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🥒 Alex Wong developed his recipe for Asian cucumber salad after enjoying variations of the dish at different soup-dumpling restaurants. “It was always so expensive,”­ he says. “I was like, ‘I’m pretty sure this is just chili oil, and I can make my own.’ ” Wong—a former ballet dancer who now boasts a laundry list of commercial dance credits ranging from “So You Think You Can Dance” to the upcoming Amazon Prime show “Étoile”—considers himself an impatient cook and likes how quickly this salad comes together. “I usually just eat it as a snack on its own,” he says. “It also pairs well as an appetizer with anything Asian, like noodles, dumplings, or rice. Learn more and access the full recipe at https://lnkd.in/ecUv4r5A 🧡 📸: Photo by Omar Z. Robles, Courtesy Wong. 📸: Food photos courtesy Wong. 📝: Chava Pearl Lansky #alexwong #asiancucumbersalad #cucumbersalad #recipe Descriptions: 1) Two photos and text. Top photo: Alex Wong jumping in a straddle position in the middle of a busy New York street. Bottom photo: Alex Wong’s selfie with cucumber salad in a clear bowl. Text: Alex Wong Shares His Asian Chili Cucumber Salad Recipe 2) Recipe in text with a photo. Text: Alex Wong’s Asian Chili Cucumber Salad / Commercial dancer Alex Wong developed his recipe for Asian cucumber salad after enjoying variations of the dish at different soup-dumpling restaurants. Ingredients: -5 Persian cucumbers -2–2.5 tbsps chili oil or chili crisp -1 tbsp soy sauce -1 tbsp rice vinegar -1 tbsp sesame oil -salt, to taste -Optional add-ins: sugar or agave syrup, sesame seeds, sliced green onions, minced garlic Photo: Cucumber salad on a white porcelain plate

“Dance became refusal—a pseudonym for resisting oppression, for practicing active care, for desiring better worlds for not only myself but my community.” —Ogemdi Ude on extending her definition of dance Head to https://lnkd.in/dQi9HwCp to learn why Ogemdi Ude encourages others to “forget how to dance.” 🧡 📸: Photo by Maria Baranova, Courtesy Ude. 📝: Ogemdi Ude #ogemdiude #dance #activism Description: Ogemdi Ude performing onstage in the round. She is wearing a poofy satin dress and stands in the midst of shiny balloons. Text above and around her (in caption)

In recent years, the dance world has grown and changed “in really cool ways,” says India Harville, the founder and executive director of disability justice performing arts organization Embraced Body . What’s still missing, according to Harville, is the acknowledgment that many artists, like herself, exist across several of these identities at once. “A lot of times, you’ll be in one space designed for disabled bodies that won’t have awareness around race,” she says. “Or you’ll be in a space that’s queer-friendly but doesn’t have a politic around fatness.” With How We Move, a new intensive for dancers 18 and older, India Harville and her collaborators hope to create a space where Disabled, multiply marginalized artists can find community, agency, and creative power. Funded by the Mellon Foundation, How We Move will begin with virtual sessions in March and May, followed by a 10-day in-person intensive in New York City in June, then a final virtual weekend in August. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eVHyDT3M 🧡 📸: India Harville (in pink) and fellow members of Embraced Body, which is launching the How We Move intensive this year. Photo by A.Marie Studio, Courtesy Embraced Body 📝: Lauren Wingenroth #HowWeMove #MultiplyMarginalized #DanceIntensive Kayla Hamilton JJ Omelagah Movement Research Descriptions: 1) A diverse group of five adults wearing masks and a service dog dance in a bright room. One person is seated in a chair, another is sitting in a wheelchair, a third is dancing with a cane. Text: How We Move Offers a New Kind of Intensive Designed for Disabled and Multiply Marginalized Artists 2) Text: “One of the main impacts I want to see out of this program is a stronger network of Disabled dancers who recognize their brilliance and feel empowered to bring their contribution to the dance world in a bigger way, with more support underneath them.” —India Harville, founder and executive director of disability justice performing arts organization Embraced Body, on the new How We Move intensive

POV: Watching “Black Swan” for the first time 😱 In this episode of #dancerdiary, Haley shares her thoughts on the cult classic film and shows her reactions to its great dance moments, drama, and horror. Our “Dancer Diary” series features dancer and writer Haley Hilton, taking us along with her through the ins and outs of life as a dancer in New York City. Each entry takes you in depth on a new topic with a vlog on our YouTube channel. Watch the full video at https://lnkd.in/ejREsd_6 🖤 🎥/📸 Courtesy Hilton #blackswan #blackswanmovie #reaction Description: Short clips of Haley Hilton watching and reacting to “Black Swan,” which is played on her TV out of frame. She sits on her couch with a large blanket wrapped around her and emotes loudly.

Seattle native Doug Fullington has built an international reputation for resurrecting and restaging classical ballets from the 19th century. Fullington and Pacific Northwest Ballet artistic director Peter Boal are now set to premiere a new “Sleeping Beauty,” based on the original 1890 production, by drawing on such materials as the original libretto and photographs from the 1890s, as well as Stepanov notation made in St. Petersburg, Russia, a decade later. But restaging a classic artwork is about more than faithfully copying 19th-century steps and costumes. For Fullington,­ bringing “Sleeping Beauty” back to the stage means looking to see what it is about the early production that aligns with 21st-century aesthetics, ideas, and lifestyles. Head to thttps://lnkd.in/eEN9XiB4 to learn more. 🌟 📸: Doug Fullington leads a rehearsal of PNB’s new “The Sleeping Beauty.” Photo by Lindsay Thomas, Courtesy PNB. 📝: Marcie Sillman #thesleepingbeauty #sleepingbeautyballet #dougfullington  Descriptions: 1) Doug Fullington demonstrating a step for a group of dancers in the studio. Text: Doug Fullington on Awakening Pacific Northwest Ballet’s New “Sleeping Beauty” 2) Text: “I don’t think these ballets have to look old-fashioned. I think the ballet vocabulary has a transcendent quality. I think classical ballet would benefit from having a more open mind to more kinds of steps and what is thought of as acceptable to do onstage.” —Dance historian Doug Fullington on restaging ballet classics

“Dance is the art of movement, and therefore anything that is moving, breathing, growing, or feeling is part of the dance,” says Vija Vetra, a 101-year-old Latvian-born dancer, choreographer, teacher, and lecturer who first earned acclaim as an Indian classical and modern dancer in the mid-20th century. Vetra’s passion for her art has taken her around the world, and it’s just only recently that she’s begun to slow down. Read Vetra’s story at https://lnkd.in/esAhRWd6 🧡 📸: Vija Vetra. Photos courtesy Vetra. 📝: Kathryn Holmes for Dance Teacher #VijaVetra #dancequotes #dance Westbeth Artists Housing

Many competitive dancers are eager to land coveted convention scholarships. But why are these awards so sought-after? How can dancers increase their odds of winning them—and who might they not be right for? Head to https://lnkd.in/ejky_Jgt to learn more, and for some helpful tips on what to expect, where to stand, and more. 🔥 📸: Creative Arts Academy dancers and teachers at 24 Seven Dance Convention. Courtesy Jana Monson. 📝: Haley Hilton #dancecompetition #danceconvention #dancescholarship Description: A large group of dancers and teacher gathered together for a group photo. Text: Real-Deal Advice on Convention Scholarships

🌟 To celebrate the 25th “25 to Watch” feature, here’s a look back at some of our favorite January covers since the list’s 2001 inception. 🌟 Learn more about each cover at https://lnkd.in/gCsn9Ufp All photos from the DM Archives. 📸: Anita Pacylowski-Justo in 2002 📸: Stella Abrera in 2004 📸: Aesha Ash in 2006 📸: William B. Wingfield and Whitney Jensen in 2010 📸: Silas M Farley, Danica Paulos, and Chyrstyn Fentroy in 2015 📸: Ryan P. Casey and Jaclyn Walsh in 2015 📸: Sterling Baca and Nayara Lopes in 2016 📸: Leal Zielińska and Erica Lall in 2018 📸: Evan Ruggiero in 2019 📸: Gabrielle Hamilton in 2020 📝: Courtney Escoyne #25towatch #throwbackthursday #dancemagazine Descriptions: 1) The January 2002 cover of Dance Magazine. Anita Pacylowski-Justo poses against a dark backdrop. She is captured midair, arms overhead and back arched as a length of fabric billows around her. 2) The January 2004 issue of Dance Magazine. Stella Abrera is show from the hips up as she moves through passé, her hair loose around her shoulders, gaze downturned. 3) The January 2006 cover of Dance Magazine. Aesha Ash poses in profile on pointe, one foot crossing over her standing leg’s knee. Her back is lightly arched as she turns her gaze down and her arms arc overhead. She wears a flowing orange dress and pointe shoes pancaked to match her skin tone. 4) The January 2010 cover of Dance Magazine. William Wingfield and Whitney Jensen counterbalance each other, Wingfield in street clothes and balancing on forced arch, Jensen in a classical tutu in an off center sous-sus. 5-6) The January 2010 cover of Dance Magazine. William Wingfield and Whitney Jensen counterbalance each other, Wingfield in street clothes and balancing on forced arch, Jensen in a classical tutu in an off center sous-sus. 7) The cover of the January 2016 issue of Dance Magazine. Sterling Baca and Nayara Lopes pose together. Lopes is on pointe with her inside leg in a 180 degree side extension. Baca lunges behind her, supporting her waist as she leans off center. 8) The January 2018 cover of Dance Magazine. Leal Zielińska poses barefoot in a deep lunge beside Erica Lall, whose front foot is propped on forced arch on pointe while her arms curve gently overhead. 9) The January 2019 cover of Dance Magazine. Evan Ruggeiro smiles sunnily, a tap shoe clad foot raised toward the camera as he balances on his prosthetic leg. 10) The January 2020 cover of Dance Magazine. Gabrielle Hamilton grins at the camera as she hooks a heel over one knee. Her hands are at her waist, making her tank top that reads "Dream Baby Dream" pop.

Renowned multi-hyphenate dance and theater artist Lynne Taylor-Corbett died on January 12, 2025, at age 78. For decades, her presence in the dance, musical theater, and entertainment industries was substantial and constantly evolving. She tailored her movement style to ballet companies, modern dance groups, Broadway shows, hit movies, and commercials. The through line in her varied work is an undercurrent of joy and humanity—of not taking anything too seriously. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gQgkdRBS 📸 : Lynne Taylor-Corbett rehearsing Broadway’s "Titanic." Photo by Caitlin Sims, from the Dance Magazine Archives. #lynnetaylorcorbett #InMemoriam

#PlacesPlease 🔥 “I love the accessibility of New York City. I love going to concerts, exploring the culture of the city. Everything is so available, and while I love dance, obviously, I also love a lot of other things—living in the city lets me have more balance in my life, which also helps my dancing.” Learn all about NYC-based freelance dancer Reed Tankersley at https://lnkd.in/egStycPd 🧡 📸: Photos by Emma Zordan 📝: Olivia Manno #reedtankersley #dancer #nycdancers Descriptions: 1) Reed Tankersley dancing on steps outside in a park 2–5) Reed Tankersley dancing on a dock overlooking the city and river 6) Reed Tankersley dancing on a concrete walkway outside bordered by a chain link fence and a wooden fence, with a green bridge and a cityscape in the background