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Choreographing a Cartoon: Ebony Williams on Making Movement for “Alma’s Way”

. Jun 6, 2025 0 Comments

The multifaceted Ebony Williams has made dances for pop stars, movies, commercials, musical theater, and more. Now, she’s got a new credit: cartoon choreographer. Williams recently created the mov...

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Revealing New York Secrets With Monica Bill Barnes and Company

. Jun 5, 2025 0 Comments

As a native New Yorker, I’m ashamed to admit I’d never been inside the flagship New York Public Library. That changed on a recent weekend, when, as an audience member at Monica Bill Barnes’ Lunch ...

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The “Étoile” Ballet Swap Is Fiction, but These Dancer Exchanges Really Happened

. Jun 3, 2025 0 Comments

In the first episode of Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino’s series “Étoile,” a ballet company director from Paris says to another in New York City: “I propose a swap!”They devise a plan—w...

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Whisked Away by TikTok’s Viral Ballroom Trend

. May 30, 2025 0 Comments

One recent morning, I opened TikTok to find a video of a man doing a vaguely familiar dance step—something that resembled the whisk, a foundational element of ballroom’s International Latin samba....

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Trans Artist and Activist Sean Dorsey on How Dance Can Meet This Political Moment

. Apr 1, 2025 0 Comments

On his first day in office, President Trump issued a series of executive orders limiting the rights of transgender and nonbinary Americans, from stating that the U.S. government would recognize on...

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Op-Ed: ​​How to Save a Doomed Geisha

. Oct 7, 2024 0 Comments

The UK’s The Spectator recently published a piece by the Japan specialist Lesley Downer, historical...

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How Majorette Dance Became a Mainstream Phenomenon

. Oct 7, 2024 0 Comments

At historically Black colleges and universities in the American South, the real stars of any...

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“Playground” Star Dexter Carr on When Dance Gets the Reality Show Treatment

. Aug 16, 2024 0 Comments

The new Hulu reality series “Playground,” with Megan Thee Stallion as an executive producer, is...

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“Playground” Star Dexter Carr on When Dance Gets the Reality Show Treatment

. Aug 16, 2024 0 Comments

The new Hulu reality series “Playground,” with Megan Thee Stallion as an executive producer, is...

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What Real Dancers Think of Balletcore

. Apr 22, 2024 0 Comments

Whether you like it, loathe it, or roll your eyes at it, you can’t miss...

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Fighting stage fright: How to spot and soothe performance anxiety

. Oct 2, 2023 0 Comments

Let’s talk about stage fright. Whether you’re new to performing or you’ve been in front...

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The Gift of Dance Makes a Great Holiday Present!

. Dec 14, 2022 0 Comments

Ballroom dance lessons make a perfect holiday gift because of the many benefits they can...

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10 Tips to Improve Your Ballroom Technique

. Nov 13, 2022 0 Comments

Any ballroom dancer can tell you, there is no easy way to get amazing at...

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

. Nov 7, 2022 0 Comments

For 22 years, dance artist Brianna Mims and her family have believed that her uncle...

Dance as activism

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

. Nov 4, 2022 0 Comments

Recent ballets by choreographer Jennifer Archibald explore how dancing creates a distinct kind of remembrance,...

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Choreographing a Cartoon: Ebony Williams on Making Movement for “Alma’s Way”

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Revealing New York Secrets With Monica Bill Barnes and Company

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The “Étoile” Ballet Swap Is Fiction, but These Dancer Exchanges Really Happened

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Whisked Away by TikTok’s Viral Ballroom Trend

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