The first time I attended a dancing class, I had never heard about ballet and no one in my family was familiar with it. A friend was taking ballet classes and her mother offered to take me along. At first my mother thought it was nothing for her daughter. She was a professional athlete; who took part in the Olympics. […]
I started dancing around 2011 which means I’ve been dancing for about eight years and my first memories of dancing were through dance shows. I used to go out with my family and watch street dance performers. In Dubai, street performances are held in malls. […]
Laure Thirion has traveled around the world to meet and give dance classes to underpriviledged children. She tells WDCD about it. “This trip was a challenge thrown at myself. I have always loved to travel, […]
Dance can transform a life. It brings joy and meaning to the world. It is a creative outlet full of endless possibilities. After I quit dancing for a while I fell into deep depression at the age of twenty eight. […]
Hi, my name is Taha, I am 24 years old and in the breaking world I go by the name Bboy Shibl. I am originally from Libya but I was born and raised in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. […]
Isabella Boylston is an American ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT). My first memories of dancing were at the local recreation center in my small town of Ketchum in Idaho. I remember jumping around, pretending to be a frog […]
Jung ah Choi (alias Jem) is a Korean dancer First artist at the English National Ballet. Jem was interviewed by Rasmus Meldgaard Harboe. […]
Both my parents are ballet dancers so I spent most of my childhood watching and copying them. Since I was so young, I don’t remember the first memory of dance but there is a video of me at 12 months old trying to do a pirouette! […]
Daisy grew up in Manhattan Beach, CA where she trained at South Bay Ballet from age 6 to 18. She earned her BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School in 2017 and joined LA Dance Project soon after. Daisy is currently in her third season with LADP and has performed in new works/repertoire by Benjamin Millepied, […]
Joel Kioko before ballet was this boy who was obsessed with playing around. I was a little boy who wanted to do everything you see in films. I used to love going to the mall, mess around and look at things I would never be able to buy. I used to be—no, I am just very happy and have a lot of energy. […]