Doja Cat has finally released the music video for her hit song “Say So.” And if you didn’t already love the pop diva for her highly-danceable hits, you will once you see this highly-dancy video. Our favorite part by far? That’d be when Doja herself breaks into the iconic “Say So” dance, created by teen […]
It’s no secret that we’re kind of obsessed with the new-ish boy band on the block, PRETTYMUCH. And why shouldn’t we be? These boys don’t just carry a tune, they can also groove to the beat—and despite the high bar the Backstreet Boys set back in the day with their super dancy music videos, it’s […]
“Alright”? More like *AMAZING.* Here at Dance Spirit, we (obviously) have a special place in our hearts for the dancing boy band. (See: our recent obsessions with, respectively, PRETTYMUCH and Seventeen.) So when an OG supergroup like the Backstreet Boys—cue faraway faint screams of excitement—releases new music for the first time IN 5 YEARS, we […]
When you ask successful commercial dancers why they started dancing, you tend to hear similar stories: Their 5-year-old selves turned on MTV and obsessed over “Thriller” and “Vogue,” and they ended up dancing for hours in the living room, mimicking the iconic choreography and falling in love. Music videos were so many dancers’ first inspirations. […]
Last month, we gave you a sneak peek into the world of PRETTYMUCH, the boy band that’s been called the next One Direction—in no small part thanks to their killer dance moves. Now, we have definitive proof that PRETTYMUCH is the best thing to happen to boy bands since Newsies. (The Newsies were for all […]
P!nk’s intense, addictive new single “What About Us” is an anthem worthy of blasting during a killer cross-training sesh, scream-singing out the car window, and inspiring some truly incredible movement. Directed by Georgia Hudson and choreographed by the Goldenboyz, this video is the show of strength, solidarity, and—most importantly, in the DS book—passionate, leave-it-all-on-the-desert-sand choreo […]
Cracking hips are part of any dancer’s paradigm. But repeated popping, however painless, can irritate hip joints and cause problems later on. While most pops stem from muscle tightness that can be mitigated by consistent stretching, some cracks signal more serious problems. Here’s a guide to the three major places where pops occur, and why. […]