February 24, 2023

Letting Go of Her Ballet Dream

One recent Saturday morning at Steps on Broadway, a rehearsal studio on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, ballet dancers pirouetted to recordings of classical piano […]
January 28, 2023

“The White Lotus” Dance Remix is the Hottest Club Song

Variations of the spine-tingling intro music have played at rave parties, Australian music festivals and Sundance. On a recent club night in Chicago, a high-pitched woman’s […]
January 19, 2023

A Wednesday Addams Contest Brings the Fans

At a Brooklyn club, fans of the Netflix series “Wednesday” showed off their takes on the pigtailed heroine’s signature moves in a midnight competition. On a […]
December 15, 2022

Day 15: Finding Christmas Joy in ‘The Nutcracker’

For about a decade now, seeing “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” at New York City Ballet has been the enchanting kickoff of the Christmas season for my […]
November 15, 2022

Pop Stars Are Mugging for TikTok. Fans Are Loving It.

Performers like Dua Lipa and Rosalía are peppering their tours with dance moves and gestures that can seem specifically engineered to go viral. In some cases, […]
August 30, 2022

Why Is Sanna Marin Dancing Up a Political Storm in Finland?

The prime minister of Finland was caught on the dance floor. This is a bad thing? After the release of videos this month showing Sanna Marin, […]
August 23, 2022

Chelsea Manning, Brooklyn D.J.

Before she orchestrated the largest intelligence leak in U.S. history, Ms. Manning was known to D.J. on occasion. On Friday night, she shook off the cobwebs […]
August 10, 2022

The Lycra Legacy of Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Physical’

Athleisure, leggings, shapewear owe a debt of gratitude to the iconic video. A funny thing happened when Kameron Lennox revisited the music video for “Physical,” the […]
July 21, 2022

It’s Never Too Late to Learn the Tango and Fall in Love

It’s Never Too Late is a series about people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms. Nancy Cardwell has made two big changes […]
July 13, 2022

A Rhode Island State Senator Wants You to #TwerkFor Justice

Tiara Mack’s TikTok video of her twerking at the beach went viral. Now, she is using that momentum to bring awareness to her political platform. When […]