Last night’s episode of “World of Dance” introduced us to one final round of incredibly talented, inspiring performers, all vying for a select few spots in the Duels. The judges seemed even more selective than usual this week, sending three acts directly to the Duels while giving the other eight either nos or callbacks. Clearly, […]
“I wish I had a better story about the name,” says Molly Long, founder of the Orange County, CA–based dance studio Project 21. In truth, it’s a play on the fact that she was born on the twenty-first of August, and 21 is her favorite number. “I was away on a teaching tour, the audition […]
If COVID-19 cancellations have you missing the high-energy dynamic of dance competitions, we feel you. Luckily, “World of Dance” returns to NBC this month, bringing all the dance-competition realness you’ve been missing straight to your living room. This season’s roster of dancers has us seriously pumped—especially the talent in the junior category. Here are six […]
What do you get when you cross a 1920s jazz baby with an absurdly flexible alien life-form? Ten-year-old Gracyn French, who’s taken the comp world by storm over the past two years. After she became KAR Miss Petite Dance America 2017, the 2018 Nationals season saw Gracyn break the Top 20 at Radix and the […]
Molly Long is the rare prodigy who grew up to be even more brilliant. At the ripe old age of 16, Long (now 25) took charge of the minis at her home studio, Dance Precisions, in Southern California, leading the team to big wins at Nationals. It wasn’t long before she was traveling the country […]