After a couple months of development, we are excited to announce the new full-page calendar on Yehoodi 3.0! As the world's premiere swing dance community site, we know that a primary reason that people come to Yehoodi is to look for events they can dance at, both near them and for traveling purposes. I think…
Category: Dancing / Music
Fordham High School Step Team at Global Kids Conference (video)
I've been meaning to put this up, but got behind on my videos. Here's the awesome step team from Fordham High School in the Bronx tearing it up at the 2010 Global Kids Youth Conference earlier this month. So fierce. [Link to original video.]
Akemi & Nathan dancing to Baby Soda in Washington Square Park (video)
Here’s a cute video of Nathan and Akemi lindy hopping to the Baby Soda Jazz Band today in Washington Square Park. It was a glorious day for listening and dancing to some awesome swing jazz by the Baby Soda guys. About 20-some dancers turned out, along with an appreciative crowd of onlookers. My favorite part…
Daily Dancespiration: Quest Crew’s “Sing Sing Sing” Routine on ABDC Charity Show! (video)
My friend Toni alerted me to a particularly relevant routine on the last episode of America’s Best Dance Crew last Thursday. Finally got to see it late tonight, and OMG so ridiculous! It’s the incomparable Quest Crew doing a breaking routine to the Benny Goodman swing classic “Sing Sing Sing!” Such great tricks, humor and…
Midsummer Nights Swing 2010 Lineup: Battle of the Bands, Bhangra & New Orleans Moonshiners!
Friends Eden and David on the banner of the Midsummer Nights Swing website! Lincoln Center this morning released the line up for the 2010 season of Midsummer Nights Swing, their summer celebration of music and dance. Taking place from June 27 to July 17, it looks like a fun, eclectic mix of music and…
The Main Event Hip-hop Competition 2010: Congrats Capital Funk!
Last night I headed to "The Main Event" a hip-hop dance competition sponsored by the Fr3sh dance troupe, who you might recall from "America's Best Dance Crew" Season 4. Despite having danced hip hop for years, I've never actually been to a large scale competition, so I was interested in seeing how it ran. It…
America’s Best Dance Crew Season 5 Finale: Congrats Poreotix!
America's Best Dance Crew (Season 5) – MTV Shows The finale of season five of America's Best Dance Crew was last night, which I just got to see. It was fantastic watching again all of the crews from this season do their thing, particularly my faves Static Noyze, Jungle Boogie and Heavy Impact. Having them…
ABDC Episode 510: Can Canada Win (North) America’s Best Dance Crew?
America's Best Dance Crew (Season 5) – MTV Shows Wow, really incredible second to last episode of America's Best Dance Crew. The challenge this week was to do performances that incorporate three different relatively obscure regional hip-hop styles: Turfin', Baltimore House and the New Orleans Bounce. Here's what I saw: Blueprint Cru looked a bit…
NOLA Brass Band leading Second Line across Brooklyn Bridge this morning! (video)
Here's some sorta grainy video of a bunch of New Orleans jazz musicians leading a crowd of revelers across the Brookyn Bridge this morning. That's DancingMan504 leading the procession like a jazz maniac. Who dat! Dancing to live NOLA jazz across the Brooklyn Bridge. Life doesn't get better.
Naomi Uyama and Peter Strom at Frim Fram (video)
Here's a sweet dance performance by lindy hop stars Peter Strom and Naomi Uyama at our dance the Frim Fram Jam last night. I love how smooth and relaxed they are in their movement.