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PMT Breakers & me at Frim Fram last night (video)

Posted on December 5, 2008 by

Here's a fun video of the PMT Breakers performing at Frim Fram last night. Thanks to my crew Ian, Ron, Will, Monica, and Marie for coming out one more time.  Really awesome performance and great crowd!  Special thanks to Effervescent for filming this for me and Ryan Mascaro for cueing our music.  Here's another version…

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What I want for Christmas: The Spirit Moves dance documentary on DVD!

Posted on December 2, 2008 by

Judy Pritchett of Swingdanceshop.com sends out news that the classic vernacular dance documentary "The Spirit Moves" has finally been released on DVD!  For lindy hoppers, "The Spirit Moves" is a treasure trove of footage of the original innovators of lindy hop, filming in the 1950s.  For years, this documentary could only be viewed in select…

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Breaking Practice: Handstand-headstand-kipup Combo

Posted on November 29, 2008 by

Hanging at my mom's I figured out how to do a handstand to a headstand to a kipup combination.  Wanna use this for some cypher or performance in the future!

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Jenny and I dancing to “Roll Em Pete”

Posted on November 23, 2008 by

Here's the lovely and talented Jenny Sowden and me dancing last night to Count Basie's "Roll Em Pete." This was at a social dance after a show by Emily Vartanian's dance theater group "General Mischief." Video courtesy of my buddy Will. Thanks, dude.

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Final breaking performance today

Posted on November 23, 2008 by

The PMT Breakers did our final performance today for the Fall Showcase.  I'm happy to report that everyone brought the fun and in-your-face spirit of b-boying to the stage.  Thanks to Pavan for coming up with the overall vision for our piece, and then giving us the freedom to create our own personal moments throughout…

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Awesome breaking performance last night!

Posted on November 22, 2008 by

Last night at PMT Studios, my breaking performance group and I were the opening act for the Fall Dance Showcase.  It was a packed audience — including a good 15 or so of my friends, family and co-workers, which was super awesome.  It's both great and nerve-wracking going first in the lineup because you don't…

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Cypher Time: Breaking performance tonight and Sunday!

Posted on November 21, 2008 by

Tonight's the night! wup wup! Tickets are certain to sell out for tonight's Fall Dance Showcase at 8pm at PMT Studios in the West Village. The Sunday show at 3pm is probably still going to have tickets at the door. So excited!

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Final stretch before PMT breaking performance this weekend!

Posted on November 18, 2008 by

So my little group of b-boys and b-girls are getting into the final preparations before another breaking performance at PMT Studios this Friday and Sunday. As usual we are doing everything in the last second, having barely worked out the choreography and blocking and the music still not finished mixing.  At the very least I…

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Swing that PhD Thesis! (video)

Posted on November 17, 2008 by

Some crazy outfit called Gonzo Labs is challenging PhD candidates around the country to post dance videos of themselves demonstrating what their thesis is about. I don’t even understand most of what these  theses are about. But I love that some folks are doing bad ass lindy hop to demonstrate the principles these science doctoral…

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I saw this on purpose: “High School Musical III”

Posted on November 10, 2008 by

High School Musical 3 Now Or Never Video Envoyé par JoeLeMort sur wat.tv "My heart just doesn’t know it’s in high school." — Gabriella Montez, "High School Musical III" My curiosity about the latest installment of the "High School Musical" series got the better of me this weekend.  The first theatrical release in the series,…

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