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How to Clean a Guest Choreographer’s Work While Maintaining Its Integrity

There’s nothing judges love more than sparkling-clean choreography. Keeping competition routines in tip-top shape is always labor-intensive—but especially when the number is the work of a guest choreographer, who may have set it months ago and probably isn’t available to oversee the cleaning process. Here’s how to polish even the smallest details of a guest […]

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 […]