Tonight Bill Bragin, head organizer of Midsummer Nights Swing at Lincoln Center, announced that on July 25, the final night of the summer dance festival will feature a dance contest to honor the late swing dance legend Frankie Manning! Twenty couples will compete for a season pass for next year's Midsummer Nights Swing, and other…
Category: Dancing / Music
Breaking barefoot (pics)
I was doing some long-overdue breakdance practice tonight and decided to take some pics of myself barefoot. Not really practical, but I thought the pictures came out cool. The hardest part was hitting the timer and then rushing over into some kind of freeze. Yeah, I know, I need a remote. More in my flickr…
Popping to the Nintendo Wii music (video)
This is some wicked geek dancing: fantastic popper Mike Song does an adorable tutting routine to the introductory song for the Nintendo Wii. So brilliant. Man, I wish I could tut like that. Thanks for the link, Asane!
Wall Street Journal video on Frankie Manning and lindy hop! (video)
Fellow lindy hopper Elva prepared this really neat video blog "They're Still Doing the Lindy Hop" on the Wall Street Journal site about the lindy hop renaissance. I get a couple of quotes in there about lindy hop and the future of this great dance. Elva also got some really dope swing footage in there!
Rebirth Brass Band funks it up tonight at B.B. Kings! (video)
I just got home from catching the legendary Rebirth Brass Band of New Orleans just tearing it up at B.B. Kings in Times Square tonight. The ensemble filled the packed club with their unique, funked up style. I was right up on the stage, so got blasted by the amplified sound of seven horn players…
My 2nd Birthday Jam at Frim Fram! (video)
Here's a video of my second birthday jam, taking place this time at our weekly Frim Fram Jam dance last Thursday at Club 412. This was a super fun jam, dancing with almost as many followers as my birthday (40)! Thanks for all the dancers who came in my jam! And as always, thanks for…
African Arts Parade & Festival in Brooklyn (pics, video)
I happened to hear the sounds of a marching band from my apartment and rushed down to see a parade for the International African Arts Festival rolling past my building up Fulton Avenue. Those dancers are so cute! African Arts Festival goers will discover live music, dance, spoken word performances, African marketplace, showcase performances, fashion,…
My Metaplace World: Now embeddable!
Here's my first world I created in Metaplace that I can now embed here (or anywhere on the web)! This is a pretty revolutionary way to move virtual worlds from "walled gardens" to places situated in the wider social web. Embedding can increase traffic to your world, let you more easily hang out with friends,…
My “Funky 40th” birthday jam last night! (video)
Here's a video of my birthday jam during my "Funky 40th Soul Party" last night at Club 412. So much fun dancing and partying with some of my closest friends from swing, hip-hop, Quaker and Global Kids communities. Yes, I really am 40. I don't really believe it myself sometimes. Thanks for taking this video,…
The Winners of “So You Think You Can Dance”: Where are they now?
I was bored and decided to do some research to find out what the winners of past seasons of "So You Think You Can Dance" are doing now. Here's what I found out: Season One: Nick LazzariniCurrent Work: Founding member of the Evolution Dance Company in California. No further info available, not even a website…