Sometimes dancing with a prop can get you in trouble, but Jakob & Ashleigh in So You Think You Can Dance’s sixth season made it look easy in this jazz number set to Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Relax.”
Truly one of the most spectacular dances I’ve ever seen live is the “Simply Irresistible” sequence from the 2000 Susan Stroman dance musical Contact. The three stories that make up Contact are all excellent, but this particular piece sizzles with...
Happy Valentine’s Day! One of the most romantic dances out there is the waltz and for Valentine’s Day I wanted to find a waltz I’d never seen before to sweep me away. Here’s a groegous one from the Australia version of So You Think You Can...
Alvin Ailey created “Cry” in 1971 as a birthday present to his mother. He dedicated it to “all black women everywhere — especially our mothers.” The three-part ballet depicts a woman’s journey through the agonies of slavery to an...
“Getting through life is the hardest part of living, letting go and movin’ on.” — George W. Faison, choreographer of “Movin’ On” Ailey II began in 1974 as the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble when Alvin Ailey initiated a...
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