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Since dance teachers spend long hours on their feet, the shoes they wear to teach class are an important yet tricky decision. Should you always wear ballet slippers to teach ballet, and always be barefoot during modern class? Or can you instead slip on those comfy sneakers that keep your arches from aching? Well, the truth is that there are different schools of thought, both within the dance industry and the medical field. Dance Teacher spoke to a range of experts to help you make the decision that makes the most sense for you. The Traditional Route Many podiatrists and […]

At age 11, Adam Vesperman was ushered into an impromptu audition for Billy Elliot: The Musical at a West Coast Dance Explosion Nationals. Despite an off-key rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” his strong dancing skills secured him a callback. After a few intense audition days in New York City, Vesperman landed the role on London’s West End, launching the professional dance career he’s pursued ever since. Growing up in Kent, Washington, Vesperman began dancing at age 8 at Allegro Performing Arts Academy. After booking the role of Billy, he moved to London for two years, where he quickly learned […]

Dance teachers everywhere dream about pristine, perfectly synced choreography. But what does it take to achieve it?  If you’re on the quest to bring ultra-satisfying precision to the stage, join our next DT+ Teacher Talk, “Choreographing Squeaky-Clean Dance Team Routines” on Thursday, April 10, at 12 pm EDT to discover the sure-fire ways you can make dance choreography compelling, innovative, and clean. In this live hour-long Zoom discussion, Dance Teacher’s editorial director, Reanne Rodrigues, will be joined by 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, […]

Dance teachers everywhere dream about pristine, perfectly synced choreography. But what does it take to achieve it?  If you’re on the quest to bring ultra-satisfying precision to the stage, join our next DT+ Teacher Talk, “Choreographing Squeaky-Clean Dance Team Routines” on Thursday, April 10, at 12 pm EDT to discover the sure-fire ways you can make dance choreography compelling, innovative, and clean. In this live hour-long Zoom discussion, Dance Teacher’s editorial director, Reanne Rodrigues, will be joined by TRIBE 99 founder and CEO Carsen Rowe, and J’aime Griffith, a professor at Grambling State University and the director of the school’s […]

Savitri Medhatul and her theatre-based company Kali Billi Productions (KBP) from Mumbai, brings her production, Lavanyavathi to Bengaluru

Few young ballet dancers get to share the stage with international stars like Daniil Simkin and Iana Salenko. That opportunity is even less likely for students who don’t live in dance hubs like New York City or San Francisco. But for a lucky group of 15- to 19-year-old dancers from Arizona, a brand-new gala has given them that chance. On Saturday, March 22, at Phoenix’s Orpheum Theatre, 25 current and former students from 11 regional ballet schools will perform in the first-ever Arizona Grand Gala of Stars. They’ll open each act, dancing Vicente Nebrada’s Doble Corchea (Double Clef) and the world premiere of The […]

Choreographed by Rukmini Devi, this dance drama like all other Kalakshetra productions is high on aesthetics.

Dancers performed Lakshmi Viswanathan’s favourite pieces at a tribute event in Chennai.

As a young child, I was enrolled in dance class by my mother, along with my three older sisters, no doubt in an effort to create some peace in her life. Little did she know that she was creating a space for a shy, seemingly invisible child to be herself without fear. I immediately fell in love with dance and the dance studio. It was a playground for my mind to find patterns and rhythms; I was drawn to the beats and crescendos of music. I lost my first tooth and tied my first shoe at the studio. I knew […]