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Riding the Ill Train: My B-boy Performance at Frim Fram (video)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

My friend Joyce shot and edited this sweet video of me and my fellow b-boys Eugene, Will and Brooke performing our piece "Ill Train" at the Frim Fram Jam Dance in December. Choreographer: Pavan Thimmaiah of PMT Studios. Thanks so much, Joyce!  

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Bally’s Casino and Yehoodi Host $5K Swing Dance Contest: UPDATED

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

I'm excited to announce that this Thursday, January 13, Saturday, January 29 in Atlantic City, Bally's Casino in Atlantic City, in association with Yehoodi.com, will be hosting a swing dance contest and dance with $5,000 in prize money on the line!  This event is completely unbelievable but true.  Here's what you can expect: Six hours…

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Lindy Hoppers Dax and Sarah on New Dance Reality Show “Live To Dance”

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

  I suppose I should be excited about this new dance reality show "Live to Dance," but the promos and brief videos I've seen are so saccharine-filled fluff that it hurts my brain.  Bright lights! Standing ovations! Gushing judges! ZOMG! Paula Abdul! That said, I'm very excited to see Dax Hock and Sarah Breck on…

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Rik Rides the Train: Playing Dance Central for First Time! (video)

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

Here's a somewhat embarassing video of me playing "Dance Central" on the XBox 360 for the first time at Spud's place.  The song: "Com'n Ride It" by the Quad City DJs (1995.) The level: Medium.  The experience: AWESOME. Damn, I really want this game now.  

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My NYC Bucket List

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

I've been working on my list of things I want to be sure and do before I leave New York at the end of January. Since I've lived here for so long, there aren't a lot of things I want to do that I haven't done. But there are a few that I'm itching to…

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Dancing on the Nostalgia Subway Train Part II (video, pics)

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

On Sunday, 80-some lindy hoppers gathered for a "lindy bomb" of the Nostalgia Subway Train that runs during the holidays on the F Train line. It was an incredible day of dancing, great music, and random New York weirdness. At about 12:30, a bunch of us lindy hoppers were gathered at the 2nd Avenue Subway…

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Louis Armstrong Museum Launches Online Catalog of Satchmo’s Photos, Letters and More

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona Queens this weekend announced that they have begun releasing online some of the thousands of digitized archives about Louis Armstrong that they are the caretakers for.  The online catalog will provide the public access to some of the "5,000 sound recordings, 15,000 photographs, 30 films, 100 scrapbooks, 20…

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The LXD Season 2 Finale: Throwdown at the OK Corral

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

Season two of the epic dance web series "The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers" finished this week with a two part episode "The Good, The Bad and the Ra."  Here are the direct links to the videos: Part I Part II This is the massive multi-dancer battle that we've all been waiting for, with each episode…

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Vids & Photos of Swing Dancing on the Nostalgia Subway Train [UPDATED]

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

My buddy Voon shares with me a fun video of him and I (and later, Mafa and I) dancing on the "Nostalgia Subway Train" this past Sunday. Good times, good times. See my previous post for more about what this is all about.  Thanks for filming this, Mafa, and sharing it, Voon! UPDATED 12/14/10: Lots…

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New York Moments: Dancing on a moving subway train, then in a divey bar in Williamsburg

Posted on December 12, 2010 by

Today was one of those days when I love New York so much that it hurts to think of leaving.  Where else could I be dancing on a classic 1940s subway train with a couple hundred other vintage attired revelers, while a hot jazz band plays?  The occasion was the "Nostalgia Train" that the MTA…

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