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  Photo via Untapped Cities A 100-foot jeté cambré has taken over the corner of Franklin and Church Streets in New York City. When it first started going up earlier this month, locals saw pointe shoes and guessed it was a tribute to Misty Copeland (probably since she was the only ballet dancer they’d ever heard about).         Lauren Lovette helping paste the mural. Photo via JR’s Instagram […]

Storyboard P. Courtesy Akintola Hanif, still from Black Magic Last week, the New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Awards (known as the Bessies), announced the nominees for its prestigious 2015 Emerging Choreographer award. Troy Schumacher, Moriah Evans, Storyboard P and Yves Laris Cohen, a diverse group of young dancemakers, were each deservedly nominated for the […]

There’s nothing better than a man in a good suit—except for an exquisite male dancer in a good suit. This weekend, The New York Times did a piece on the evolving menswear standard and how its shapes, fabrics and colors have changed. But let’s get right to the part about why we care: There’s a […]

The always-trendy Tribeca Film Festival features an intriguing twist this year: A line-up of dance films! Thank you, Robert De Niro—we highly approve of these choices.    Our top Tribeca picks:    Les Bosquets   This short film  by Parisian street artist JR is based on the ballet he co-created with Peter Martins, which featured Lil Buck […]

If you’re not booking the jobs you want, don’t assume it’s a reflection of your talent. All too often, the most gifted performers get passed up for the ones who know how to work the industry better. Mistakes you don’t even realize you’re making could be interfering with your success. To help you get out […]

  PNB’s Carla Körbes and The Royal Ballet’s Eric Underwood in Agon at Vail 2012. Photo by Erin Baiano.   Ballet lovers have been hanging their heads low ever since Carla Körbes announced that she would be retiring this spring. She initially mentioned that she wouldn’t be putting aside her pointe shoes entirely, but never […]

Misty Copeland doesn’t typically spend her days balancing on demi-pointe in lace-up sneakers, wearing the briefest of running shorts and a T-shirt knotted jauntily above her hips. But Under Armour’s series of “I Will What I Want” ads presents a portrait of this artist as an athlete—in the brand’s athletic wear. And for the makers […]

To entice millennials, companies have had to call upon their greatest strength: creativity.     Bringing dance to the streets: STREB’s Fabio Tavares in midtown New York City. Photo by Jordan Matter.   When AXIS Dance Company got a call to perform on “So You Think You Can Dance,” artistic director Judith Smith’s reaction was […]