As an educator and the founding director of Francisco Gella Dance Works, Francisco Gella has nearly 30 years of experience teaching at colleges, conservatories, studios, competitions, and conventions. Now, he is combining the best aspects of all these diverse environments in ROOTS Dance Summit. “I created ROOTS Dance Summit as a hybrid of sorts,” says […]
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 […]
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 […]
As a dancer, I am who I am because of an entire village of incredible teachers. But for today, I’d like to highlight one who played a pivotal role in my career trajectory: Francisco Gella. I met Francisco when I was 10 or 11 years old while training at 24 Seven Dance Convention. His class […]