You know that feeling when you think you know everything about your favorite choreographer, but then a random celeb completely blows your mind with a juicy and hilarious fun fact about them? Same. What are we talking about? It all started last week at the Wall Street Journal Innovators Awards, where actress Reese Witherspoon and […]
You never know what’s going to happen at the MTV Video Music Awards. Well, you do always know that it’s going to be several different levels of odd, and that the performances will be something to talk about. But whether or not there’ll be much dancing to speak of is always up in the air. […]
For Dance Magazine‘s 90th anniversary issue, we wanted to celebrate the movers, shakers and changemakers who are having the biggest impact on our field right now. There were so many to choose from! But with the help of dozens of writers, artists and administrators working in dance, the Dance Magazine staff whittled the list down […]
Amidst the plethora of dance events happening in New York City this month, here are three that caught our eye. Ballerina Cross-Fade at ABT Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes in Cranko’s Onegin. Photo by Gene Schiavone, Courtesy ABT. The role of Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin will be more emotional than ever for audiences at […]
When it came out in 2014, few would have guessed Sia’s “Chandelier” had the makings of a viral video. There was just a single performer—not even Sia herself—on a small, modest set, with no flashy cuts or gimmicks. But it went viral anyway, its simple-yet-strange, entirely dance-focused concept captivating viewers and rendering dancer Maddie Ziegler […]
Just when we started to think Maria Kochetkova couldn’t get any cooler, the latest Blood Orange music video dropped. Blood Orange, if you’re wondering, is the name by which British singer/songwriter Dev Hynes has styled himself for his solo music work. “I Know” features the San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre principal/international ballet star/style icon performing opposite […]
Music videos are embracing concert dance more than ever. It was the music video the world couldn’t stop talking about. Sia’s “Chandelier” featured “Dance Moms” star Maddie Ziegler moving with reckless abandon in a forlorn apartment. The video became the 17th most viewed on YouTube, and won the award for Best Choreography at the 2014 […]
What does MTV look for in choreography? The VMA nomination process is notoriously secretive (though that hasn’t protected the network from angry Twitter rants about racially prejudiced choices). Most people assume it’s simply based off of whatever MTV thinks will attract the most viewers. The 2015 nominees have been announced, with five very distinct choices for Best Choreography, offering us a clue […]
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