Jennifer Stahl
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Try This Shortcake Recipe From a Broadway Dancer–Turned–Pastry Chef
Growing up on a farm in Canada, eating meals made from scratch, Steve Konopelski assumed every family always had fresh baked bread and homemade jams. "Baking was second-nature to me," he says. "I found it very comforting." → Read More
Final Bow for Yellowface Accelerates Plans to Lift Up Asian Dance Talent
For five years now, Final Bow for Yellowface has been working to rid ballet of offensive Asian stereotypes. But the organization's goals have always gone deeper than simply updating costumes or makeup. "It's about what is Asianness onstage—who is given authority, what is considered 'high art'? And h → Read More
This Organization Is Bringing Dance to Hospitalized Children
Dancin Power's first student refused to dance. Morg'Ann was a teenager with a chronic illness who had been in the hospital for three months. "She looked at me and said, 'I'm not going to dance; I'm in a wheelchair,' " remembers Dancin Power founder Vania Deonizio. → Read More
This Organization Is Bringing Dance to Hospitalized Children
Dancin Power's first student refused to dance. Morg'Ann was a teenager with a chronic illness who had been in the hospital for three months. "She looked at me and said, 'I'm not going to dance; I'm in a wheelchair,' " remembers Dancin Power founder Vania Deonizio. → Read More
Laurieann Gibson Is Telling Her Story—With a Purpose
Choreographer Laurieann Gibson is on a mission to unleash dreams. "I want to use my career as an inspiration for the younger generation," she says. To that end, she's written a book called Dance Your Dance: 8 Steps to Unleash Your Passion and Live Your Dream, released by W Publishing, a division of → Read More
Take Class With Our January Cover Star Keerati Jinakunwiphat
Between her distinctive presence as a dancer in Kyle Abraham's A.I.M and her own creative vision as a choreographer, Keerati Jinakunwiphat was a natural fit for Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" list this year. → Read More
Dance Students Deserve to Be Safe
At least once a month or so a local news story pops up in my Google alerts about a dance teacher accused of sexually abusing one (or more) of their students. The frequency never numbs the sinking feeling I get when I read these accounts. Particularly since I realize that the same thing is likely hap → Read More
James Whiteside on How—and Why—He's Giving Away Dance Floors to Kids
Usually at this time of year, James Whiteside would be in the thick of Nutcracker performances. But with theaters closed, the American Ballet Theatre principal instead came up with his own production: Fancy Nut Mix—an online benefit concert to raise money to send dance floors to young dancers in nee → Read More
James Whiteside on How—and Why—He's Giving Away Dance Floors to Kids
Usually at this time of year, James Whiteside would be in the thick of Nutcracker performances. But with theaters closed, the American Ballet Theatre principal instead came up with his own production: Fancy Nut Mix—an online benefit concert to raise money to send dance floors to young dancers in nee → Read More
The 2020 Dance Magazine Awards Celebrated Outstanding Talent, Leadership & Joy
Thank you for celebrating this year's incredible Dance Magazine Award honorees with us. Watch on demand here. → Read More
The 2020 Dance Magazine Awards Celebrated Outstanding Talent, Leadership & Joy
Thank you for celebrating this year's incredible Dance Magazine Award honorees with us. Watch on demand here. → Read More
Meet the 2020 Dance Magazine Award Honorees
Since 1954, Dance Magazine has celebrated the living legends among us with the Dance Magazine Awards. This year, in light of deep reflections on racial equity inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, the selection committee decided to take a close look at exactly who the magazine has honored ove → Read More
Meet the 2020 Dance Magazine Award Honorees
Since 1954, Dance Magazine has celebrated the living legends among us with the Dance Magazine Awards. This year, in light of deep reflections on racial equity inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, the selection committee decided to take a close look at exactly who the magazine has honored ove → Read More
Meet the 2020 Dance Magazine Award Honorees
A ceremony to celebrate this year's Dance Magazine Award recipients will take place virtually on Monday, December 7, with performances and presentations for each honoree. For ticket information, visit dancemediafoundation.org. → Read More
Meet the 2020 Dance Magazine Award Honorees
A ceremony to celebrate this year's Dance Magazine Award recipients will take place virtually on Monday, December 7, with performances and presentations for each honoree. For ticket information, visit dancemediafoundation.org. → Read More
Stepping Up: How the Dance Community Has Given Back During COVID-19
The dance field is facing an existential crisis right now, with COVID-19 making most of our normal ways of operating unsafe. Performances have been canceled; classes have had to be reimagined. → Read More
7 Essential Self-Care Steps for Your Body & Mind Right Now
Even though we're not dancing as much as usual right now, our bodies are going through a lot these days. Without our typical routines, we're stuck at home, mainly stationary—until we hop onto Zoom classes, trying to do as much as we can in limited spaces, sometimes on carpet or concrete. → Read More
7 Essential Self-Care Steps for Your Body & Mind Right Now
Even though we're not dancing as much as usual right now, our bodies are going through a lot these days. Without our typical routines, we're stuck at home, mainly stationary—until we hop onto Zoom classes, trying to do as much as we can in limited spaces, sometimes on carpet or concrete. → Read More
7 Essential Self-Care Steps for Your Body & Mind Right Now
Even though we're not dancing as much as usual right now, our bodies are going through a lot these days. Without our typical routines, we're stuck at home, mainly stationary—until we hop onto Zoom classes, trying to do as much as we can in limited spaces, sometimes on carpet or concrete. → Read More
This Former Dancer-Turned-Food-Entrepreneur Shares Two Recipes to Fuel Your Day
When she was a corps member with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Kari Brunson pretty much ate the same thing for breakfast and lunch every single day: a big bowl of oatmeal in the morning, and then after class it might be a bar and yogurt, an apple, some turkey. She kept it simple. "I don't think it was a → Read More