by Cindy | Apr 6, 2026 | Dance
The new International Dance League is giving dance the professional sports treatment. In its first official season, starting May 2 in New York City, the league is offering contracts to top-level dance teams and presenting huge arena competitions where dancers will...
by Cindy | Dec 17, 2025 | Dance
Holiday time is steeped in diet culture. People discuss the likelihood that they’ll gain weight through the holiday season. This inevitably leads to discussion of weight-loss goals for the new year. These messages are all around us, and social media only makes them...
by Cindy | Nov 6, 2025 | Dance
I started wearing a sports bra under my leotard when I was 12. At first, the extra support helped me feel more secure in my rapidly changing body. But I was the only one at my school wearing one, and the same was true at my first intensive the next summer. While no...
by Cindy | Oct 30, 2025 | Dance
Trending on Billboard A Korean court has rejected NewJeans’ attempt to break away from its label ADOR, dealing a major victory to the HYBE subsidiary in its closely-watched legal battle with the chart-topping K-pop group. The five members of NewJeans — Minji, Hanni,...
by Cindy | Oct 24, 2025 | Dance
As a teen, I vividly remember struggling with focus in dance classes. Whether learning combinations or receiving generalized feedback, my mind would zigzag in and out of the studio. Realizing I was no longer mentally present, I would panic, fearing my teachers would...
by Cindy | Oct 22, 2025 | Dance
When I teach Bartenieff Fundamentals, we begin on the floor, eyes closed. A meditation becomes improvisation. Each cue builds from anatomical inevitability—a kinetic chain. The invitation is to sense and flow, not to arrive, copy, or perform. Inevitably, someone lifts...
