What can Amy and Fik-Shun expect now that they’re officially the winners of “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 10? We caught up with all 10 former champs to find out about their post-“SYTYCD” lives. Eliana with Dmitry Chaplin on an episode of “Bones.” (photo by Patrick McElhenney/Fox) Eliana Girard, Season 9 Eliana started […]
Every year, Dance Spirit partners with competitions to choose on-the-rise dancers who have what it takes to make it in the dance world: technique, performance quality and a great personality. We’re proud to present the 2013 winners of the DS Future Star Award! Jeremy Kelly, 16 Encore Performing Arts Center Turn It Up Dance Challenge, […]
Congratulations to the newest “Dancing with the Stars” champs, Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver and his pro partner Peta Murgatroyd! In the end, the final three stars—Driver, Katherine Jenkins and William Levy—were all earning perfect and near-perfect scores for their full-out routines. (Dare we say this has been the most-talented season yet?) But […]
On Friday night, the Dance Spirit editors got all gussied up to head to The Dance Awards! Always a fabulous event, this year’s evening didn’t disappoint. It included tons of dance celebs and fantastic guest performances. (My favorite? A funny/sexy/super-cute tango number by Nick Lazzarini and Melanie Moore.) The best parts by far, though, were […]
Kellie and Derek perform their “Instant Dance” to surprise music on last night’s finale. Check out how together they are! (ABC/Adam Taylor) Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough! On last night’s “DWTS” finale, these two blonde cuties nabbed the coveted Mirrorball Trophy. And they certainly earned it at Monday night’s finals, snagging a perfect score […]
by Joe Toreno There’s no better feeling than rooting for your favorite “So You Think You Can Dance” contestants all season long and then seeing them come out on top. That’s exactly what happened for ballet enthusiasts across the country, who have been hoping since Vegas Week that America would recognize Eliana Girard and Chehon […]
Photography by Joe Toreno It was one of the most emotional moments in one of “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 9’s most emotional routines: Chehon Wespi-Tschopp, 23, leapt across the stage, his face a picture of anguish, to rest his head on a suitcase that represented all the possessions he had left in […]
Photography by Joe Toreno “I went blank!” That was 21-year-old Eliana Girard’s reaction when Cat Deeley announced her as the “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 9 female winner. “People were clapping, I was crying and I honestly didn’t know what was going on,” Eliana says. “I’d dreamed of winning, but I never thought […]