At the 2008 New York Comic Con, I got Will Phillips of SouthPeak Games to do a quick demo of the new breakdance video game "B-Boy," coming out this summer for the PSP and Playstation2. Looks pretty sweet, although I’m not really sure how appealing the game is once the thrill of pretend breakdancing fades. …
Category: Dancing / Music
More pics of PMT Breakers
Matt Lopez posts a bunch of pics to his Facebook from the PMT breakdance group’s performance last night, that I don’t think he’ll mind if I grab to post here. I wanted to mention the diversity of our little group, which I think is remarkable. From left-to-right: Eli (construction worker), Eugene (Wall St trader), Will…
PMT breakers brought it!
I just got home from celebrating with friends after my breakdance performance tonight at PMT Studios. I’m so proud of my team members — Eli, Trevor, Matt, Eugene and Will — who all just killed it tonight. And I’m happy that I performed my parts well, including the Pavan freeze that I blogged about yesterday!…
Crunch time for our breakdance performance tomorrow!
I’m resting up today because tomorrow night my breakdance group performs at the PMT Spring Showcase. I haven’t been blogging (or doing much of anything else) lately because every free moment for the past couple of weeks has been spent on breakdance practice. It’s been a lot of last-second choreographing and adjustments to get to…
Video: PMT Breaking Rehearsal tonight
Here’s some video of my breakdance performance class practice tonight. Dancers: Matt, Trevor, Eugene, Will and Rik.
Reminder: Breakdance performance next Thursday!
By Nima Farsinejad, used with permission. Just a reminder that next Thursday, April 17 my breakdance performance class will be performing as part of the PMT Spring Dance Showcase in Manhattan. It’s a really fun hip-hop routine, with lots of neat comic moments, some cool power moves, and slick choreography. We’ve been practicing several nights…
Yehoodi Talk Show Episode #507: A fund for aging lindy hoppers, a new podcast for the ladies, and why blues dancers get such respect
The April 1st episode of the Yehoodi Talk Show is online, and it’s not a joke! Spuds and I talk about a cool new fund for aging lindy hoppers, we announce the first lindy hop exchange in China, and we preview our newest podcast for the ladies … "Beaver Lodge." (Insert groan here.) Oh, and more…
West coast swing and lindy hop — two great dances that dance great together
The Boston Tea Party this weekend was my first big swing dance event of the year. For awhile I have been hearing about what a great party it is, with a thousand or so lindy hoppers and west coast swing dancers gathering from around the country for competitions and dance parties all night. There’s something…
Lindy Hop Jam at Boston Tea Party 2008
Click to Play This is a jam circle in the lindy hop room at the Boston Tea Party dance event that I’m at this weekend. Really amazing dancers here from all over the United States from both the lindy hop and the west coast swing world. I’ll try and get some West Coast Swing footage…
Boston Swings this weekend in Danvers!
Click to Play I’m up in lovely Danvers, Massachusetts for the “Boston Tea Party” — a weekend long bachannal of swing dancing competitions, performances, and social dancing. The event is unique because it brings together the lindy hop and the West Coast flavors of the swing dance world, sub-genres which usually hold their own separate…