What Real Dancers Think of Balletcore

Whether you like it, loathe it, or roll your eyes at it, you can’t miss it: Ballet-inspired clothing for the…

The Most Memorable Dance Moments From the 2024 Academy Awards

2024 was a big year for dance at the Oscars, including a history-making performance, a heart-pumping ensemble number, and a…

The Best Dance in This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Films

With the 96th Academy Awards coming our way on March 10, we’re taking a moment to acknowledge the most prominent…

Real Dancers, Really Dancing: The Making of Just Dance 2024

When you imagine a video game studio, you probably think of rows of programmers at rows of computers and a fleet…

Fighting stage fright: How to spot and soothe performance anxiety

Let’s talk about stage fright. Whether you’re new to performing or you’ve been in front of audiences for years, everybody…

Beach Reads: 4 Recently Released Novels Set in the Dance World

There’s no shortage of dance-based nonfiction on seemingly endless topics, but fiction shelves have seen a recent influx of stories…

How Dance Artists are Addressing the U.S. Prison System in Their Work, Both Onstage and on the Inside

For 22 years, dance artist Brianna Mims and her family have believed that her uncle Ronald Coleman Jr. was wrongfully…

Jennifer Archibald’s “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” Premieres at Richmond Ballet

Recent ballets by choreographer Jennifer Archibald explore how dancing creates a distinct kind of remembrance, homage and hopefulness. This week,…

A Q&A with Tina Bararian, Who Is Connecting the Dancers of Iran

Tina Bararian, an Iranian dancer and choreographer living in New York City, founded Dancers of Iran in April 2021. The…

Beyond the Super Bowl: Dance Artist-Athlete Taja Riley Is Demanding Better Treatment for Dancers

Eight mandatory rehearsals. One nondisclosure agreement. Zero pay. These were a few of the specifications laid out in a casting…