As a dancer and the assistant director of New York City–based contemporary dance troupe Kate Weare Company, Douglas Gillespie takes to the floor like a duck takes to water. Whether he’s sliding, falling, pushing, rolling or holding a plank, he knows just what he needs to do to protect his body. Here, Gillespie shares three […]
Looks like your Zumba class is about to get a little more….commercial. In a good way! The fitness company announced today its partnership with Millennium Dance Complex, the Hollywood-based commercial dance studio. (Your Facebook newsfeed is probably full of dance videos taken in front of MDC’s iconic red-walled studios.) Now MDC choreographers like Kenny Wormald […]
Bobbi Jene is another poignant film to add to this year’s must-see list of dance documentaries. After 10 years living in Israel and dancing with Ohad Naharin’s Batsheva Dance, American dancer Bobbi Jene Smith decides to leave the company –and the life she’s come to know–in search of finding her own path as a dancer […]
Help your dancers improve their performance—and scores—with this advice from veteran competition faculty: Martha Nichols, Judy Rice and Suzi Taylor. Connect with your ensemble. Everyone can be dancing at the same time, but not necessarily together, because they don’t acknowledge each other. “Relax and have a good time,” says Martha Nichols of New York City […]
This past weekend was a busy one for us at DT—we’ve been in Long Beach, California, attending our Dance Teacher Summit, which included honoring our DT Award winners Award winners (best acceptance speech of the decade goes, hands down, to the fabulous Joe Tremaine) and the Capezio A.C.E. Award champions on Saturday night. It was […]
For the graceful and spritely Tao Porchon-Lynch, that old adage, “age is just a number,” seems to be true. She’s 98 years old, but that doesn’t stop her from traveling around the world, teaching eight classes a week, doing shoulder-stands, drinking a glass of wine a day or dancing the tango. So how does she […]
This video is many things: a throwback to award shows that really knew how to put on a show; an ode to props (particularly scaffolding); a snapshot of late ’80s/early ’90s hair and costume; and, best of all, a shining example of straight-up, hard-hitting jazz dance. (It’s also the video Nick Lazzarini said he’d love […]
Science has proven that dancing has a profound impact on a dancer’s brain. In dancer/choreographer Jody Oberfelder’s latest work, The Brain Piece, she explores how the brain affects the audience. The installation/live performance is designed so the audience can have a personalized, immersive experience that explores the inner workings of the human brain. Oberfelder performs, […]
In an event inspired by the words of President John F. Kennedy, The Washington Ballet will perform the world premier of WHO WHEN WHY this Saturday, June 24, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Kogod Courtyard. Kennedy famously asked, “If not us, who? If not now, when?” In this new work, instructor and choreographer Mimmo […]
Who wants free dance classes?!? New York City Dance Week, a citywide annual nonprofit project of Tendu Inc., brings awareness to dance by partnering with almost 40 studios to offer hundreds of free (yes FREE!) and discounted classes, June 15–24. Participating schools this year include Mark Morris Dance Center, Peridance Capezio Center, Arthur Murray NYC […]