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Dear Katie: I Can't Find the Perfect Pair of Pointe Shoes!
In our "Dear Katie" series, former NYCB soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email dearkatie@dancespirit.com for a chance to be featured!...
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Up in Arms: How Tappers Can Make Their Upper Bodies Sing
In "Sunday Candy," one of Caleb Teicher's popular "Chance Raps | Caleb Taps" videos, the Bessie Award-winning performer has as much to say with his upper body as he does with his feet. In one section,...
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Steal These Nutcracker Survival Strategies
Nutcracker season just started for many ballet companies, including New York City Ballet . For corps members like Claire Kretzschmar , that means an always demanding schedule reaches a whole new level...
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Everything Dancers Should Know About Electrolytes
Chances are, you've heard of electrolytes—but you might not know what they really are, why you need them, or how to get them. Dance Spirit asked Emily Cook Harrison, a registered dietitian at the...
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Quiz: What's Your Ballet IQ?
Think you're a true bunhead? Put your ballerina brain to the test!
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Meet Tap's Next Generation of Stars
Tap has always depended on one dancer passing her knowledge down to another. So when you watch a famous hoofer perform, you're also seeing—and hearing—her tap heritage. "In tap, through a teacher or a...
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Jacalyn Tatro Is Your November Cover Model Search Editors' Choice Winner!
Congratulations to the November Cover Model Search Editors' Choice video winner, Jacalyn Tatro! Catch her solo by clicking here , and enter the Cover Model Search here !
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This Twurkey Is the Morsel of Holiday Cheer No One Asked For
I smell a viral video most fowl. It's been a week since Thanksgiving, but if you're still not over your turkey coma, this bizarro clip will certainly wake you up. Artist and animator Joel Erkinnen...
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Dear Katie: Is It Too Late to Improve My Turnout?
In our "Dear Katie" series, former NYCB soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email dearkatie@dancespirit.com for a chance to be featured!...
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Get Your Shine On This Holiday Season With These Sparkly Dancewear Staples
These pieces will shimmer, glimmer, and shine in class or onstage. Photos by Nathan Sayers Just For Kix dance dress Danskin unitard Bloch Inc. leotard Body Wrappers/Angelo Luzio dance shorts Discount...
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Watch Les Twins Slay in This Festive New Holiday Ad
No snowman is safe this holiday season because the Les Twins are on fire🔥 . "The World of Dance" champions brought loads of holiday cheer to fashion house MCM's festive new campaign, the best way they...
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This J.Peck Short Film Will Give You the Sunday Scaries, But It's So Worth It
So this is about to destroy you, but you'll love every single second of it—promise. Some feels are too fatal not to share: And Justin Peck's new music video for The National's song "Dark Side of the...
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Larsen Thompson Just Made "Fetch" Happen in This "Mean Girls" Jingle Bell...
If you're even half as obsessed with Mean Girls as we are, you're counting the days until its Broadway debut this March. And if you need a little something extra to hold you over till then, look no...
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All the Scoop on the Super-Dancey New Movie 'The Greatest Showman'
The latest original musical to grace the big screen, The Greatest Showman follows the life and times of P.T. Barnum, and the events that inspired him to create the famous Barnum & Bailey...
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How Do You Win the School Talent Show/Life? Do a Dance Routine—with Your Mom
Scott Jenkins and his mom, Ginny, did not come to the Myers Park High School auditorium to play. They come to SLAY, PEOPLE. The mother-son team put together an absolutely delightful "History of...
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Hollywood's Favorite Tap Duo, Kelsey McCowan and Caley Carr, Talk Dance Role...
Tap duo Kelsey McCowan and Caley Carr have been blowing up Hollywood with their classic, sophisticated tap moves. McCowan recorded the tap sounds for the film La La Land , choreographed all of Derek...
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Ian Eastwood Started an Intense—and Important—Convo About Class Videos
You're obsessed with class videos. We're obsessed with class videos . The passion, energy, and talent showcased in these clips, which give us an insider-y peek at the commercial dance world's hottest...
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What Inspires Broadway Choreographer Spencer Liff
Spencer Liff knows how to perform under pressure. Over nine seasons of "So You Think You Can Dance," the Broadway wunderkind has dreamed up number after Emmy-nominated number within the show's...
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Why (and How) You Should Wash Your Makeup Brushes
We're about to hit peak competition season, and that means tons (and tons) of makeup. Even if you've mastered a skin-care routine to combat the hours your skin spends covered in foundation and powder,...
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10 Corrections Your Dance Teacher Is Tired of Giving Over and Over
Getting corrections from our dance instructors is how we grow, and as students, it's important that we do our best to apply every correction right away. But sometimes—whether it's because we're in...
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