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Ayodele Casel reflects on her career in tap

“I am a hoofer, I value life, I believe in love, I’m surrounded by greatness.” – Ayodele Casel. By Winston Morrison. It only...

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Budding, Not Yet Blooming: Charlotte Bydwell

By Tara Sheena. Charlotte Bydwell is taking her career into her own hands. After graduating from the Juilliard School in 2009 and...

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The CW’s ‘Breaking Pointe’ Returns for a Second Season

By Stephanie Wolf. Last summer, reality TV got a new look when The CW’s docu-series Breaking Pointe hit the airways. Aiming to...

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Ballet or Bust

DI brings you the best from New York City’s bleak summer ballet calendar By Leah Gerstenlauer. It’s summer in New York City...

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‘Dance Academy’ star Dena Kaplan

By Renata Ogayar. Teen television hit Dance Academy Season Three has finished filming and will be available to view in America soon....

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North Carolina Dance Theatre: Promoting Healthy Dancers

By Stephanie Wolf. The blockbuster hit Black Swan had people gasping, “Is the ballet world really that harsh and horrific?” While some...

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Dance on TV: Is it Hindering or Helping the Art Form?

By Stephanie Wolf. It’s no longer surprising to turn on the television during primetime and come across a reality show with a...

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World Bachata Champions 2013: Mitch and Ellicia

By Grace Edwards. Mitch Bilic and Ellicia McDonald recently took out the competition at the World Latin Championships in Hong Kong to...

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Dwight Rhoden – looking back and leaping forward

By Chelsea Thomas. At 17 years old, Ohio native Dwight Rhoden was playing the clarinet, flute and drums in his high school’s...

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Shaping Sound Hits the Road for its First National Tour

By Stephanie Wolf. With big dreams and big hearts, Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini, Teddy Forance, and Kyle Robinson took on the greatest...

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How To Make It In Tap

Interview with tap talent Joseph Wiggan By Winston Morrison. Would you like to tour in a world-class show? Winston Morrison catches up...

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Lauren Gottlieb Goes Bollywood

By Kristy Johnson. Lauren Gottlieb has gone from So You Think You Can Dance to the silver screen, and doesn’t seem to...

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Canadian Choreographer Josh Beamish Takes the States by Storm

By Leah Gerstenlauer. Josh Beamish is on the move — again. The industrious young choreographer, who recently completed a triple-stop teaching tour...

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Queen Latifah & Richard Stoltzman to perform at NYCB’s 2013 Spring Gala

New York City Ballet has announced that award-winning singer and actress Queen Latifah and the legendary clarinetist Richard Stoltzman will appear as...

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Renee Robinson’s Swan Song

By Kathleen Wessel. After more than three decades with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, acclaimed dancer Renee Robinson will take her final...

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Defining Contemporary Dance in America Part IV: gloATL

By Stephanie Wolf. Atlanta, home of the Braves, hotspot for experimental foodies, site of the 1996 Olympics – it’s a city known...

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The Miami HEAT courts The Miami City Ballet

By Chelsea Thomas. Professional basketball players and prima ballerinas might have a lot of differences – height, build, training and skills being...

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Defining Contemporary Dance in America Part III: Tu Dance of Minneapolis

By Stephanie Wolf. The recent onslaught of commercial dance in mainstream media is bringing more awareness to the art form in general,...

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16-year-old American wins first Dance Upon A Dream competition

By Chelsea Thomas. Kati Smasne, 16, never dreamed she would win the first global competition of Dance Upon A Dream, a new...

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Keeping Dance In the Picture: Kelli Berglund of Lab Rats

By Tara Sheena. Kelli Berglund is a modern-day triple threat – an actor, singer, and of course, dancer. As one of the...

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Defining Contemporary Dance in America Part II: Spectrum Dance Theater

By Stephanie Wolf. “Emphatic, full-bodied, theatrically dynamic, virtuosic,” these are just a few of the words used by Artistic Director, Donald Byrd,...