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…
Category: Dancing / Music
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….
Rik doing cartwheels
It took me just 42 years, but I can finally do cartwheels. It's never too late to learn something new.
Happy Funky New Year from the FreePlay Dance Crew!
Here's a super cute picture of my dance crew FreePlay, wishing you a very funky, happy New Year!
Yehoodi.com and Frim Fram in the New York Times!
My friend Swifty sent me the exciting news that the "grey lady" of journalism, the New York Times, has done a great writeup of the local swing scene in New York, with prominent mentions of Yehoodi.com and our Frim Fram Jam Thursday night dance! This is definitely one of the most prominent media mentions of Yehoodi ever in…
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Perform “He Said I Can” on VH-1 (video)
Get More: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, He Said I Can, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Music Videos, Live Performances Check out Ms. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings throwing it down on the VH-1 as part of "VH-1 Divas Celebate Soul"! So amazing. And if you like that song, her new album "Soul Time" is…
2011 Red Bull BC-One International B-boy Battle: Roxrite Dominates!
Red Bull has finally gotten around to posting all of the battle footage from the 2011 Red Bull BC-One b-boy competitions in Moscow Russia that took place on November 26. Here’s the final round between Roxrite of the US and Lil G of Venezuela, and it’s fantastic. I enjoy the BC-One series, which pits the…