Dance Spirit

At the 2026 New York City Dance Alliance Nationals in Phoenix, AZ, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company artistic director Sascha Radetsky addressed a ballroom full of teenage dancers as he taught their morning ballet class. “Does anyone know which ballet this music is from?” he asked, pausing the

What happens when you win Best Dancer at The Dance Awards’ Nationals in every age division? You make history. What about when two dancers do it, nearly in all the same years? Double history.

That’s what happened for 18-year-old competition stars Ian Stegeman and Cameron Voorhees. Over the past decade, each dancer has taken first in the Mini, Junior, Teen, and Senior...

For many, dance is not the end-all and be-all, but rather a pipeline to creative freedom and exploration across industries—including music. This was abundantly clear in the late 1980s through the 2000s, when pop-music icons like Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and Janet Jackson made dance a defining part of their identities, proving that both forms of artistry could coexist b...

Imagine recording a humble voice note expressing your deepest admiration and gratitude for your biggest dance role model. Now imagine sending that voice note—and getting one in return with that role model’s encouragement and advice.

Sisters Justice and Nia Faith understand the power of that kind of communication. The two Forbes “30 Under 30” honorees have s...

Ballerina, model, designer, educator, trainer: Candy Tong has done it all. Originally from San Francisco, Tong trained at San Francisco Ballet School and English National Ballet School before getting her BFA in dance performance from the University of California, Irvine. She danced with Complexions Contemporary Ballet from 2018–24, where her expansive movement and gorgeou...