I've been meaning to put together this list for awhile, since I get asked this on a regular basis. This is my own, non-exhaustive, curated list of places to learn and dance lindy hop in the San Francisco Bay Area. Basically, if I can recommend a venue or I go their regularly, they made the…
Category: Dancing / Music
Lia Kim Choreography: From Mimicking to Owning the Dance
I stumbled across this dope dance video of several groups of dancers doing basically the same choreography created by Lia Kim. All the dancers are awesome, but what really struck me was how different each of the versions was from each other, even though they were doing essentially the same set of movements. Small…
We Did It: A Quick Re-cap of What We Accomplished on the ILHC Live Broadcast
Over the next days, we'll post more about how the live broadcast from the 2015 International Lindy Hop Championships went, thank all the folks involved, and share where you can find the archives and assets later. But I wanted to just write quickly about what we accomplished at ILHC this year, as a reminder of…
Waacking + Indian Dance = Kumari Suraj
Speaking of fusing two awesome things that should go great together: Indian dance + waacking seems like a natural to me. I just saw a lovely contemporary indian dance performance in SF and thought that there must be some great synergies with street dance to explore. Then I found this. What do you think?
House Dance + Live Jazz: LaTasha Barnes
Oh HELL yeah.
Solo Jazz Performance by Skye Humphries & Remy Kouakou Kouame at Herrang
An unbelievable solo jazz performance by Skye Humphries and Remy Kouakou Kouame at the Herrang Dance Camp from a couple of days ago. Oh Jebus, these two. So flipping smooth and musical. I can't stand it. I CAN'T STAND IT.
My Birthday Outfit and Dance Jam at the 9:20 Special (video)
Good times dancing with friends and other dancey folks at the 9:20 Special dance in San Francisco for my birthday jam last Thursday. Birthday jams are one of the sweetest traditions of the lindy hop community, where everyone gets to celebrate the birthday girl or boy by dancing with them in a silly steal dance….
Help My Team Broadcast ILHC 2015 to the World!
I'm excited to announce that my video production team at Yehoodi.com and myself will be heading to Washington DC at the end of August to produce a live broadcast from the International Lindy Hop Championships! It's my favorite dance event of the year, and a real joy to bring to the world. That said, it's not…
Joyss Performing “Take 5” at Montreal Swing Riot (video)
Montreal Swing Riot 2015 – Joyss – Guest Performance from Alain Wong on Vimeo. Joyss is a multi-genre dancer from Paris, performing, judging and teaching here at Swing Riot in Montreal this weekend. Here is Joyss doing his piece "Take 5". I love how effortlessly he mixes genres, but also blends it all into one…
Postmodern Jukebox and Bringing Jazz to the Masses
Last night I had the pleasure of catching the musical group Postmodern Jukebox at the Regency in San Francisco. I honestly did not know what to expect. I maybe caught a video or two produced by Postmodern Jukebox, but I put them in the same box as novelty, tongue-in-cheek remakes of modern songs in a…