The Urban Legend

Prom 2017

Zoe Meneghetti, Editor-In-Chief of News • August 22, 2017

Suit jackets draped around the edges of chairs, wrappers of red velvet cupcakes crumpled on the white tablecloth, and clusters of high-heels nudged in the corners of the floor set the scene of the Urban...

Are dancers at the Urban School artists or athletes?

Olivia Mitchel, Staff Writer • February 10, 2015

How do we define an athlete? Most never question the athleticism behind common sports like basketball, soccer, or cross country. But dancers seem to be isolated in a realm of their own. Since not all...

VIDEO: Space rave dance reviewed by Urban students

Ariane Goldsmith, Staff Writer • September 30, 2014

On Friday, September 26, Urban's Student Committee hosted a "space rave" themed dance. Students who attended dressed like alien ravers, socialized, and showed off their dancing skills. Below is a compilation...

OPINION: Did Miley Cyrus’s 2013 Video Music Awards twerking controversy deserve the mainstream media’s attention?

Eli Dinkelspiel, Staff Writer • October 30, 2013

At the 2013 Video Music Awards, popular performer Miley Cyrus twerked (a provocative dance involving the shaking of the butt) in front of a national audience of millions, causing uproar over the twittersphere,...

Strictly Come Dancing: Urban’s newest physical activity class swings into action

Eli Dinkelspiel, Staff Writer • December 28, 2011

Nov. 28-It was a fairly routine morning assembly when ten members of the Urban community walked in front of the school and started dancing to Slim and Slam’s “Jump Session.” Laughs turned into interested...