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What My Teacher Taught Me: The Dance Awards Teen Best Dancer Hailey Bills on Her Mother, Stacy Bills

My mom, Stacy Bills, is easily the most influential dance teacher I’ve ever had. She knows what I really need as both an individual and a dancer. Without her, I wouldn’t be where I am today. My mom has a rich dance background. She was a gymnast as a child, then began dancing at Center […]

Here Are the 2020 YoungArts Award Winners in Dance

Congratulations to the 39 talented dancers just named 2020 YoungArts award winners! This year’s group of awardees includes several familiar faces from the competition scene. YoungArts awards—given annually to teenage students in the visual, literary, and performing arts, at three different levels (Finalist, Honorable Mention, and Merit)—are a very big deal. Winners are selected by […]

Dance Awards Names Studio of the Year

Congratulations to JCSOD from Bolton, Ontario, which was crowned 2013 Studio of the Year at the third annual Dance Awards gala! Friday’s event concluded a week of competition and master classes with the industry’s most in-demand choreographers: Mia Michaels, Mandy Moore, Stacey Tookey, Sonya Tayeh, Mike Minery and many more. The gala featured performances by […]