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A mere decade ago, if commercial work was your goal, taking jazz classes was your route to get there. In recent years, however, the call for dancers who know hip hop has been loud and strong. It’s hard to tell just where each style stands, so Dance Magazine asked key figures in the jazz and […]

As a young choreographer, I felt the pull between trying to run a dance company in New York City and teaching at a college in Vermont. Because of my academic schedule, I could never put enough time into my choreography, and because of my involvement in New York, my fellow faculty members resented my off-campus […]

There are several Alisan Porters. There’s the corkscrew-haired moppet who played the title role in the 1991 John Hughes film Curly Sue.  There’s the kohl-eyed rocker who fronts her own band, the Alisan Porter Project. There’s the belter who wowed L.A. theater critics in the musical The Ten Commandments. But the Alisan Porter who was […]

“So You Think You Can Dance,” the reality TV show from Fox this summer, has brought dance into America’s living rooms as never before. Young people from all over the country compete in jazz, modern, hip hop, ballroom, Broadway, salsa, and more. Borrowing from the American Idol format, the early auditions include dewy-eyed amateurs who […]

Gamblers aren’t the only people who are flocking to Las Vegas. With the Canadian invasion of Cirque du Soleil and Celine Dion, more and more dancers are placing their bets on Las Vegas with the hopes of big money, glamour, and a lifestyle that may be what every dancer dreams of—stability. Is it a mirage? […]

The choreographers who worked on Hollywood musicals were just hacks, right? Gwen Verdon in The Merry Widow (1952), directed by Curtis Bernhardt, photos courtesy MoMA Wrong! At least in the case of Jack Cole, master of jazz, modern and “ethnic” dance. He crafted witty, challenging numbers that are fascinating for the way his choreography works […]

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