For all the kids who grew up with the 1980s versions of Coco, Raul, Montgomery, and Doris, it’s time to claim their own “Fame.”

When you’re searching for dance info online, do you make the most of the Internet’s resources? Here’s a list of 10 websites and tools that will help you get your dance info more quickly and easily.

You eat well. You cross train. You try to obey your body’s limitations. You’re still going to get hurt.

After suffering an injury, it’s important to know what can you do to keep in shape, and make your return to the studio as fast, and safe, as possible.

If you’ve just started dance (or if you’ve just started doing your own laundry), you might not know how to handle all those dirty tights and leotards.

If you want to get long life out of your dancewear, follow these guidelines for washing and drying.

Why do dancers–people who constantly train to improve their strength, stamina, and physical excellence–have a smoking rate nearly double that of people in the general population?

This post focuses on the reasons dancers give for smoking. And, it offer strategies for those who want to put dance before cigarettes.

Tap dancers aim to get the best possible sound when dancing, and having the right shoes can make all the difference.

We’ll look at the anatomy of a tap shoe, and see how the right footwear puts new life in your step, flap, slap, and stamp.

If you’re a high school senior, along with choosing a college, applying for scholarships, picking out a prom date, planning out your life, and getting your everyday homework and activities done, you may also have to complete a senior project this year.

Here are some ways you can include dance in your senior project, no matter what type of student you are, and make this assignment more enjoyable!

It’s hard to do everything you need to for school, friends, homework, and dance class. We’re now a few weeks into a new school year, and your packed schedule is probably starting to wear you out.

If you’re thinking of freeing up some time by giving up activities, don’t drop dance. Even though it requires time and energy, research shows that your participation in dance can actually help you succeed in school.

If you’ve performed on stage, you’ve probably (hopefully) worn “stage makeup.” But if you’ve never applied your own stage makeup, consider these tips before picking up the eyeliner and blush.

Click on the title of this post to read on.

If you choose a life of professional dance, it might worry you that many dancers retire in their late thirties.

So how do some dancers keep performing into their fifties and beyond? Good question: and now is the time to ask it.

This post comes to us from guest blogger Nichelle Strzepek. Nichelle’s home is at DanceAdvantage, a blog with great material for dancers, covering topics on everything from technique to nutrition.

Today, Nichelle discusses sickling and rolling in and why it’s so important to improve your ankle alignment.

Here’s a small sampling of the great dance events going on this week. If you’re in the right place at the right time, you should check these out.

Although it’s a little random, this is a fun post, and it does have something to do with dance!

An article from the German “Spiegel Online” recently featured an invention that cuts energy costs and reduces consumption through the power of dance. And on September 2, dancers in Holland will begin powering the world’s first Sustainable Dance Club.

Click the title of this post to read more…

We’ve talked about nutrition for dancers before, but there is a lot to say. Today, we’re going to look at the basics on an important topic: carbohydrates.

Many people, including dancers, fear carbohydrates. Depending on where you get your nutritional advice, you might have learned that carbohydrates are the enemy of fitness. But this isn’t true, especially for dancers.

If you’re always avoiding carbohydrates, getting the right facts could improve your performance.
Read this post to figure out how many carbs you really need.

Filmmaker David Kinsella’s “A Beautiful Tragedy,” a documentary that opens the doors of the Perm State Ballet School, is now available in all DVD formats.

On Kinsella’s YouTube Channel, you’ll find clips of the film. There, you’ll also find plenty of comments on each clip. It’s these comments that interest me today.

To read more about why I think the comments on “A Beautiful Tragedy” could be important, click on the title of this post.

Today, we’re putting a spotlight on Music & Motion Dance Productions for our feature series “This Season.”

Music & Motion Dance Productions is a a fresh, innovative, performance-oriented, youth dance company out of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.

You’ll want to learn more about Music & Motion and this dynamic young company’s approachable and inventive dance performances. Click on the title of this post to read more.

This is the fourth post in our series on career advice for dancers. If you’re trying to decide if you want the life of a professional dancer, then this series is for you. Click on the title of this post to read more.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.

This is the third post in our series on career advice for dancers. If you’re trying to decide if you want the life of a professional dancer, then this series is for you. Click on the title of this post to read more.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.

This is the second post in our series on career advice for dancers. If you’re trying to decide if you want the life of a professional dancer, then this series is for you. Click on the title of this post to read more.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.

You’ve been dancing since age three. Your classmates have never seen you without your dance bag.

Now, you’re ready to graduate from high school and decide on a future. Until now, dance has been your life, but will it be your career?

Many dancers reach this point and wonder if the life of a professional dancer is right for them. If you want to know the pros and cons of a career in dance, then this post is for you. This is the first in our series of posts with career advice for dancers.
Click on the title of this post to read on.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.

Even if ballet has little presence in your city, you can still find its influence everywhere.
More specifically, you can find it in the leggings, wraps, and flats worn by fashion-conscious women in cities around the world.

Is this love of ballet-inspired fashion rooted in something more lasting than fad and designer decree?

Click on the title of this post to read more about ballet dancewear’s lasting impact on mainstream fashion.

On August 20, you won’t have to travel to see an amazing show. Cirque du Soleil will present “DELIRIUM”, the film, in select movie theaters across the United States and Canada for a special limited engagement, running August 20, 21, 23, and 24.

“DELIRIUM,” part of Cirque du Soleil’s repertoire since 2006, combines dance, music, and circus arts in a vibrant piece of imaginative visual art. Sony Pictures Releasing’s The Hot Ticket now brings “DELIRIUM,” the film, in High Definition, to theaters across North America.

The benefits of seeing “DELIRIUM” in theaters: you don’t have to travel, and you don’t have to pay the high ticket price of a live show.

Click on the title of this post to see “DELIRIUM.”

Dance lets us communicate across social, economic, and language barriers. And at the Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, the dancers from Janis Claxton Dance are proving that movement communication can also connect humans with other species.

Click on the title of this post to read more about “Enclosure 44 - Humans.”

Though ballet isn’t an Olympic sport, there are several Olympic events that ballet dancers can naturally appreciate for the skill, strength, and even artistry of the athletes.

One of these events is the sport that was originally known as “water ballet.”

So, do you know who won? Yes–we’re talking about the season finale of “So You Think You Can Dance.”

If you missed it, we can tell you how it ended.

But first, you should read to find out how it began.

Click on the title of this post for the FULL recap of the “So You Think You Can Dance” season four finale!

Last night, Courtney, Katee, Joshua, and Twitch performed their final competitive routines and solos, setting themselves up for one last round of judgment from American viewers.

The results from last night’s vote will be announced tonight during the “So You Think You Can Dance” two-hour season finale, beginning at 8/7c. on Fox.

If you missed a minute of last night’s final performances, you’ll want to catch up for tonight.

Click on the title of this post to read the “So You Think You Can Dance” recap!

With friends, classes, and the need for sleep, you might not have much extra time. But if your artistic side runs in overdrive, you can try some of these crafts for dancers.

Even if you aren’t into some of the more popular dance shows like “So You Think You Can Dance,” or “Dancing With the Stars,” or “Step It Up and Dance,” you may find something you like on the new broadband television channel TenduTV. And you will find it on-demand, fee-free, day or night.

Studies have shown that ballet is a great cross-training activity for athletes.

But, studies have also shown that ballet is very tough, and ballet dancers experience many injuries.

In this post, we talk about how ballet dancers can cross train to improve strength and prevent injury.

We also talk about the benefits of ballet as a method of cross training for other athletes. Click on the title of this post to read!

After Thursday (July 31) elimination round, I’m going to resist the temptation to make any sort of predictions on the outcome of next week’s “So You Think You Can Dance” finale.

Click on the title of this post to read the recap of last night’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” and find out which dancers have made it into the top four.