Check out this fun video of a bunch of New York lindy hoppers doing a flashmob performance near the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, NYC last week. I've danced on those tiles around the fountain and know how difficult they are to swing on. Nice work, everyone! And gotta love that song "The Walk"…
Category: Dancing / Music
Digitizing Performance: Increasing Reach, Decreasing Power
Today at Quaker Meeting I was thinking about how the experience of any kind of performance is affected by the format that is received. A symphony listened to from the lawn in Central Park with thousands of other picnickers has little relationship to the same symphony heard from a video recording uploaded to YouTube. And…
Dancing with My Gigantic Self
Question: So say you had access to a ginormous banner depicting yourself dancing with one of your favorite dance partners. What would you do with it? Answer: put it on the ground on dance on it! As you may recall, Lincoln Center a couple of months ago contacted my friend Nina and I about being…
Super Mario Meets the Lindy Hop (video)
Dancers Morgan Day and Emily Wigger danced an incredible homage to Super Mario Brothers at the Camp Hollywood lindy hop event last weekend. You can see lots of fun references to the game play, from the hilarious costumes, sound effects, music and action. And all done with top notch lindy hopping! So creative and…
The LXD Season 3 Trailer: Rise of the Drifts (video)
At this point I know not to get my hopes up about the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers new season. But damn is that a sick trailer or what? Gotta love scary clowns, ballerinas in the supermarket, and bolero dancers in the desert. Beautiful cinematography and wonderful dance moments captured. It's just the parts where…
Yehoodi Talk Show: The Herrang Edition
I forgot to mention that Spuds, Letta and I did a live taping of our Yehoodi Talk Show from the Herrang Dance Camp last week! It was a blast being with both of them in the Folkets Hus main building of the camp, sitting in a cafe, just talking about how Herrang is going. I'm…
The Herrang Dance Camp: The Culinary Experience
As a food-obsessed dancer, going to rural Sweden for the Herrang Dance Camp was a mixed bag for me. Sure, some of the best swing dancers, swing musicians and teachers are there from around the world. But what am I going to EAT all day and night? I mean, you can only have so many…
Dance Legend Chester Whitmore in National Peanut Board Commercial (video)
Check out this fantastic advertisement for the National Peanut Board featuring tap / swing / martial artist master Chester Whitmore! (I know, its a few months old, but I just heard about it.) Chester is just an inspiration for dancers young and old. So who you callin grandpa? LOL. I'm very sad that I missed…
Final Day in Herrang: Hellos and Goodbyes
Saturday is the traditional change-over / reset day at the Herrang Dance Camp. All day, scores of dancers arrive and depart as the next round of classes and parties is prepped to begin on Sunday. Rooms are cleaned, facilities are repaired, schedules are organized. I have been walking around in a stupor after being out…
Getting into the Herrang Groove: Two Weeks Minimum
I have decided that the minimum stay for having a satisfactory Herrang Dance Camp experience is two weeks. You need at least one week to get acclimated to the unique environment, culture and time-table of Herrang. Just figuring out where to sleep, eat, go to class, social dance, and hang out takes like three…