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Category: Dancing / Music
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…
Street dancers Tear It Up to “That’s It” by Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Street dancers (and hoofer) tearing it up to "That's It" by Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Nuff said. Credits Director, Editor and ChoreographerJo Roy DancersBliss UltraOmniMicah "Jamz" AbbreyDalphe MorantusJohn LubbersShelby Stehlin
Ksenia Parkhatskaya Dancing with Herself to “Big Chief” by Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Awesome dancing and choreography by Russian dancer Ksenia Parkhatskaya, amazing use of green screen tech, and a great Nola-funk by Dirty Dozen Brass Band. You can't have too many Ksenia's. Check out this earlier version of this choreography from 2012 done with multiple dancers (instead of multiple Ksenia's.)
Frankie Manning’s 101st Birthday and What He Taught Me
Today would have been the 101st birthday of Mr. Frankie Manning, the “ambassador of swing” and one the finest humans I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. I was fortunate enough to start swing dancing in the late 1990s in New York, right during the peak of the neo-swing resurgence and when Frankie Manning was…
XPress Your Swing Performance: More Lindy Hop + Street Dance Freshness
This video from the Xpress Your Swing festival in Montpellier, France has all the things that I love: slick lindy hop, funky street dancing, cool tricks, and clever choreo. And the energy of the whole thing is fantastic. Other dance styles in there include boogie woogie, West Coast Swing, breaking, popping, and whatever that they…