Yes, yes, it’s a music awards show, but for us, it’s *always* all about the dancing. And last night, the Grammy performers—especially the ladies—gave us everything our little dancer hearts desired. Happy early Valentine’s Day to us! 😍 4. Camila Cabello performing “Havana” What a performance from @Camila_Cabello, @JBALVIN, @ricky_martin & @sandovalarturo1 at the 2019 […]

No matter what you’re auditioning for—whether it be a company or Broadway show—you’re bound to run into a few of the same types of people over and over. Here are eight dancers you’re pretty much guaranteed to see at every audition. The One Who Always Has to Be Front and Center Annoying as she might […]

It’s the moment many of us have been waiting for since early 2017: our first glimpse of The White Crow, a feature film about Rudolf Nureyev’s 1961 defection from the Soviet Union while on tour with the Kirov Ballet. Directed by Hollywood A-lister Ralph Fiennes, the movie follows Nureyev from his birth on a train […]

Something’s coming, I don’t know when But it’s soon…maybe tonight? Those iconic lyrics have basically been our #mood ever since we first heard a remake of the West Side Story film, directed by Steven Spielberg and choreographed by Justin Peck, was in the works. THE CASTING. THE CASTING WAS COMING. Well, last night—after an extensive […]

American Ballet Theatre announced today that Brooklyn Mack, a former Washington Ballet star, will join the company as a guest for its spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House. Currently an in-demand international guest artist, Mack will dance in three performances of ABT’s Le Corsaire this June. Known for his powerful, show-stopping bravura, Mack first […]

As conversations in the ballet world about race and representation have opened up in the past few years, its most beloved holiday tradition, The Nutcracker, has come under scrutiny as well. Last year New York City Ballet made changes to its second act Chinese Tea variation, removing elements of racial caricature from both the costume […]

As all bunheads know, there’s so much more to dancing on pointe than sewing and bourées. In this new video, The Australian Ballet lays it all out for us, from A-Z. Or rather from “Arch” to “Zzzzzz’s.” Using a super fast-paced style, this four-and-a-half minute long video skips back and forth between ultra-sleek minimalism and […]

Throughout the last quarter of the 10th century Cynthia Harvey was a force in the ballet world. She had the unique distinction of dancing as a principal ballerina on both sides of the Atlantic, with American Ballet Theatre and then at The Royal Ballet, where she was the first American dancer ever to hold that […]