I used Mozilla Popcorn Maker to create this enhanced video to supplement Basement Jaxx's excellent music video "What a Difference Your Love Makes." Mozilla Popcorn Maker is an open source system for combining video with text, web links, maps, photos, and more. Really fun and easy to play with. Click this link to see the…
Category: Dancing / Music
South African Pantsula and Basement Jaxx “What a Difference Your Love Makes”
Check out the dope dancing to this new music video for the Basement Jaxx song "What a Difference Your Love Makes." But what's the story behind the dancing? A friend of mine called this "charleston hip-hop," which I can kind of see. There's definitely some tap and vernacular jazz influences in that movement, but…
My Talk on Social Dancing and Embodied Learning
For a staff retreat day at work last week, we had different staff people give short talks about something that they are passionate about that in some ways relates to our work as science educators. I decided to give a talk on "social dancing and embodied learning" since dance is such a big part of…
“That’s It” Combines NOLA Jazz, Tap, and Hip-hop Dance Beautifully (video)
Here's some slick house dance, popping, breaking and tap to the new song by the inimitable Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The track is "That's It." That is it, indeed! Video link, in case the embed doesn't work.
What Is Lindy Hop? (video)
A couple of months ago, I asked lindy hop friends where I could find a concise, accurate and entertaining video defining what "Lindy Hop" is. No one could suggest a video that met that criteria, so we decided to make one. Here is "What is Lindy Hop" by Yehoodi productions. We hope you like it….
Why We Broadcast ILHC in One Picture
Q: What did you do this weekend? A: We produced over three days a 15-hour live broadcast production, bringing an international dance competition to hundreds and hundreds of lindy hoppers around the world, from Tel Aviv to Minsk. More details here. More pictures here.
Watch the live broadcast of a dance competition I’m producing this weekend in DC!
I wanted you alls to know that this weekend I will be producing and co-hosting a live video broadcast of the "International Lindy Hop Championships" in Washington DC. Starting on Friday night and finishing on Sunday night, my broadcast team will be streaming live to the internet this global dance competition for the world to see. I'm…
“First Position”: Amazing Documentary about Six Young Ballerinas
Confession: I am not a ballet fan. I find ballet physically impressive and aesthetically pleasing. But I'm not really moved when I watch most ballet performances. Months ago, for some unknown reason, I put "First Position", a documentary about a ballet competition, in my Netflix cue, and then didn't touch it. Finally this weekend — after…
Breaking It Down at My Cousin’s Wedding (video)
So "Ice Ice Baby" comes on at a wedding. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?
Rookies at World of Dance (video)
Gotta love any routine that starts with "Poison"! Holy crap they are amazing.