Laura Osnes as Cinderella with Victoria Clark as her Fairy Godmother, performing at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC (Jenny Anderson/Broadway.com) Laura Osnes’ Broadway career got off to an unusual start. Instead of going through the standard cattle-call audition process, she took part in the nationally televised reality competition “Grease: You’re the One that […]
by Will Hart/NBC Universal Lexy Hulme is living the commercial dancer’s dream. Since studying at the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in NYC, she’s been a member of the Dallas Mavericks Dancers, tangoed alongside Gwyneth Paltrow on “Glee,” performed in several feature films, toured with Glee Live! In Concert! and been featured in music videos for the […]
As a teen, Elizabeth Sousek didn’t know high-kicking in perfect unison with dozens of long-legged beauties would be her dance dream come true. “I wanted to dance in a premier American ballet or contemporary dance company,” says Sousek, who trained with Ballet Arts Minnesota and at Marymount Manhattan College. “Little did I know I would end […]
Rachel Foster in Paul Gibson’s The Piano Dance. By Angela Sterling Rachel Foster is the image of power and athleticism. The Pacific Northwest Ballet principal excels at both the intricacy of contemporary works and the precision of George Balanchine’s neoclassical choreography. She trained at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and attended summer courses at the School […]
by Keith Munyan You may know Kelli Berglund as lightning-fast bionic teenager Bree on Disney XD’s “Lab Rats.” But did you know she’s also a star on the competition scene? Kelli started dancing at age 4 and has trained in jazz, ballet, hip hop, acrobatics, tap and contemporary (her favorite) at the Camarillo Academy of […]
The Addams ancestors. Karla is in the center, dressed as a Native American. (Jeremy Daniel, courtesy Type A Marketing) Karla Puno Garcia is one seriously versatile performer. Dubbed a contemporary dancer on Season 5 of “So You Think You Can Dance,” the D.C. native wowed the judges with her strong technique and fluid movement. She was […]
Allynne Noelle in Los Angeles Ballet’s Swan Lake Whether she’s performing classical ballet variations or contemporary works, Allynne Noelle’s pure joy is contagious. And that vibrant stage presence (along with killer lines and flawless technique) is taking her places. Born in Southern California, Noelle danced with Ballet Pacifica and Inland Pacific Ballet before traveling across […]
Danielle Rowe and Simon Ball in Christopher Wheeldon’s Rush. By Amitava Sarkar Up until last year, U.S. ballet fans were only treated to the occasional glimpse of raven-haired ballerina Danielle Rowe, who was a member of The Australian Ballet for a decade. But those glimpses—during her freelance tours with Morphoses, then under the direction of […]