Allie Goodbun Brings the Magic of the Moulin Rouge to Dancers Everywhere
30 April 2025

Allie Goodbun Brings the Magic of the Moulin Rouge to Dancers Everywhere

What does it take to move across the world, dance in Paris at the Moulin Rouge, become a content creator, and start a small business? Allie Goodbun can tell you, and if you follow her on social media, she probably already has.  The 25-year-old Canadian consistently goes viral for her honest, intimate vlogs chronicling daily life as a Moulin Rouge dancer. She brings an almost shockingly down-to-earth angle to one of the most glamorous jobs imaginable with her warm personality and encouraging rhetoric.  Dance Spirit caught up with Goodbun to talk creativity, Moulin–audition tips, and cartwheels in high heels. Getting […]

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30 April 2025

Watch DT+ Teacher Talk: “Choreographing Squeaky-Clean Dance Team Routines”

Watch this hour-long conversation featuring TRIBE 99 founder and CEO Carsen Rowe, and J’aime Griffith, a professor at Grambling State University and the director of the school’s dance line, the Orchesis Dance Company, to discover the sure-fire ways you can make dance choreography compelling, innovative, and clean. The post Watch DT+ Teacher Talk: “Choreographing Squeaky-Clean Dance Team Routines” appeared first on Dance Teacher.

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25 April 2025

Chaz Wolcott Keeps an Updated Perspective on Dance

It seems Chaz Wolcott has been on a whirlwind tour these past few years. While eager students had been flowing into his musical theater classes at Broadway Dance Center for years, he chose to take a big risk during the pandemic and leave New York City to explore university teaching and other endeavors.  Photo by Michael Hull Photography, courtesy Wolcott. Putting his own teaching strategy in action, he made a gutsy decision to see what he could learn outside the city’s expansive, yet insular, scene. While spending time on faculty at Penn State University and University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of […]

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What Tap Dancers Should Consider When Looking at Colleges
24 April 2025

What Tap Dancers Should Consider When Looking at Colleges

The study of tap takes many different forms across college campuses. Some schools have multilevel programs with full-time faculty, while others are known for their student-run groups and showcases. Whether the goal is to pursue tap professionally, become a tap teacher, or simply keep percussive dance part of the college experience, students can find a variety of schools that could be a good fit, if they know what to look for during the college search process. Study the Faculty When researching a dance department, start by looking into the careers and current projects of the tap faculty. “See what their […]

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