by Haley Hilton | Nov 8, 2019 | News
Last week, 2019 DT Awardee Marisa Hamamoto and her partner Piotr Iwanicki brought their boundary-breaking work to the “Good Morning America” stage in a segment highlighting her inclusive dance company Infinite Flow. Infinite Flow is a Los Angeles–based...
by Chava Lansky For Pointe Magazine | Aug 30, 2019 | Placeholder content
After days spent rallying against “Good Morning America” host Lara Spencer’s flippant comments about boys doing ballet, the dance world triumphed on Monday. Not only did Spencer issue a lengthy on-air apology, complete with an interview with Robbie...
by Paul Faber | Aug 30, 2019 | News
I didn’t realize how much the whole movement meant to me until I saw the mass of male dancers congregated in front of “Good Morning America” led by the likes of Travis Wall, Alex Wong and Robbie Fairchild. It was pre-7 am—I was all packed up and...
by Pointe Magazine | Aug 26, 2019 | Placeholder content
At 6:30 this morning, I exited the subway in Times Square and walked towards the group of dancers gathered outside the “Good Morning America” studios. The moment I entered the fray, any lingering early morning grogginess disappeared; the energy in the...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Aug 26, 2019 | Placeholder content
On this morning’s edition of “Good Morning America,” host Lara Spencer did what the dance community has been clamoring for since last Thursday, when her flippant comments about Prince George enjoying ballet lessons provoked widespread outrage: She...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Aug 23, 2019 | News
When the news broke that Prince George, currently third in line for the British throne, would be continuing ballet classes as part of his school curriculum this year, we were as excited as anyone. (OK, maybe more excited.)This was not, it seems, a sentiment shared by...