American Ballet Theatre typically schedules a long layoff after its marathon season at the Metropolitan Opera House, a moment for its tired artists to breathe. But Skylar Brandt doesn’t really do downtime. After moving out of the Met’s basement dressing rooms each July, she books sessions with her coaches, the former ABT stars Irina Dvorovenko […]
A list of artist-led businesses. Compiled by Lauren Manning & Dee Dee Castro To list your business, please visit: https://resources.dancemedia.com/listings/guides/businessofdancers Dancio Caitlin Trainor 917.331.4868 [email protected] www.dancio.com Instagram: @mydancio Dancio provides on-demand dance with the world’s best teachers of ballet, contemporary modern, and jazz teachers, available for a la carte or subscription rentals by individuals and […]
To some dancers, a winter without The Nutcracker may seem like a gift. No Tchaikovsky on an endless loop. No missing real parties to dance in the party scene. No pulling fake snow out of your hair. It’s the stuff that burned-out ballerinas might dream about in mid-December. But, true to E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original “Nutcracker […]
Sometimes it feels like Alex Wong is everywhere. He constantly appears in dance scenes on our favorite TV shows and films. And he spends his free time popping up where you’d least expect him, cheekily surprising pedestrians with his ridiculous dance moves in the grocery store, at the gym and in Best Buy. While stuck […]
Whether you first watched it in a theater two decades ago or on Netflix last week, odds are you feel a deep connection to Center Stage. The cult classic, which premiered May 12, 2000, is arguably the greatest dance film ever made. (Dance obsessives might take issue with the “cult” before “classic,” not to mention […]
The 2019–20 season is here, and with it more performances than any one person could reasonably catch. But fear not: We polled our writers and editors and selected the 31 most promising tickets, adding up to one endlessly intriguing year of dance. Travis Wall Mark Roberts, Courtesy Cincinnati Ballet Right Men, Wrong Man Hamilton cohorts […]
Chiara Valle is just one of many dancers heading back to the studio this fall as companies ramp up for the season. But her journey back has been far more difficult than most. Valle has been a trainee at The Washington Ballet since 2016, starting at the same time as artistic director Julie Kent. But […]
Just because “social distancing” means your classes got canceled, your dance training doesn’t need to stop. There are several online dance classes that can keep your technique sharp from home. STEEZY STEEZY focuses on various urban dance styles like house, dancehall, krump, breaking, whacking and heels. The interface allows you to view the instructor from […]
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