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Lucy Vallely on the Power of Rediscovering Your “Why”

“I’ve always had creative tendencies and a sense of my own personal style,” says dance teacher, performer, and choreographer Lucy Vallely, sitting in her Brooklyn apartment that’s adorned with band posters and artwork, “but I had to figure out how to translate that into movement so that dance could be a funnel for my creativity.” […]

How Jason Parsons Gets Dancers to Feel Comfortable with Improvisation

Jason Parsons began his professional career dancing for artists like Diana King and Celine Dion, for Disney and in countless industrials, but he soon realized his real interest was in the world of concert dance. Since then, he’s performed with companies like River North Dance Company and Mia Michaels’ RAW, and he has choreographed for […]