Kearns coaching a young student Congratulations to Bridey Kearns, the latest Editors’ Choice winner for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! An instructor of children’s ballet, tap, jazz, musical theater, Irish step dancing, acro and tumbling at Competitive Edge Dance Studio in Cape Coral, Florida, Kearns uses videos as rehearsal tools for students. She […]
Congratulations to Cristian Faxola, the latest Editors’ Choice winner for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! Your browser does not support the video tag. In a living room lit warmly by a single dome-shaped lamp, a lean, compact dancer pops, locks and glides his way over shining wood floors to the soulful R&B of […]
Congratulations to Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, the latest Editors’ Choice winner for Dance Teacher’s Video of the Month! Founded in 1955 by Marcia Dale Weary (DT January 2004), CPYB has been staging a version of The Nutcracker for about 45 years. At this point, they have it down to a science. Rehearsals begin in October, […]
Congratulations to Amanda Mitchell, the latest Editors’ Choice winner for Dance Teacher’s Video of the Month! Mitchell’s lyrical competition solo, “The Closest I Get,” choreographed by Suzi Taylor (DT December 2013), helped the high school senior win first overall in her age category at Legacy Dance Championships (where the video was filmed), as well as […]
Bruce Weber and Kathryn McCormick in the “Ocean” Congratulations to John Torres, the latest winner for Dance Teacher’s Video of the Month! The singer-songwriter’s newly released music video for his single “Ocean” features a seaside duet by “SYTYCD” star Kathryn McCormick and Cirque du Soleil dancer Bruce Weber. Stacey Tookey (DT, December 2012) choreographed, bringing […]
Your browser does not support the video tag. Congratulations to Joffrey Ballet School (JBS), the latest Editors’ Choice winner for Dance Teacher’s Video of the Month! In this video, JBS teachers from the New York City–based program (including summer intensive guest faculty members Maria Kowroski, principal with New York City Ballet, and Dwight Rhoden, artistic […]
Congratulations to Nikhita Winkler, the latest Editors’ Choice winner for Dance Teacher’s Video of the Month! A third-year dance and neuroscience major at Skidmore College, Winkler created “Letting Go” as an independent project, inspired by the loss of her father and the recent end of a romantic relationship. The piece was choreographed for film; the […]
Congratulations to Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet (YGSB), the Editors’ Choice winner for Dance Teacher Video of the Month! Your browser does not support the video tag. The video, featured in DT October, shows 12- to 14-year-old students from the Los Angeles–based studio rehearsing a Hungarian character dance for YGSB’s spring concert. The piece was […]
Girouard makes sure his dancers’ last run-throughis their best. Congratulations to Brandon Girouard, the Editors’ Choice winner for Dance Teacher’s Video of the Month! His video, featured in DT September, captures one of the best parts of a convention class, when students who have been dancing all day perform the combination for the last time, […]
Congratulations to Rachel Baird, the Editors’ Choice winner for Dance Teacher’s Video of the Month! In “Behind Closed Doors,” Baird improvises in an empty studio, using a patch of late-afternoon sun as a spotlight. The classically trained dancer hadn’t done much improvisation before being accepted to the professional training program at Alonzo King LINES Ballet. […]