Get More: America's Best Dance Crew (Season 7), Full Episodes I was totally unprepared for Season 7 of "America's Best Dance Crew," which my friend Michelle alerted me to on Facebook. Just finished Episode One, and I'm so far pretty impressed. This first week was the "Britney Spears" challenge, which was kind of a…
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New Documentary on Cab Calloway airs on PBS! (video)
Watch Cab Calloway: Sketches on PBS. See more from American Masters. Cab Calloway is one of my personal heroes as a bandleader, a dancer and a larger than life personality during the Harlem Rennaissance. While Ellington was smooth and Basie was cool, Calloway was flamboyant, antic, and always entertaining. His fame as an African-American artist…
Documentaries on Frankie Manning & Dawn Hampton Airing Near You!
In case you have not had a chance to watch the two excellent documentaries about legendary lindy hopper Frankie Manning and the Hampton family band, they may be airing soon on a PBS station near you. The director Julie Cohen (via Cynthia Millman) sent around the following information about air dates around the United States. Check your…
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Perform “He Said I Can” on VH-1 (video)
Get More: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, He Said I Can, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Music Videos, Live Performances Check out Ms. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings throwing it down on the VH-1 as part of "VH-1 Divas Celebate Soul"! So amazing. And if you like that song, her new album "Soul Time" is…
“Break’n Reality” TV Series to Chronicle B-boys Lilou, Neguin and Roxrite in 2012
I just found out that Red Bull is producing a new TV series on breaking called "Break'n Reality." The six episode series will follow three of the world's best b-boys, Roxrite, Lilou and Neguin, as they pursue their art, compete and train. Given the high production values of the Red Bull BC-One competitions and…
Joseph Gordon Levitt’s homage to Donald O’Conner: “Make ’em Laugh!”
Not long ago, Joseph Gordon Levitt on Saturday Night Live did an admirable homage to the great dancer / performer Donald O'Conner. Of course O'Conner's "Make em Laugh!" is revered as one of the finest comic dance performances ever captured on film. I really liked the JGL version though, particularly the awesome stunt at the end….
LXD Season 3, Episode 9 “Alliance of the Dark”: Madd Chadd with IamME Crew!
I have been just "meh" about the last few episodes of The LXD, I have to admit. The whole "dance fighting" thing just kind of gets old, and I'm tired of the LXD dancers getting pwned by the "bad" dancers every episode. Why are they the "Legion of Extraordinary Dancers" if they keep getting beat?…
Dancing Biotech Ad Pays Homage to “Footloose” (video)
I have no idea what this commercial from biotech firm Simple Western is all about. Something bio-techy and nerdy. But it's a really cute and exuberant and has a lot of nice references to the break out dance movie "Footloose." That movie really influenced me as a devout Christian teenager who loved to dance! …
LXD S3Ep4 “Can’t Dance”: Elliott gets his shoes / mojo back (video)
After last week's fairly boring episode, this week's LXD episode "Can''t Dance" (series 3, episode 4) comes back with a light and entertaining romp through a tailor's workshop. It's got great energy, silliness, and joy in the dancing. I loved it. Harry Shum, Jr. is just always a pleasure to watch. Check it out here.
LXD S3Ep3 “The Forbidden” : Flamenco, the forgetten street dance (video)
Ah, LXD, you tease. You had me all sucked in with your two excellent opening episodes of Season Three. And then you give me this weak, boring, illogical episode three, "The Forbidden." First off, the dancing. It's Flamenco. Flamenco, for gawd's sake. I mean, I know that flamenco is a bad ass dance, a street…