Taking Flight: This engaging, moving, and unforgettable memoir, Michaela shares her dramatic journey from an orphan in West Africa to becoming one of ballet’s most exciting rising stars.

First Position is a new award-winning dance documentary coming to theaters May 2012. It features some of the most talented young dancers in the world as they compete for ballet scholarships that have the power to change their lives. The movie stars Michaela DePrince, Aran Bell, Miko & Jules Fogarty,...

China opened the doors of its new, futuristic library in November, 2017. The Tianjin Binhai Library, located just outside Beijing, features a luminous spherical atrium with bookshelves lining the walls, from floor to ceiling. What looks to be a book lover's ultimate fantasy could ultimately house 1....

The White House celebrates christmas with a tap dance of the Nutcracker. The Nutcracker ballet was composed in 1892 by the Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky based on a story written in 1816 by Prussian author Ernest Hoffman, not even close to anything American. Not until 1934 was it performed out...

On Memorial Day 2015, three children were hurt when a waterspout came ashore and lifted bounce house 50 feet high at Fort Lauderdale Beach. The bounce house was lifted off the beach and into the air, injuring three terrified children who fell out and onto the sand. There was no indication a waterspo...

Pop princess Carly Rae Jepsen clearly knows her audience because her latest music video is chock-full of shirtless dancing men. Everybody say, “Thank you, Carly!” The sunny new clip is for the sardonic bop “Beach House,” Following up the much more earnest “Western Wind,” it’s the second single off

Man Turns His House Into Indoor Cat Playland and Our Hearts Explode. To keep his 15 rescue cats occupied, home builder Peter Cohen has constructed elaborate catwalks, tunnels, platforms and perches throughout his California home. This is one fun house you've got to see to believe.

A random day in the life of my fingers... Song: Gagnez "La Da Da Da" (Featuring Gina Rene & Rich Bella)

The Bonnet House is located in the heart of Ft. Lauderdale Beach and it's a beautiful enclave dating the early 1900's. The Bonnet House was built in several stages and was owned by a Chicago eclectic artist and art collector family who later on inherited the property to the Florida Trust who make th...

We all deserve our best chance. Here's a random, but meaningful assortment of things that have given me comfort on my path to acceptance. Think of them as a hug from me to you.
“I’d rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.”
– Dorothy Allison