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Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, and Their Kids Are Filming Dance Videos to Pass the Time


Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are just like us. They too are social distancing and staying at home to slow the spread of coronavirus. Naturally, they have a lot more time on their hands, and they’re spending some of it filming iconic dancing videos with their kids (Emme, Max, Natasha, and Ella).

Case in point: this new clip Rodriguez posted on Instagram of him, J. Lo, and the whole fam. “Worst to best ?❤️,” he wrote in the caption. He kicks things off and J.Lo, of course, is the encore. Watch the video for yourself, below:

Talent definitely seems to run in this family. Emme, whose father is superstar Marc Anthony, performed on stage with her mom during this year’s Super Bowl and blew everyone away with her voice and poise. Those pipes!

Earlier last week, Lopez posted a funny video of her son, Max, delivering drinks. “We can’t go out to any restaurants or anything but the service and entertainment here is pretty good…? #StaySafe #familytime,” she wrote on Instagram.

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have not said anything yet about their upcoming wedding. (The couple announced their engagement in March 2019. They’ve been dating publicly since February 2017.) According to reports, they were set to wed this summer. But given the uncertainty of what the next few months will look like in the United States, it’s unclear at this point if the nuptials will be postponed

In the meantime, we are very much looking forward to more dance videos from this fun-loving family. Maybe J.Lo can post some tutorials of the dances from some of her most famous videos, like “Jenny From the Block.” #JLoChallenge, anyone? With all this time at home, I should be able to master at least one combination of choreography, right? Right?!



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Yes, Jennifer Lopez Still Lets Loose on the Dance Floor


Just hearing what all Jennifer Lopez has going on right now will exhaust you. The multi-hyphenate performer recently began judging season three of World of Dance, which airs Sundays on NBC. She’s in the midst of planning her summer tour, It’s My Party: The Live Celebration. Oh, and she’s about to celebrate her 50th birthday. Throughout her nearly 30-year career in entertainment, every gig has something in common: an emphasis—and passion—for dance.

“The tour is going to be a very special moment in time,” Lopez tells Glamour. “It’s a big birthday for me, and I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate it than with my fans dancing and singing every night for some 20-something shows.” (Tickets for the tour will go on sale some time in March.)

In this celebratory spirit, we asked Lopez 10 big questions about the world of dance (pun intended), and her answers shed more light on the pop icon we know and love. Check them out for yourself, below.

Is there a dance move you’ve seen on World of Dance that wowed you so much you want to learn it yourself?

There are so many [where I’m like], “I wish I could do that. I need to learn that.” I think just the style of hip-hop right now is what really fascinates me: How quick and fast they move and how isolated the movements are.

What are the best shoes to go dancing in?

For me, sneakers.

Do you prefer dancing on your own or with a partner?

I like dancing with someone, but on my own.

Do you have any sweat-proof makeup tips for people who want to go hard on the dance floor?

No, you just have to let the glisten happen. There’s no way to keep your makeup together—if you’re really dancing. There’s no way. Be sexy!

Is there a choreography breakdown in one of your videos you’re most proud of?

I kinda like all of them! It’s hard to pick just one. I’ve had a lot of dance breaks.

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When was the last time you were able to let loose on a dance floor?

The Oscars.

What would you eat to fuel a long night of dancing?

I don’t really have a pre-game food. I don’t think you want to eat too much before you dance.

You’re getting ready before going out dancing. What music are you listening to?

We put on a lot of hip-hop when we’re getting ready.

What’s your favorite dance movie?

West Side Story.

Did you go to your high school prom and, if so, what did you wear? Yes, I went, and I wore a dress that I designed myself and had made by a local seamstress. It was a lace, halter dress with a fishtail at the bottom. It was hilarious.



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Tracee Ellis Ross Opened the 2018 American Music Awards With an Amazing Dance Medley


Tracee Ellis Ross did such an incredible job of hosting the American Music Awards in 2017 that they asked her back for the 2018 show. And this time around, she’s pulling out all the stops. On Tuesday evening, October 9. she opened the show at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater with a high-energy dance number to a medley of hits—and Twitter was immediately obsessed.

To kick off the medley, Ross rapped along to Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow,” sporting a glamorous cape and baring her teeth to reveal a grill featuring diamonds spelling out her initials on her bottom teeth. When the music transitioned to Childish Gambino’s “This Is America,” however, she threw off the cape and was immediately flanked by a squad of backup dancers. That was followed by even more hits, including Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s “APESHIT,” Aretha Franklin’s “Respect,” Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk,” and Beyoncé’s “Run the World.”

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After her performance, Marsai Martin and Miles Brown, who play Ross’s kids onscreen in Black-ish, gave her scores of seven and three out of 10, respectively. Twitter users, however, were much more impressed. Though some called her moves cheesy or momlike—if so, she’s definitely a cool mom—pretty much everyone agreed that it was an incredible opening number. If there’s an AMA for Best AMAs Host, we know exactly who‘s getting it at the 2019 show.

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Lili Reinhart Says Betty's 'Riverdale' Dance Was Supposed to 'Make You Uncomfortable'


One of the most talked-about moments from last week’s Riverdale episode was Betty’s (Lili Reinhart) seductive dance for her South Side Serpent initiation. It was a perplexing scene, to say the least, given its context: Betty didn’t get completely naked, but she did sing “Mad World” from Donnie Darko as she danced around a pole in black lingerie…while her mother, her boyfriend, and dozens of grown men (including Jughead’s father) watched.

It’s obvious why this gave many Riverdale fans pause. After all, she’s only 16 years old and this wasn’t exactly her choice: She only danced to get in with the South Side Serpents, Jughead’s gang, because she thought joining them would make her and Jug closer—even though he’s expressed, several times, that she should stay far away from the group.

Understandably, Twitter quickly blew up with reactions, with many viewers declaring the scene was forced and downright uncomfortable:

But Reinhart says that was exactly the point. “I didn’t think it was going to receive as much backlash as it did,” Reinhart tells Glamour. “People were very caught up with the fact that Betty is 16 and she’s dancing around all these men, but that’s the point. That scene was supposed to make you uncomfortable because you’re watching this girl do something completely out of her comfort zone for the man that she loves. You’re watching her make a personal sacrifice, and that is the most important takeaway.”

Reinhart continued: “It was supposed to make you feel uncomfortable and hard to watch because you don’t want to see Betty go to the dark side like that, but she does because she loves Jughead. It only makes it harder to watch when they break up at the end of the episode because you know that she laid it all out on the line for him. He’s trying to protect her from that darkness, but she wants to be part of it.”

So, yes, it seems Betty was pushed and pulled and pressured into doing that dance. Reinhart, however, says she had complete control and autonomy over it from an actor’s standpoint. She worked in tandem with showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to make sure the scene felt right for Betty—and comfortable for her. (That’s comforting, given the recent wave of actresses who have come forward and talked about feeling pressured to take off their clothes or appear sexier onscreen.)

“We totally talked about it ahead of time,” Reinhart said. “It was kind of an ongoing situation. The first draft that I got didn’t feel right to me, so I called Roberto and was like, ‘I think this should happen. This is how it should be.’ We worked it out. It was all very well-thought-out and not spontaneous. It was planned and premeditated, so I was a part of it from the beginning. I wasn’t surprised.”

Reinhart even choreographed Betty’s movements herself. “It was not easy. It was very intimidating,” she says. “They offered me a pole dancing lesson, like the workout classes girls do, but I was like, ‘No, I don’t think that’s necessary because Betty wouldn’t know how to pole dance. I just want to go in there and feel it out.’ During lunch, before we shot the scene, I was in the set by myself just playing around a little bit and came up with some really simple choreography.”

So what will this breakup mean for Betty and Jughead in the midseason finale? Tune in tonight at 8 P.M. on The CW to find out.

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Watch Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn Dance Together to Ed Sheeran During London's Jingle Bell Ball


Taylor Swift’s Reputation era is in full force: She’s performed at SNL, dropped multiple epic music videos, and will begin her world tour soon. But she still makes time to hang out with her boyfriend, British actor Joe Alwyn, and sneak in some romantic dates…even if those dates are actually at her work events. On Friday (December 8), Taylor performed at New York City’s Jingle Ball, and then quickly flew to London for the Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball on Sunday, where she proved once again that she’s Ed Sheeran’s biggest fan. After performing new songs “Ready for It,” “Look What You Made Me Do,” and “Gorgeous” as well as older songs like “Blank Space” at the London event, the singer found Joe in the crowd during Ed’s set, according to Entertainment Tonight. Excited fans took to Twitter to post pictures and videos of the couple slow dancing to Ed’s many love songs, including “Perfect.”

It seems like this latest PDA might be the new normal for Taylor and Joe, who have been extremely secretive about their relationship until now. They were even spotted earlier this weekend wearing matching outfits and holding hands in New York City. Taylor has only given subtle hints about her relationship with Joe in the past, like wearing a silver necklace with Joe’s initials on it. Not to mention, the many songs on Reputation that are almost certainly about the British actor. Perhaps we’ll be seeing a lot more of Joe during Taylor’s tour—fingers crossed they slow dance together on stage.

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Stem From Dance Is Using Dance to Turn Teen Girls Into Coders


Sadly, you’ll never be Beyoncé. But do you know what you can be? A badass woman in tech who can code better than the boys.

That’s the message of STEM From Dance, a nonprofit using the power of dance to get girls—particularly teen girls of color from disadvantaged communities—into coding. It was founded in 2011 years ago by Yamilée Toussaint, who started dancing when she was 4.

“Dance gave me a space to see that I was good at something, and a space to express myself and challenge myself,” she told Glamour. After high school, she studied mechanical engineering at MIT, where she came face to face with the gender gap in STEM: In her first mechanical engineering class she was one of two black women in a lecture hall of 200 students. After graduation she decided she wanted to do something about that.

“I was like, ‘There’s got to be some way to take what you can gain from dance—the fun, the community, the form of expression—and translate it into the STEM world,” she says. “Because the population that we work with, that’s exactly what what they need to feel like STEM can be meaningful.”

There’s research to back her up: A recent study found that students majoring in STEM subjects in college reported that being involved in dance helped them with creative problem solving and collaboration.

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In STEM From Dance programs, a dance instructor works with students to choreograph a dance performance that incorporates technology in some way. Sometimes the girls code computer graphics that complement the dance that are projected onto the stage; other times, the students wear costumes with programmable lights on them, which flash or change color depending on the wearer’s movement. Instructors also use movement to teach math and science concepts.

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Admittedly, most of the students come to STEM From Dance for the dancing, not the STEM. But Toussaint isn’t ashamed of using modern dance—which most teen girls are already into—as a hook for coding. And most of the time, the girls bite: by the end of the program, many of the girls realize that coding is just as fun and cool as the dance moves they’re learning. Several students have even said that the program made them regret not getting involved in coding classes at their school sooner.

And that’s kind of the point: Teen girls of color can picture themselves dancing to Rhianna or Beyoncé, because Rhianna and Beyoncé look like they do. But picture themselves as coders? Not so much. STEM From Dance lets girls imagine themselves in that role, and with its supportive, Bey-loving, girl-centric environment, they learn that they have what it takes to code better than boys do.

“We’re using the confidence that you can gain through dance and translating it to the STEM side,” Toussaint says.

So far, the program has been implemented in 10 schools throughout the New York City area, and touched around 400 students. It remains to be seen how many of them will be the next Steve Jobs.



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