It’s 2009, and my high school self is in the studio choreographing a new duet with my best friend to Pink Floyd’s “Wish…
Often times in dance, we can be very goal-oriented. We’re perfectionists, always striving for a better line, one more turn, a little longer…
Malak Shoeira went to her first pole dance class half-jokingly, after a friend’s suggestion. At the time she was a ninth-grader in Egypt,…
With the recent SAG-AFTRA strike, we checked in with our neighbors north of the border, who are voting on a strike of their own. What do unions look like in…
Does it feel too soon to think about your pointe shoes and back-to-school? It’s understandable that it might be daunting to think about…
Going hard in the studio and performing, and then weeks or months off: that’s the dance sector phenomenon of layoffs, one that seems…
We’ve all been there — you see something flatly wrong on social media, and you pause for a moment. After a sigh, perhaps…
An April Fools’ joke played by Steps on Broadway a couple months ago struck a nerve with its dance community – a nerve…
As I’ve been rediscovering as I return to dance, auditioning is an inherently vulnerable act. Even the most accomplished performers will tell you…
How do we respond to recurring accounts of an acclaimed choreographer’s damaging relationships with dancers, especially women? Recent podcasts (Erika Lantz’s The Turning:…