In case you have not had a chance to watch the two excellent documentaries about legendary lindy hopper Frankie Manning and the Hampton family band, they may be airing soon on a PBS station near you. The director Julie Cohen (via Cynthia Millman) sent around the following information about air dates around the United States. Check your…
Category: Dancing / Music
Josephine Baker dancing the Charleston topless (NSFW, doh)
There really isn't anything more to say about this. Thank you, archive.org!
FreePlay Dance Crew Photo Shoot in December
In December, my dance crew FreePlay did a quick photo shoot after practice at the Embarcadero YMCA. Not quite studio quality, but some of them are really cute! Most of the pics were taken by Josh, our team leader.
Ballroom and Gays Go Together Like Glitter and Sequins (video)
These ladies are just rocking the Jive! And you can see them samba-ing their heart out here. At the fabulous Dancing in the River City same sex ballroom competition in Sacramento last weekend.
Marie and Anders Lindy to Electronica for Jeans Ad
Check out my buddy Marie N'diaye and her partner Anders dancing lindy hop to electronic music for this ad for Tiger of Sweden Jeans. They are killin it, even if the song is kind of weird to swing to. (And I'll forgive the skinny jeans, but just this one time.) You can see some other…
FreePlay Dance Crew Perform at Dancing in the River City (video)
Last Sunday, the FreePlay Dance Crew got to show their stuff at the "Dancing in the River City" same-sex ballroom event in Sacramento. I honestly didn't know what to expect from performing hip-hop at a ballroom event. I pictured a polite but slightly puzzled audience of ballroom fans and dancers. "Thanks (yawn), next!" I should have…
Manu and his son playing “DJ Hero 2”
Here's my buddy Manu and his son Micah playing "DJ Hero 2" for the X-Box. Okay, well Micah thinks he's playing. Go DJ Micah on the ones and twoes!
I’m Proud of the Yehoodi.com Community
As one of the adminstrators of the swing dance website Yehoodi.com, I sometimes get lost in the minutae of moderating the discussions, projecting managing our web dev team, and producing our podcasts. But just today looking at the front page of the site, I'm immensely proud of what we have built together. Every single…
NOLA Dancers in Fun Music Video “Baby Can Dance”
This music video "Baby Can Dance" has been making its way around the internet lindy circles, and for good reason. It features several New Orleans lindy hoppers (including my friend Lisa Casper) dancing to a very cute tune by Carsie Blanton. Featured dancers: Chance Bushman and Giselle Anguizola Peter Loggins and Amy Johnson Reuel Reis…
My Favorite Swing and Lindy Video Clips from 2011
Here's one of my favorite video clips from 2011 — the world's best lindy hop troupe, the Harlem Hotshots, performing at the largest swing dance camp in the world, the Herrang Dance Camp. Sadly, I missed this performance by a week or so when I was there. Still this is some ridiculously badass dancing….