every last cinematic trick (Hidden speakers! Who woulda thunk it?) and compositional choice (exactly how Moore created […]
In honor of “La La Land” being released on DVD April 25, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti declared that same day to be “La La Land Day.” Because magic is real and dreams can in fact come true, the occasion was marked with aerial dancers from BANDALOOP rappelling off the side of City Hall, performing […]
It’s funny to hear the New York Times describe choreographer Mandy Moore as “not a household name”—because, in our dance universe, she’s basically THE household name. But that’s why we’re excited the Times just put out a great profile of Moore, talking about her work on the drop-dead gorgeous song-and-dance film La La Land. If […]