Recently added articles from Dance Spirit:
Contemplating College
Sep 01, 2009; ... When I was a ballet dancer entering a company as an apprentice at the end of my junior year of high school, college was the furthest thing from my mind. I wanted a dance career more than anything. Plus it was normal then for a ballet dancer to graduate from high school, go straight into a ...
EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Wiz, that groovy version of The Wizard of Oz, takes center stage this summer at New York City Center's annual Encores! Summer Stars series. The show originally hit Broadway in 1974 with greats like Hinton Battle and Dee Dee Bridgewater in the leads, while the movie features legends Diana ...
THE DIRT: Ethan Stiefel
Jul 01, 2009; ... Non-dancers know Ethan Stiefel as Cooper Nielsen, the motorcycle-riding bad boy in the Center Stage films. But dancers also know that Stiefel was a powerful force in the ballet world long before his sti on the big screen. As a teen, Stiefel was awarded a full scholarship to The School of ...
LOG ON!
Jul 01, 2009; ... Check out these videos at dancespirit.com/videos. BEHIND THE BROADWAY SCENES Watch dancers from Broadway's best new shows model trendy jazzwear. To see the shots that made it into the I mag, turn to p. 42. CAST YOUR COVER MODEL VOTE Voting starts June 22, so log ...
Our New York
Jul 01, 2009; ... Not too long ago I was walking around the reservoir in Central Park when I spotted film star and NYC resident Kevin Bacon out for a run with his dog. (Bacon starred in the original Footloose movie, now being remade with Chace Crawford in his part!) Over the years, I've glimpsed handfuls of ...