Thanks so much for the many contributions we've received over the past weeks to our fundraiser to support a live broadcast from the International Lindy Hop Championships. We are grateful for every donation, from $5 to $500! The unfortunate news is that we are still far from our goal of $5,800, with a little under…
Category: Dancing / Music
My Birthday Wish: Help Me Produce a Live Internet Dance Show This August!
Hey, it's my birthday this Wednesday! For this birthday, instead of a card or a present, I am asking all of my friends to support a project that is very close to my heart: “Livestreaming Lindy Hop” a live internet broadcast of an awesome dance competition that I’ll be at with (hopefully) my full…
Freeplay Crew brings the hawtness to City Hall for SF Pride’s VIP Party! (video)
Freeplay Dance Crew was honored to perform at the SF PRIDE VIP Party in San Francisco's elegant City Hall. What a rush it was dancing on the grand staircase of City Hall before hundreds and hundreds of revelers!
Helping teens teach science through music and dance
This summer, I've been given the opportunity to expand the range of youth programs I facilitate at the California Academy of Sciences. Along with the Digital Learning youth programs that I manage, I also started co-managing the Cal Academy's "TASC Force" last week. The Teen Advocates for Science Communication (TASC) is an initiative to…
Catch Freeplay Dance Crew at SF Pride 2013 this Sunday!
This weekend, as you may know, is PRIDE Weekend, when cities around the country celebrate the freedom to be who you are and love whoever you wish. San Francisco of course has the best PRIDE celebration anywhere, and my crew Freeplay has been a part of it for many, many years. This year Freeplay…
SwingNation #26: Lindy Hop iPad Covers, an Aussie Documentary on Learning Swing, and the Magnificent Lindini! (video)
Watch SwingNation #26: Our buddy Jim's beautiful Lindy Hop iPad covers! A rant-inspiring mini-documentary and presenting "The Magnificent Lindini" all on this episode of SwingNation.
Support Livestreaming Lindy Hop from ILHC 2013!
I'm extremely excited to announce this fundraiser to support a live video broadcast from the International Lindy Hop Championships in DC this August. Yehoodi.com had the honor of being at ILHC last year, where we did a darn good job broadcasting that year's dance contests. This year we want to take it to the next…
Maya Sharpe & Jade Jordan: Killer Combo of Rhythm Tap & Hip-Hop (video)
You may recall my previous post about Ben Morris and Jennifer Deluca's WCS / hip-hop routine , and my problems with it. This rhythm tap / hip-hop routine by Maya Sharpe & Jade Jordan from the 2013 Jump Session Show demonstrates how powerful it can be when two dance genres work together seamlessly. What I like about…
More Keone and Mari Hawtness at WOD NY 2013
Other hip-hop dancers might hit harder or do fancier tricks, but there's no couple out there with better dance chemistry than Keone and Mari. So many great moments to highlight in this choreo: Mari's drawn out stretch at 1:45 Mari exploding out at 2:44 Keone's backward run at 3:40 Mari's drop at 4:19 Keone…
The Jazzawockeez do the “B-boy Shim Sham” at 9:20 Special (video)
Thanks to the Iris and Kirk at the 9:20 Special for inviting us back to perform the “B-boy Shim Sham” at the 9:20 Special swing dance last Thursday. A fantastic crowd in the best place to swing dance in SF. The “Jazzawockeez” are B-boy J-Blaze, b-boy Chiao, b-boy Rikomatic, and featuring b-girl Chachi! Enjoy.