You will recall that one of the highlights of my dancing career was getting to dance onstage with the inimitable Sharon Jones at the Apollo Theater in October of last year. Well it happened again today! I was at Central Park Summerstage to catch Sharon Jones with a bunch of friends of mine. I actually…
Category: Dancing / Music
Audio review of “Hip-hop US History” CD and Guide
My friend Joyce gave me for my birthday a copy of the "Hip-hop U.S. History" study guide and music CD, which I have been enjoying for the past week or so. I was going to write about it, but thought it would be much clearer if I just prepared a short audio review that presented…
COBU drumming / rhythm tap ensemble performing September 15-17 in NYC!
In a couple of weeks, my favorite dance performance group COBU is doing one of their very rare shows in Manhattan. For those that haven’t heard me go bananas about them, COBU is a Japanese ensemble that performs a fusion of taiko drumming, rhythm tap and hip-hop. It’s got pretty much everything I like: hawt…
VIDEO: Opening night at Lola Staar’s Dreamland Roller Rink in Coney Island
Tonight my friends Amy, Ryan and I dropped in on the official opening night of Lola Staar’s Dreamland Roller Rink in Coney Island, Brooklyn. It was a really fun crowd, great music to skate to, and awesome atmosphere being right by the beach in a historic old building on the boardwalk. New York doesn’t get much…
Yehoodi’s 10th Anniversary Celebration is October 16-19 in NYC!
I just announced that Yehoodi is throwing a weekend long celebration of our tenth anniversary from October 16-19 in New York City. The weekend will include a very special Frim Fram on Thursday October 16, a live music event organized by our friends at Jelly Roll Productions, and more fun activities. This is a more…
Me breaking at Taste of Lincoln Avenue in Chicago
Our teens have been bugging me about dancing the entire time in Chicago. So I finally did a little breaking last night while we were walking around Taste of Lincoln Avenue. Good times.
At Cubs Game with Global Kids and Field Museum teens
Yesterday, Global Kids and the Field Museum brought together a group of teens from New York and Chicago for the second of the "I Dig Tanzania" summer camp. Over the course of the next two days, we’ll have them meeting with some of the researchers who were in Tanzania in the flesh, exploring the Field…
Why I love “So You Think You Can Dance” & “America’s Best Dance Crew”
I’ve been catching up on episodes of Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance" and MTV’s "America’s Best Dance Crew" on this super-hot weekend. I love that there are all these popular dance-oriented shows on TV right now. (Heck, I’ll even give props to "Dancing with the Stars" even if I can’t stand actually watching…
Working on my soul basic at the NYC Subway Soul party
Westiegirl, Westie’s friend Noelle, the lovely Miss V, and I checked out the monthly Subway Soul dance last night at Fontana on Eldridge Street in the LES. The evening did not start out promising as the Shalitas took the stage in the basement bar. No disrespect to the band, but the music could hardly be…
“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog”: Whedon + Fillion + Neil Patrick Harris = Geek Gold!
Yes, this needs no help from me, but I gotta give a shout-out to the latest brilliant and weird creation from the mind of Joss Whedon: "Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog." Who else but Whedon would write and direct a "super-villain musical" and then release it direct-to-internet as a 3-part video short? You can watch it…