by Dance Spirit | Feb 7, 2020 | Placeholder content
Nope, there’s still no Oscar for Best Choreography—but we now get to reveal the winner of our own Dance Spirit award for Best Movie Choreography of 2019! Though we’re big fans of all seven of the nominated choreographers, and think each one deserves to be...
by Dance Spirit | Jan 15, 2020 | Placeholder content
2019’s movies featured some truly fantastic dancing, thanks to the hard work of many talented choreographers. But you won’t see any of those brilliant artists recognized at the Academy Awards. And we’re (still) not OK with that. So we’re taking...
by Betsy Farber | Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
From the stage to the silver screen, there aren’t many entertainers who’ve had the illustrious career that Shirley Maclaine has. But the Oscar-winning triple-threat attributes her success, hands down, to one thing: her dance education. “I am the work...
by Rachel Rizzuto | Feb 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
As a dancer and choreographer, I watch the Oscars less for the glamorous dresses and thank-you speeches and more for the always-paltry-in-number dance clips. (The Tony Awards are really where the dance performances are, amirite?) But last night’s Academy Award...