Ryan Steele has become a Broadway mainstay, thanks to his powerful technique and commanding stage presence. He’s been a part of the original casts of hit shows, including Newsies and Matilda, played a Lost Boy in Peter Pan Live!, and performed in the first national tour of An American in Paris. A Walled Lake, MI, […]
Tonight at 8 pm, Symphony Space will host Impressions IV—an evening celebrating all-things-dance. Performers include Taeler Cyrus (After Midnight), Jess LeProtto (Newsies), Michael Rosen (West Side Story), Amelia Lowe (“So You Think You Can Dance”), Phoenix Project Dance and ICONic Dance Crew (“America’s Best Dance Crew”), to name a few. Oh, and did we mention […]
What do you do after you win “So You Think You Can Dance” and become super famous? You go on to star in a dance movie, of course. Plenty of our favorite “SYTYCD” vets (and former DS cover stars) have taken to the big screen—Kathryn McCormick and tWitch had starring roles in Step Up Revolution, […]
(Photo by Tracy Whiteside/thinkstock.com) 1. Your teacher asks you to freestyle at the end of class. What’s your go-to showstopper? A. A huge shimmy followed by a big body-roll B. Time steps, pullbacks and wings until your taps nearly fall off C. The quadruple pirouette your teacher didn’t even know you’d mastered D. Sky-high extensions […]
New York City Ballet’s Janie Taylor and Craig Hall in Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun (photo by Paul Kolnik) I’ve just made my entrance in Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, stepping onstage into a set designed to look like a ballet studio—with the audience where the mirror would be. I don’t acknowledge my hundreds […]
One of the best parts about working for DanceMedia (the parent company of Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher, Pointe, Dance Retailer News and Dance Spirit), is being surrounded by dancers all day, everyday. It’s not uncommon to see a co-worker doing pliés at printer, foam rolling in their cubicle or trying the newest plank exercise in […]