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If your online-binge-viewing-of-dance-video needs are not being met, look no further than Scottish Ballet’s recently unveiled digital season, “Under the Skin.” Throughout April, its series of short films and live streams will explore new ways to present dance to the world online. Check out the already released films below. What Dreams We Have Directed by […]
Win It! Trisha Brown By Susan Rosenberg Wesleyan University Press; 407 pages; $31.00 Undeniably one of the most important artists of our time, Trisha Brown’s artistic principles, spirit and prolific body of work are captured within the pages of this book. Art historian Susan Rosenberg draws from Brown’s archives, including interviews with colleagues to track […]
Ailey II will make its NYU Skirball Center debut March 29–April 2. The program will include two programs of premieres and returning favorites from established and up-and-coming choreographers, including Leila Da Rocha, Jean Emile, Jae Man Joo, Ray Mercer, Bridget L. Moore, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater member Jamar Roberts and former Ailey dancer Marcus […]
From the stage to the silver screen, there aren’t many entertainers who’ve had the illustrious career that Shirley Maclaine has. But the Oscar-winning triple-threat attributes her success, hands down, to one thing: her dance education. “I am the work ethic of a dancer…and that begins to form an attitude in your life that never changes,” […]
Mel Mah (left) and Kim Gringas hosted the event at Playground L.A. in West Hollywood. At the end of last month, YOU GOT THIS, GIRL! (YGTG), a workshop to encourage young dancers to go after their dreams, threw the event YOU GOT THIS, L.A.!, held at L.A.’s newest studio, Playground L.A. YGTG was founded in […]
As a dance teacher, you’ve almost certainly had to talk to a student about her or his weight, at one point or another. (You may have even had memorable conversations or situations in your own dance training—or maybe it’s something that affected you as a teacher.) It’s a conversation that requires sensitivity, so that your […]
Sometimes a little video comes along that manages to cheer you on a dreary Wednesday, inspire you to be better and give you all the good feels. Meet Sheila Rozann, an 88-year-old ballet teacher for the National Dance Institute, New Mexico, who’s been teaching for more than 66 years (!). She gives great advice on […]
Debbie Reynolds died two weeks ago, and I’m still mourning the loss of one of the stars from Singin’ in the Rain, one of my very favorite films. If you’ve ever seen that bastion of movie musicals, you know why it’s my favorite: magical, big-production dance scenes; tap dance-offs between Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor; […]
Boross studied extensively with jazz legend Matt Mattox, wrote his master’s thesis on Mattox’s career and has been a professor in six university dance programs. Here, he teaches one of Mattox’s codified warm-up exercises.
Seen & Heard At the Dance Teacher Summit Nancy Giles, fourth from left, with fellow DT Summit ambassadors Nancy Giles Owner Southern Strutt Irmo, South Carolina 600 students During 32 years as a studio owner, Nancy Giles has learned a lot about running a business, including how to handle parent drama and make time for […]