Here's some footage of dancer Salim Cash doing a kickass Michael Jackson impersonation / homage at the Monster Mash dance on Halloween in New York City. You can't see in this video, but Salim really owns and inhabits every single micro-movement of the dance, investing it with passion and emotion. I had forgotten how much…
Category: Dancing / Music
Yehoodi Video Talk Show #516: Where Spuds & Rik Crash at StackedBlog’s Apartment
Episode 516 of the Yehoodi Talk Show is now online and available for download to the portable device of your choice. A brief clip from the show is above. In this Episode, Spuds and Rikomatic talk about Yehoodi3.0, the recent 11th anniversary of Yehoodi, a new website devoted to collegiate shag, and show off a…
Breaking to Baby Soda Jazz Band in Washington Square Park
It was a glorious day in Washington Square Park to be dancing to live jazz! The fabulous Baby Soda Jazz Band played for several hours in the park to delighted crowds of onlookers and dancers. Here's me breaking to one of their more uptempo numbers. Thanks for shooting this for me, Will!
My favoritest halloween picture ever!
My buddy Voon was kind enough to share with me this hilarious picture of me lindy hopping with my friend Lynn on Halloween. I love how ridiculous I look as an "undead b-boy" and how calm Lynn is in the background. Here's another priceless one, along the same lines. Thanks, Voon! You rock!
Popping Battle Montage from Kings of New York 6 (video)
Here's some more ill competition footage from the Kings of New York 6 dance competition that took place on Sunday, November 1, at Saint Marks Church in the East Village. This time, it's the poppers turn! I didn't shoot as much video of the popping battles, but you can still see some sick moves just…
B-boys and B-girls Battle to be the New “King of New York” in East Village (video)
Yesterday evening was the sixth annual "Kings of New York" Dance Competition at Saint Marks Church in the East Village. Here's a montage of some of the 8-on-8 crew battles. Sorry, I didn't catch all the names of the crews. Congrats to Dynamic for winning the KONY6 best crew crown (again, apparently)! They featured incredible…
Pics from “Kings of NY” B-boy Battle in East Village
Today was the sixth annual "Kings of New York" Dance Competition at Saint Marks Church in the East Village. It was a really cool and inspiring event, showcasing some of the best b-boys, house dancers and poppers in New York City. I managed to squeeze up front and shoot some pics and videos. Here's the…
“Cause this is thriller! Thrill… er… night!” Dancing with ThrillerNYC in the Halloween Parade
I'm totally exhausted and braindead, but I had an absolutely fantastic time dancing with the ThrillerNYC group in the Halloween parade as one of the boogie-ing zombies. It's such a wonderfully open and friendly dance group, presided over by Bridget, Severine and many, many other volunteers. Thanks, ThrillerNYC, for organizing such a kick ass dance…
Rundown of Halloween Swing Parties in NYC (updated)
I plan on again rocking the Halloween Parade as a zombie with the gigantic Thriller group. But afterwards I'm going to want to get some more dancing on. This Halloween there is a huge assortment of swing dancing parties going on all over the city. Which is awesome! Here's a quick rundown of what I…
Fun Prezi presentation about the new Yehoodi.com website!
I just finished preparing a video presentation about the new Yehoodi.com, complete with the classic Yehoodi song created by Spuds several years ago. I hope you like it! Created using the awesome prezi zoom-a-rific, web-based presentation tool, you can see the original prezi version of the slideshow after the jump…