I love this new guerrilla-style, one take music video by Colin Huggins for his new single "Until It's You." Colin is not only a gifted independent musician, he also demonstrates his considerable popping, lindy hop, and moving sidewalk dancing abilities! I love how the dancing just gets wackier and more elaborate as the video goes…
Category: Dancing / Music
Using Facebook and Twitter to Support Swing Flashmobs
Back before the meme of “flashmobs” starting sweeping the US, swing dancers had a practice we called “lindy bombing.” Which was to show up at a place that wasn’t a regular swing dance venue and start dancing. It might be swinging to muzak playing in a shopping mall, or to hip-hop music in a nightclub,…
Swing is Everywhere in New York City: from subway, to concert hall, to hidden dance club
Thursday was one of those days that make me so happy to live in Gotham. It sometimes seems like everywhere you go, there is great music, and people grooving to it. I started the evening of all places in the Union Square subway station, where the Tin Pan Blues band was playing their unique mix…
Youth-led Prospect Heights Fundraiser nets $6,000 for Haiti! (update)
We at Global Kids could not be more proud of the teens at the High School for Global Citizenship (which we are a partner with) for organizing and performing in the Haiti Solidarity Benefit last night at the Prospect Heights campus amphitheater. Many of the students at HSGC are of Haitian descent, so being able…
Hip-hop Class for Haiti Relief on Saturday January 30
Just got this from my friend Pavan of PMT Dance Studios on how you can learn how to dance and help Haiti on Saturday January 30: With the current disaster in Haiti, we are holding a special class to help raise money to help the disaster victims. 100% of the proceeds will go towards the…
Plateauing as a b-boy
I am trying to face up to the fact that my b-boying is starting to plateau. That is, I'm not feeling like I'm learning that much that is new anymore, and I don't see any goals that I am working toward to keep me inspired. Plus I don't think my body can take much more…
Yehoodi Talk Show Episode 601: Fave Swing Moments in 2009, SYTYCD, More Bad Swing Videos
The January 2010 (Episode 601) edition of the Yehoodi Talk Show is now live and available for your viewing pleasure. This month, Rikomatic and Spuds do a recap of our community's favorite swing memories of 2009, talk about another notable lindy hop birthday that happened in December, show way too many unfortunate "the swing" videos,…
Haiti Solidarity Benefit this Friday, January 22 in Brooklyn
This Friday, January 22, in Brooklyn is the Haiti Solidarity Benefit, a really cool youth-organized fundraiser for Haiti. Global Kids is one of the organizers of this event, through our partnership with the High School for Global Citizenship. Performers will include : Andre Rousseau and Alove Saint Surin Haitian Musician Tiga Jean Baptiste and Tchaka…
Houston Person Swingin’ Hard at New York Swing Dance Society (video)
Here's a quick clip of the fantastic Houston Person and his Quartet performing at the New York Swing Society Dance last Saturday, January 16 in New York City. The New York Swing Dance Society has been a vital force keeping alive the art of swing dancing in NYC for the past 24 years. They have…
“Love n’ Dancing” Review: Dump your crappy boyfriend for a deaf Westie
My friend Christina brought over the DVD of "Love n' Dancing" so we could watch it last night. Perhaps my expectations were low after seeing "B-Girl" last week, but I have to say I honestly liked most of the movie. It helps that I'm a sucker for even a passable dance movie ("Take the…