Tag: perform

Congratulations to the October Cover Model Search Editors’ Choice video winner, Sydney Burtis! Catch her solo by clicking here, and enter the Cover Model Search here!

You’re probably used to jotting down rehearsal notes and corrections, but according to research from the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center, you may want to save room in your dance journal for these exercises, too. These writing prompts were designed to boost your well-being by focusing on the positive. Read more at pointemagazine.com!

Run away with the circus in this season’s most spectacular stage-worthy styles. Annellyse Munroe and Melissa Becraft are professional dancers in NYC. Photos by Jayme Thornton. Annellyse Munroe in Pumpers Dancewear Melissa Becraft in Just For Kix Munroe in Curtain Call Costumes Munroe in Costume Gallery and Becraft in So Dança Munroe inA Wish Come […]

In our “Dear Katie” series, former NYCB soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email dearkatie@dancespirit.comfor a chance to be featured! Dear Katie, I’m a good “posing” dancer—I can make pretty lines—but once I start really moving, things fall apart. It’s like all the individual pieces of […]

For more on choosing whether to compete or not, click here. I started dance classes at a young age. By the time I was 3, I was training at The Dance Club, and I grew up there. I started with the basics—ballet and jazz—and eventually added tap, tumbling, contemporary, and hip hop. Early on, I […]

For more on choosing whether to compete or not, click here. My mom was a dancer growing up, and she went on to become a dance teacher, so I’ve really grown up in the studio. I started classes when I was 2, and by the time I was 9, I was training at The Dance […]

When a choreographer finds a composer whose music truly inspires her, it can feel like a match made in dance heaven. Some choreographers work with the same composers so frequently that they become known for their partnerships. New York City Ballet soloist and resident choreographer Justin Peck, for example, has tapped composer Sufjan Stevens numerous […]

If you’ve ever seen a Janelle Ginestra class video, you know how lit her combos are. What you don’t see in those clips is how devoted Ginestra is to her students. We went behind the scenes at one of her sold-out IMMA SPACE classes to see Ginestra in her element, mentoring some of L.A.’s most […]