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Performing a Balancing Act, Dutch National Ballet Principal Maia Makhateli Juggles Motherhood and Dance
A principal since 2010, Makhateli now balances DNB’s repertoire with roles as a guest artist and life as a mother. “I’m really grateful because I have this luxury of making it all work, and that is very rare.” → Read More
Meet Cira Robinson, Senior Artist with Ballet Black
Meet Cira Robinson, who trained under Arthur Mitchell at Dance Theatre of Harlem and joined London’s Ballet Black in 2008. → Read More
Is Your Hairstyle Causing Hair Loss?
Pulling your hair into tight styles can lead to a type of hair loss called traction alopecia - here's what to look for. → Read More
Meet Daphne Fernberger, Dancer with L.A. Dance Project, Filmmaker and Choreographer
Get to know Daphne Fernberger, a dancer with L.A. Dance Project, filmmaker, choreographer and meditation devotee. → Read More
Meet One of the Dancers Who Performed That Epic Nicholas Brothers Tribute at the Grammys
For more than a decade, Brittany Parks' professional dance career has fulfilled her biggest childhood dreams. Making her Broadway debut? Check. Dancing on the Disney Channel? Check. Performing alongside artists like Beyoncé, Rihanna and Kanye West? Check, check and check. → Read More
Galen Hooks Loves Wearing All the Hats
Galen Hooks is in a category of her own when it comes to multi-hyphenate careers. Working professionally since the age of 7, Hooks had toured with Snoop Dogg, choreographed for the Jonas Brothers' TV movie Camp Rock and finished her BA in law and society at Penn State University (online, of course) → Read More
For Ailey Dancer Yannick Lebrun, It's All About the Music
Yannick Lebrun is obsessed with music. "I listen to all kinds—world music, gospel, R&B, reggae, Caribbean, African. There's so much on my playlist," says the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company member. → Read More
For Ailey Dancer Yannick Lebrun, It's All About the Music
Yannick Lebrun is obsessed with music. "I listen to all kinds—world music, gospel, R&B, reggae, Caribbean, African. There's so much on my playlist," says the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company member. → Read More
International Ballet Star Jeffrey Cirio on His Creative Process, Akram Khan and Bicycles
One of ballet's most in-demand male dancers, Jeffrey Cirio could pass for a model off-duty thanks to his simplified, yet designer-savvy approach to fashion. So when the former Boston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre principal hopped the pond in 2018 to join English National Ballet as a lead princi → Read More
International Ballet Star Jeffrey Cirio on His Creative Process, Akram Khan and Bicycles
One of ballet's most in-demand male dancers, Jeffrey Cirio could pass for a model off-duty thanks to his simplified, yet designer-savvy approach to fashion. So when the former Boston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre principal hopped the pond in 2018 to join English National Ballet as a lead princi → Read More
San Francisco Ballet Principal Dores André Moonlights as a Costume Designer
Art is all-encompassing in Dores André's life. The Spanish dancer has performed with San Francisco Ballet since 2004 and is just as creative off the stage—designing costumes, painting and occasionally modeling for the likes of Vogue Ukraine. → Read More
San Francisco Ballet Principal Dores André Moonlights as a Costume Designer
Art is all-encompassing in Dores André's life. The Spanish dancer has performed with San Francisco Ballet since 2004 and is just as creative off the stage—designing costumes, painting and occasionally modeling for the likes of Vogue Ukraine. → Read More
San Francisco Ballet Principal Dores André Moonlights as a Costume Designer
Art is all-encompassing in Dores André's life. The Spanish dancer has performed with San Francisco Ballet since 2004 and is just as creative off the stage—designing costumes, painting and occasionally modeling for the likes of Vogue Ukraine. → Read More
Martha Nichols' Skyrocketing Career Almost Never Happened
Since placing in the Top 10 on "So You Think You Can Dance" in 2006, Martha Nichols' career has been steadily on the rise: She spent two years dancing with Cirque du Soleil, has toured with the likes of Rihanna and Madonna, and has appeared in films like La La Land, The Greatest Showman and, soon, I → Read More
Martha Nichols' Skyrocketing Career Almost Never Happened
Since placing in the Top 10 on "So You Think You Can Dance" in 2006, Martha Nichols' career has been steadily on the rise: She spent two years dancing with Cirque du Soleil, has toured with the likes of Rihanna and Madonna, and has appeared in films like La La Land, The Greatest Showman and, soon, I → Read More
Martha Nichols' Skyrocketing Career Almost Never Happened
Since placing in the Top 10 on "So You Think You Can Dance" in 2006, Martha Nichols' career has been steadily on the rise: She spent two years dancing with Cirque du Soleil, has toured with the likes of Rihanna and Madonna, and has appeared in films like La La Land, The Greatest Showman and, soon, I → Read More
Martha Nichols' Skyrocketing Career Almost Never Happened
Since placing in the Top 10 on "So You Think You Can Dance" in 2006, Martha Nichols' career has been steadily on the rise: She spent two years dancing with Cirque du Soleil, has toured with the likes of Rihanna and Madonna, and has appeared in films like La La Land, The Greatest Showman and, soon, I → Read More
Dancer Alison Stroming Proves It *Is* Possible to Build a Freelance Ballet Career in Los Angeles
After years spent training at the School of American Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, Alison Stroming was living every aspiring dancer's dream: working as a full-time company member. But after stints with Alberta Ballet in Canada and Ballet San Jose and four → Read More
Jason Rodriguez from "Pose" Explains Why Failure Makes You a Better Artist
When Jason Rodriguez, who plays Lemar on FX's hit series "Pose," discovered dance as a college student at SUNY Brockport, he went all in. He transferred to SUNY Purchase—but got rejected from the school's Conservatory of Dance twice. → Read More
After a Brain Tumor, Doctors Told Him He'd Never Dance Again. Now He Works With J. Lo, Cardi B and Lizzo
Before he even knew what a choreographer really was, Keenan Cooks was certain that's what he would do. Growing up in Boston, he looked up to his mom, who was a dancer. But he didn't have a game plan for his career until he took part in Rhapsody James' Motivating Excellence program. → Read More