Will Centurion: Counseling life coaching

Share Tweet Share Share Email Mental health, performance strategies and self-regulation are key elements for personal and professional success. Will Centurion, Counseling and Life Coaching for Actors, Singers and Dancers,…

Meet ice dancer Shauna Vorhees

by Anne Calder Shauna Vorhees is fifteen and lives only five minutes away from the Chandler Arizona Ice Den. Unlike many of the other dancers, she was a bit older…

Begin Again: How to Pick Up Choreography Quickly

I have this recurring nightmare where I’m in an audition, the choreographer is teaching at lightning speed, and my brain completely shuts down. Each new step slips through my fingers…

How Conventions Have Become a Stepping Stone to College Dance Programs

Over the last decade, top dancers from the convention circuit have chosen, in increasing numbers, to attend college programs after high school. “The perception used To be that attending college…

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Returns to Stability—And Its Roots

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performed to sold-out crowds in New York City last February. Audiences similarly flocked to the Museum of Contemporary Art a month later for their packed spring…

Behind the Scenes with Choreographer Annie-B Parson as Here Lies Love Moves to Broadway

There’s a new nightclub opening on Broadway, and it has everything: disco balls, danceable tunes…and former Filipino dictators Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos. Here lies lovethe immersive, groundbreaking musical from David…

Misty Copeland’s New Film, Flower, Explores Inequity and Celebrates Community

After a three-year hiatus from performing, Misty Copeland is back in the limelight with her new 28-minute film, Flower, which centers on themes of housing insecurity, gentrification, and the communal…

3 Tips for Moving Seamlessly Between Different Dynamics

Watching a dancer who is adept with using different dynamics in their movement can be a breathtaking experience. Pairing sharp, staccato movements with sections of slow, fluid choreography can create…

TBT: The Joffrey Ballet’s Blockbuster Billboards

In the July 1993 issue of Dance Magazinesenior editor Ann Barzel reported on the premiere of the landmark rock ballet Billboardsa program of new works for The Joffrey Ballet set…

Why Cultivating Food Flexibility is Crucial for Your Health

Just as nutrition is important to a dancer’s fuel plan, eating patterns that support a dancer’s relationship with food can have an incredible impact on performance potential onstage and in…