Chinese dancer-choreographer Liu Yan's onstage journey started when she was a little girl. At age 10, Liu stood out among her peers and was enrolled in the middle school affiliated to the Beijing Dance Academy. Before she left her hometown in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, her father, who is a judge, told Liu to develop more interests like reading rather than a singular passion, dancing. "My parents took turns taking long train rides to Beijing to be with me during weekends back then. When my father came to

TAMPA, Fla. – The 23rd annual Youth America Grand Prix dance competition is underway in Tampa at the Straz Center for Performing Arts and there’s one dancer performing at the main event who has a close tie to Ukraine. Maievskyi Vsevolod is from Kyiv. It was there he learned the basics of ballet. “I’m born in Ukraine in Kyiv and I graduate in Kyiv Ballet School,” he said. Vsevolod said until three weeks ago, his family was still living in Kyiv. The 6-foot-2 ballet star has found a way

When sisters Adelia and Brittanna Roberts are dancing, they make it look effortless. Watching them rehearse at Harp Irish Dance Company in American Fork, an onlooker would get the sense that they were truly born to be Irish dancers. The sisters, natives of Midway, began dancing when they were toddlers, making the journey to Harp Irish Dance Company three times a week with their older sister. Now, Adelia, 20, and Brittanna, 23, are headed to Belfast, Northern Ireland, to compete in the An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha 50th

Greetings! I’m Ammar! Answering the question “who am I?” is tricky, because people have called me a dancer, a performer, a choreographer, a video editor, a filmmaker and an artist. All in all, I spend most of my time creating stories and I am proud to say I am a deaf jack-of-all-trades. Yes, you heard me right – I have a disability and that is being deaf. I was born with hearing and became deaf growing up. I have witnessed and identified many differences and similarities in both