When choreographer Joya Kazi was tasked with bringing collegiate Bollywood-fusion dance to the screen in Netflix’s Best of the Best, she found herself drawing from real-life experience. “It is cutthroat, it is dramatic, there’s relationships, there’s rivalry,” she says with a laugh over Zoom, reflecting on her time with the Hindi Film Dance club she […]
Netflix’s animated musical movie KPop Demon Hunters has broken all kinds of records, becoming the platform’s most-watched movie ever in only three months. With hundreds of millions of views across the globe, the film’s catchy tunes, epic fight scenes, and powerful female protagonists have made fans out of all kinds of people, whether or not […]
There’s an easy way to remember how to pronounce Corey Baker’s name: “It’s Corey, like ‘choreographer,’ ” he says. “My last name’s Baker, so I had two choices in life—either to become a choreographer or a baker. And I can’t bake!” Jokes aside, Baker knew for years that dance was his path. Born and raised in […]
The pilot of Netflix’s dance-centric series “Tiny Pretty Things”—based on the YA novel by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton—will leave you breathless. It touches on, well, everything: love, murder, racism, competition, jealousy, girl cliques, sexual experimentation, eating disorders. And the intricate plot is propelled by equally breathtaking ballet sequences. Here are the basics of that […]
If you’re looking for a sign that 2020 might *just* be turning around, look no further than Netflix’s new dance-centric film Work It. The movie comes out this Friday, August 7, and the hype is real. ICYMI, the film follows high school senior Quinn Ackerman, played by none other than Sabrina Carpenter, as she attempts […]
Pop quiz, dance friends! Select all that apply: a) You love ballet. b) You love ballet on TV. c) You absolutely devoured Tiny Pretty Things, the 2016 YA novel described as “Black Swan meets ‘Pretty Little Liars.’” d) OK you haven’t read the book yet but wooowwww does that description sound enticing. We’ve got good […]
We’ve had our fingers crossed about the Netflix film Work It ever since we first got wind of the project. Produced by Alicia Keys, the movie—which follows a teen whose admission to her dream college hinges on her performance at a dance competition—sounded like it could be positively dancetastic. And friends, looks like it will […]
We repeat: Ballet goddess Juliet Doherty‘s movie Driven to Dance is streaming on Netflix. Right now. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. If that title doesn’t sound familiar to you, it’s because this film was FKA On Pointe. We’ve been buzzing about the project ever since we first heard about it back in 2017. At that […]