You may want to sit down for this: Misty Copeland will make her U.S. debut as Odette/Odile in the Washington Ballet’s Swan Lake this April. Alexandre Hammoudi and Misty Copeland in Swan Lake (photo by Darren Thomas) Though she made her debut-debut in the role during American Ballet Theatre’s Australian tour this past August, she’ll […]
People just can’t stop talking about American Ballet Theater soloist Misty Copeland. It’s hard not to talk about her: At just 32 years old (happy belated birthday, Misty!), she’s transformed herself into a living legend—and a role model for aspiring ballerinas everywhere. Pretty much any dancer (or even young girl, for that matter) who has […]
Today in Misty Copeland Is Taking Over the World news: It sounds like the American Ballet Theatre soloist’s inspirational life story is about to become a film. New Line Cinema has optioned a biopic based on Copeland’s beautiful memoir, Life in Motion. While the project is still in the early stages of development, the team […]
“I Will What I Want” is Under Armour’s slogan for its new line of women’s performance gear (i.e. workout undergarments and clothes)—and it’s perfect. As dancers, artists and athletes (or as dancer-artist-athletes), the word “No” only goes so far. If we want something bad enough—we can achieve it. We’ll put in the extra work and […]
I’ve gotta say, ” So You Think You Can Dance,” last night’s show was a little underwhelming. On a scale of 1 to 10, the Top 16’s talent level is about a 13. But the choreography—on average—scored close to a 6 in my book. Obviously, there were the exceptions, like Mandy Moore’s routine to “Foolish […]
If only every episode of “So You Think You Could Dance” could be like last week’s: a glorious buffet of everyone dancing in their own styles, with no cuts to be made. But, alas, this is a competition show, and eventually, someone has to win. This week, we got down to business. But before we […]
Last night brought us round three of “SYTYCD” Season 11 auditions, a two-hour smorgasbord of delectable dancers that totally renewed my faith in the show. Confession time: I was a tad disappointed with the level of talent we saw during the first two episodes. I’d even started to wonder if the “SYT” talent pool might […]
OK. Deep breaths, guys. By now we’re guessing a lot of you have seen the video for Free People’s new collection of dancewear—and a lot of you are angry about it. In case it hasn’t popped up in your Twitter feed yet, voila: There’s been an outpouring of snarky commentary about this online. Because despite […]