Meet Megan Lawson: choreographer to the pop star (by Rob Daly) Few gigs compare to creating the moves for Madonna. Choreographer Megan Lawson is living that dream. Lawson, whom you might know from Fanny Pak, began working on Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour a few months ago. But it’s not her first rodeo with the Queen […]
You guys. I think award-winning Scottish singer/songwriter Kathryn Joseph read my mind the last time I was daydreaming about my perfect summer. Her new video “The Bird,” directed by Eve McConnachie, the Scottish Ballet’s in-house filmmaker and designer, is basically a dancer’s version of bliss. Gorgeous location? Um, I think an empty Scottish beach at […]
It’s a well-known fact that the Syncopated Ladies always slay. They’re probably as flawless when they’re doing their laundry as they are when they’re dancing. You won’t be surprised, then, to see their latest music video to Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen.” There are three main reasons to love this video: It’s shot in Dubai (!); […]
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In 2013, choreographer Kyle Hanagami started his Letters of Love campaign to help raise money for cancer research. For every 10 letters that Hanagami receives, he donates $1 to research. So far, over 30,000 people have sent in letters. This year, Hanagami had a very important announcement to make when he launched Letters of Love […]
She (Deschanel) & Him (Ward) (photo by Autumn de Wilde ) Calling all Zooey Deschanel fans! There’s yet another reason to love this quirky, talented goddess with the voice of an angel. (What? I’m a big fan of “New Girl” and Elf, OK?) If you didn’t already know, Deschanel is part of the indie duo […]
Hip hop and contemporary can seem like opposite ends of the dance spectrum. But if you think about it, they actually have a lot in common—like their groundedness, emotional intensity, isolations and accenting. Will “WilldaBeast” Adams clearly had these similarities in mind when he choreographed his latest project, a music video for JP Cooper’s “When […]
This just in: Maddie Ziegler—whom we haven’t been able to stop talking about since May—escaped from the dusty, empty house of Sia’s “Chandelier” video, only to be found trapped in a giant cage. With Shia LaBeouf. Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler in Sia’s “Elastic Heart” This unlikely image comes to us courtesy Sia’s bizarre “Elastic […]