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During his 15 years dancing for New York City Ballet—including 10 under George Balanchine himself—plus three years training with master teacher Stanley Williams at the School of American Ballet, Daniel Duell internalized a very specific approach to musicality.  “A central part of what I believe makes dancers appear musical is clarity of rhythm,” says Duell, […]

As a musical-theater teacher, Rachel Leigh Dolan feels a certain obligation to honor the music she’s using in class. After all, it’s right in the name of the genre, she points out. “I take that label seriously,” she says. “There’s never a time when music isn’t intentional.”  That means that a song is always her […]