by Crystal Nicholls For Dance Magazine | Jul 16, 2020 | News
Even dancers who love their isolations and hip rolls might be totally unaware of where jazz dance comes from.Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance, which premieres at the Dance on Camera Festival on Sunday, July 19, aims to change that. Directed by Khadifa Wong and...
by Suzannah Friscia | Apr 1, 2019 | teacher stories
A few years ago, Mary Ann Lamb got a phone call from Ann Reinking, who was choreographing a production of The Visit starring Chita Rivera. Lamb was thrilled when Reinking offered her the role of Young Claire without even asking for an audition. “And then she...
by Betsy Farber | Mar 26, 2019 | Music, Teaching Tips
Despite her traditional ballet training in South Africa, Andrea Giselle Schermoly has always had a wide range of music tastes and sensibilities. “There’s always been this other drumbeat in my heart,” says Schermoly, who’s a three-time...
by Betsy Farber | Jul 17, 2018 | Teaching Tips
In 2011, when former American Ballet Theatre principal Michele Wiles departed the company and formed BalletNext, she found an artistic freedom she’d been longing for. Along with new collaborations with choreographers and musicians, she began working with...
by Betsy Farber | May 22, 2018 | News
Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon and pro partner Jenna Johnson snatched the coveted mirror ball trophy at the “Dancing With the Stars” Season 26 finale. Although it’s not that surprising (everyone was rooting for the skating darling, who basically...
by Haley Hilton | Sep 18, 2017 | Trending
Robert Roldan may have stolen our hearts on Season 7 of “So You Think You Can Dance”—but it seems his heart was stolen long before that by none other than Emmy Award–winning choreographer Mandy Moore. As his first jazz teacher at Bobbie’s School of...
by Betsy Farber | Jun 6, 2017 | Trending
Al Blackstone only recently found his true stride in the dance world. Growing up taking class at his parents’ studio and going to competitions, he loved nothing more than performing. But now, whether he’s teaching a room full of professional-level dancers...
by Helen Hope | Sep 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by Rachel Caldwell | Jul 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
The National Dance Education Organization’s first “Jazz Dance: Roots and Branches in Practice” conference is happening at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, July 31–August 3. The four-day conference contains movement workshops of a variety of jazz...
by Rachel Caldwell | Apr 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
After doing yoga poses before class, Lauren Giordano Curran likes to warm up with her students. In our April issue’s Health column we asked four teachers what their personal warm-up practices were. Here’s what jazz teacher Lauren Giordano Curran had to say. Lauren...