Last year, Chicago Tap Theatre (CTT) audiences saw The Hourglass stomp, riff, and tap down villains in the company’s “The Hourglass in the Stop-Time Chronicles,” a comic book tap opera. Now, the CTT has reintroduced their tap heroine in a new show, “The Hourglass and the Poisoned Pen.”

Recently, we had the chance to speak with CTT’s artistic director Mark Yonally about “The Hourglass” and about his approach to tap. Click on the title of this post to read our entire article, and to find out how you can see “The Hourglass and the Poisoned Pen.”

You may have just begun your summer vacation. But if you’ll be a high school senior this fall, it’s already time to think about college applications. Whether you are thinking about attending college in dance or in another area of study, start researching scholarships for dancers. If you begin now, by this fall, you’ll be prepared to make good decisions that will help you fund your education.

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Last night we watched as Chelsea T. and Chris said goodbye, perhaps Chris more emotionally than Chelsea.

If Chris could have summoned his emotions earlier, maybe he would have made it into the top 14.

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We want you to know what is happening in the dance world and when it’s happening! So, we’re putting together a calendar of your performances, workshops, and special events.

Movement is a medium through which you communicate emotion, stories, and abstract ideas. And now, you can use dance to communicate with people, even if they can’t see your performance.

Yes: dance now powers your cell phone!

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Wouldn’t you love to have a professional on hand to fit you for the right ballet shoes?

If you’re left to choose on your own, the process of selecting the right shoe can be confusing.

To help you make the right choice, we’ve written this guide that lists the options available when buying ballet and pointe shoes, as well as tips on how to get the proper fit. Click on the title of this post to read the entire article.

An online search for “adult beginner ballet classes” offers over 648,000 results. Ballet discussion forums house numerous posts with questions from adults who want to begin taking classes. And whether you join to improve your overall fitness or to satisfy your unfulfilled childhood dream of becoming a dancer, it’s never too late to begin ballet.

Even if you’ve never owned a pair of ballet slippers, you can find a studio and start taking classes. The tips in this post will help you begin successful ballet training. Click on the title of this post to read our entire article.

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So do we!

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As a dancer, you need the proper fuel to perform well. But you also need to maintain a target weight. Sometimes, this might cause you to eat too little, leaving you running on empty.

Balancing energy and excess requires a good understanding of nutrition. In this post, we’ve outlined some of the dietary basics that dancers should remember.

Click on the title of this post to read our article on nutrition for dancers.

Knowing that the American Dance Festival is offering performances from Battleworks, the Martha Graham Dance Company, Ailey II, and David Parsons for its 75th Anniversary, I’ve wanted to get a peek at some of these shows.

Read the rest of this post for a few of my favorites.

Do people begin dancing spontaneously, breaking into song throughout the day? Is musical theatre unrealistic? Maybe not.

Click on the title of this post to read comments on a recent NPR story entitled “Finding Your Inner Broadway.”

After a lukewarm Salsa on this week’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” Marquis and Susie are gone.

Was Marquis really just doing tricks? Were the judges right?

Read the rest of this post for my review of this week’s “So You Think You Can Dance.”

Your costume fits perfectly. You have memorized every arabesque and pirouette in your routine. In practice, you have performed this dance flawlessly. So, why do your knees shake and your palms sweat as you wait to take the stage?

Take our advice, and learn how to stop stress before your next performance. Click on the title of this post to read our article.

Dance is an art. But sometimes, the world of technology can bring audiences into a new appreciation for the beauty of a performance. UNC Charlotte’s Dance.Draw program is exploring this unification of art and science.

Click on the title of this post to read the rest of our article on Dance.Draw.

Male ballet dancers are not a modern phenomenon. But today, some audiences, and even some dancers, seem to forget that fact.

We think it’s important to revisit ballet’s masculine beginnings and thank all of the men who continue dancing.

Does the wait to begin pointe work seem too long?
Read this post for a reminder on why it’s important to wait and to get tips for making sure you start right.

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