It’s #BeyDay (Beyoncé, y’all!) and we’re celebrating here at Dance Spirit. First, this. Then, this: You know Chloé Arnold, Her Holiness of tap, has worked with Beyoncé before, right? Maybe it’s because they both have the “é” in their names. (BRB, renaming myself Alisoné, and perhaps I can get the hookup, too.) The video—which has […]
Hey all you night owls! Tap star, and bona fide genius, Michelle Dorrance will appear on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” tonight at 11:35pm. If you can’t stay up that late (I know I can’t), you can click here to watch the full episode on Thursday. Dorrance will be teaching Colbert a step […]
When it comes to strong dance families, nobody rivals Team Tap. Members of the tap community came out in droves when they heard one of their own was a finalist in this year’s Cover Model Search. As they cast their votes, they made eloquent comments about how eager they are for tap to have a […]
Shirley Temple—the child movie star of the 1930s, who, essentially, made dimples and golden ringlets a thing—passed away Monday night at the age of 85. This is big news considering the huge (and super cute!) contribution she made to the dance world. When you were just a wee tapper, did you do your first routine […]
Last December, NBC brightened our holiday season with The Sound of Music Live! featuring Carrie Underwood. Reviews may have been somewhat mixed (OK, so it tanked with the critics), but the fact remains: SOML! reached nearly 22 million viewers if you include DVR. People love a good musical. Here at DS, we’d like to count […]
It’s no secret that we at Dance Spirit love us some Jason Samuels Smith. Exhibit A? His holy-throwback May/June 2004 cover: While DS‘s look—and Samuels Smith’s hairstyle!—have transformed over the years, the hoofer’s killer improv has always been all kinds of #goals. To get tap-happy this hump day, check out the vid he recently filmed for Houston Public Media. Four words: […]
Any time Chloe and Maud Arnold—aka our favorite tapping sister duo—gift us with another Syncopated Ladies video, we get excited. Really excited. But today, they’ve given us something even better: stellar tapping, plus a discussion of the history of tap and why the art form still resonates. Their new video is part of TheRoot.com’s Dances […]
Emma Portner is at a crossroads. At only 21 years old, she’s already had the kind of opportunities most seasoned pros dream of: starring in a viral dance video, choreographing for Justin Bieber, working on a Broadway-bound musical, teaching internationally and performing at venues like New York City Center. Portner is playing by her own […]