I'm happy to announce that my hip-hop dance crew Freeplay is holding our 2012 open auditions on August 11. We love new dancers, whether you are hardcore hip-hop or a casually contemporary or just have your own unique style. If you have a passion for dancing, love to perform and want to support equality and…
Category: Dancing / Music
Lindy Hoppers Create “EverSmart” iPhone App, Need Your Votes!
I got this appeal from the nice folks at LindyGroove, one of the largest lindy hop weekly dance in the country. Apparently a bunch of LindyGroove dancers have put their noggins together to create an iPhone app called "EverSmart", built on top of the popular "Evernote" note-taking tool. I use Evernote literally every day, for…
Step Up Revolution = Breaking II Electric Boogaloo
This — seriously — is the plot of "Step Up 4" aka "Step Up Revolution": greedy developer wants to tear down local neighborhood in Miami to make way for a fancy hotel. Dancers organize to stop him… using the ultimate weapon : their sick dance skills. Oh, and the female lead dancer is the…
High School Geometry Class Singing Me “Happy Birthday”
Here's a recording of a group of nearly 40 high school students singing "Happy Birthday" to me. They were put up to it by my lovely friend David in LA, who is teaching their summer school geometry class. This makes me so so happy. Happy Birthday to Ricky
All-Styles Hip-hop Dance Battle at City Dance: So Sick! (video)
On Friday, some members of my crew and I went to the City Dance Hip-hop Dance Battle / Showcase / Fundraiser at the City Dance studio in downtown San Francisco. It was a solid four hours of non-stop dancing, showcasing the full-spectrum of hip-hop dance. The event demonstrated for me how interconnected and community-oriented…
Letting My Inner Queer Shine with the Freeplay Crew at the SF Pride Festival
Here's the Freeplay Hip-hop Dance Crew doing the latest incarnation of our piece "Turn Turn" at the 2012 San Francisco Pride Festival. We were proud to share the stage at the Asian & Pacific Islander Pavillion with many other awesome acts that day. This was my first SF Pride and I was totally blown…
See Freeplay Dance Crew at SF Pride 2012 on June 24
I'm excited to announce that this coming Sunday, June 24, as part of the San Francisco Pride festivities, my hip-hop crew Freeplay will be performing for the thousands of revelers. We will be performing at about 1:45pm on June 24 at the Asian & Pacific Island LGBT Pride stage, on the corner of Polk and…
A Jaw-dropping Disney Haunted House-inspired Routine by Academy of Villains (video)
Academy of Villains is one of the ill-est hip-hop troupes on the West Coast, hell, in the United States. Here they are tearing up the stage at Body Rock 2012 in San Diego last month. I love the Disneyland Haunted House inspired theme, the perfect music choices, and the ridiculous dancing. But nothing beats…
Support SF Gypsy Jazz Band Gaucho’s New CD “Part-Time Sweetheart” (UPDATED)
Gaucho is one of my favorite bands, period. Playing in the gypsy jazz tradition, Gaucho puts out an inspired, Django-esque groove that has been entertaining San Franciscans for years. Some of my favorite nights of dancing has been to Gaucho, who perform every Wednesday at Amnesia Bar in the Mission. Gaucho has a new CD…
Felicia Day Dances “The Swing” **DOUBLE FACEPALM**
Like millions of other geeks, I have a huge nerd-crush on Felicia Day, actress / gamer / ubergeek. Miss Day apparently has a new video blog where she goes out and tries all sorts of different skills, from blacksmithing to crocheting. In this episode, Felicia goes out and learns how to "swing dance." There's so many…