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How can you be sure your competition costume is hitting its mark? We asked three judges what they want—and don’t want—to see when it comes to dancers’ onstage ensembles.

As the boundaries between choreographers and dancers blur, crediting everyone’s contributions to a dance becomes both complicated and crucial. For ballet dancers of color, the politics of hair are particularly fraught.

As the saying goes, “Legends aren’t born; they’re made.” Several of today’s leading ballet stars—Isaac and Esteban Hernández, Christine Shevchenko, Michaela DePrince, Beckanne Sisk, Derek Dunn, Taylor Stanley—have one big commonality in the training that shaped them: They all studied with the husband-and-wife team of Bo and Stephanie Spassoff. This month marks a turning point […]

Competitions American Dance Championships Director: David Barr 804.304.9010 americandancechampionships.com [email protected] Age Divisions: Novice, Advanced, Competitive: Mini (8 & under), Junior (9–11), Teen (12–14), Senior (15–19), Adult (20 & up) Top 5 Tour Cities: Raleigh (March 4–5) -or- Lenoir (March 18–20), NC: 2022; Knoxville, TN: April 2–3, 2022; Columbus (Alabama state line), GA: April 22–24, 2022; […]

When asked to describe the energy at this month’s Youth America Grand Prix Finals, judge Sascha Radetsky had one word: “Stratospheric.” More than 800 dancers from around the United States—selected from 10,000 who’d taken part in regional events—competed onstage at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida, for the competition’s season Finals […]

Sometimes it feels like Alex Wong is everywhere. He constantly appears in dance scenes on our favorite TV shows and films. And he spends his free time popping up where you’d least expect him, cheekily surprising pedestrians with his ridiculous dance moves in the grocery store, at the gym and in Best Buy. While stuck […]