So a quick update since I took "The Switch" workshop in early August. I've continued to dance the follower role for most of the social dances that I go to for the past couple of months, and it's been a blast. There are some dances I've been to where I have mostly danced as a…
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Watch the Shimmy Shakers (and FOUR other Bay Area Teams) at Camp Hollywood XX!
Here's my solo jazz team the Shimmy Shakers doing our thing at Camp Hollywood XX last weekend. I could not be more proud of the work that my team presented. I'm so fortunate I got to work with these fine folks and share what we created in Los Angeles and DC. I'm also super proud…
Learning to Love Camp Hollywood: Sick Dancing, Crazy Energy, Poolside Chilling
I just got home from a long weekend at the Camp Hollywood lindy hop camp in Los Angeles. To be perfectly honest, I have not been a fan of Camp Hollywood. In the past, I found the vibe superficial, clique-ish, and borderline sexist. I felt isolated and inadequate as a dancer at the event. I remember…
My 2017 ILHC: Dance Amazingness, Bay Area Love, Honoring our History
Photo Credit : Maren Marien Henes Finally home after a fantastic trip to DC for the 10th annual International Lindy Hop Championships. I've been coming to ILHC for many, many years, and it never gets old for me. ILHC brings together lots of things I cherish — being around some of the most talented dancers…
Representing at the International Lindy Hop Championships
Yesterday I competed with my team the Shimmy Shakers at the 10th annual International Lindy Hop Championships. I have a lot of feelings, but mostly just feeling grateful and blessed to be here and be a part of this global community. We were one of a slew of awesome competitors in the brand new solo…
Off to DC to Get Weird with the Shimmy Shakers at ILHC!
Tomorrow morning I'm off to Washington DC to compete with my team the Shimmy Shakers at the International Lindy Hop Championships! I'm so excited to share our routine with the world, which is fun, dynamic, slick and weird. And I get to do it with a swell gaggle of shakers. More soon…
Thoughts on Dancing, Getting Older, and Continuing Revelation
I won't always be dancing the way I dance now. I've been thinking about that in mostly a negative ways: My body won't let me b-boy anymore… I'm losing flexibility and power, so I have to make up for it in some other way….I won't be able to do the things I do now in ten…
Princess Lockeroo Waacking to Ella Fitzgerald’s “Air Mail Special”
Check out legendary waacker Princess Lockeroo doing a sick showcase to Ella Fitzgerald's "Air Mail Special." Love that mix of waacking and jazz movement!
Freestyle Dancing to “Booty Swing” by Parov Stelar
For a long time, I’ve been wanting to put together a nicely produced video of me dancing, showcasing all of the fun dance styles I’ve been playing with over the past couple of years, including solo jazz, charleston, house, and waacking. Last Saturday, I finally got it together to do it, with the help of…
Learning and Celebrating the Other Role at The Switch Workshop
I am a terrible follower. And I love it. A couple of weekends ago, I got to work on learning the other side of lindy hop, the follower role, at The Switch Workshop in San Francisco. The Switch is one of the first full weekend dance workshops dedicated to focus on learning the non-traditional role…