Last night, I went with some friends to catch the opening weekend of the latest in the "Step Up" dance film franchise "Step Up: All In." I've been a fan of this series since the first "Step Up" in 2006. I enjoyed "Step Up 2: The Streets," fanatically love "Step Up 3D" and was…
Which “Step Up” Movie is Best? Only YOU Can Decide!
I'm throwing a "Step Up" movie marathon this weekend, in honor of the FIFTH installment coming out soon. Can you believe there are five of these things now? Anyway, I wanted to figure out which of the four existing "Step Up" films to show at my place. Help me decide by ranking them from…
Ichigeki at 2005 Battle of the Year: One of the Best B-boy Routines Ever (video)
One of the highlights of the documentary "Planet B-Boy" is an incredible group performance by the legendary Japanese b-boy crew Ichigeki. I've watched that routine roughly 100 times. Finally, the routine has been put (legally) on YouTube. Watch it below, and I've got a few comments after: There's so much that makes this outstanding…
Get Schooled on the A-Z of African Dance! (video)
Africa is an enormous and diverse continent. So it makes sense that there would be hundreds of different dance styles and sub-cultures. Here is one compilation of African dance forms demonstrated by "The Dance Hall" in Senegal. Really wonderful seeing all these kinds of movement, so many of which were unknown to me. I'm a…
Dancing with Sharon Jones at the Fillmore in SF (video)
I'm on a dance video tear lately, I know. But this one has been waiting several months to be posted. In March I had the extreme pleasure of seeing Sharon Jones and the Dapkings perform at the historic Fillmore in SF, along with my friends Jeremy and Kirk. It was a concert I was frankly…
Kiesza “Hideaway” Music Video is 80s Dance Awesomeness (video)
Could this be better? The answer is: NO. Kiesza is a Canadian singer, dancer and multi-instrumentalist. The single is called "Hideaway." That girl is going places!
Dancing Past Doubt for My Sister’s Wedding Party (video)
My sis Cori and her boyfriend Fadhly got married recently, and we celebrated with a wonderful party at their home in Alameda last Saturday. I couldn't really decide on what an appropriate present to get for the couple who has everything. So I decided to put together a little dance piece for them I thought…
Riding my Brompton Foldie Bike from the Sunset to Sausalito
On Saturday, I did something I've been wanting to do for YEARS: bike across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito. My main hesitation has been that I ride a Brompton folding bike. While the Brompton is an engineering marvel, it's not so good on steep inclines. So getting from my Inner Sunset to the…
Hemp Superstar Adidas from Journeys
I needed some new kicks and my local Journey's store had these sweet hemp Superstar Adidas that apparently are only available at Journeys. Sold! I love my old pair of tan and gold Adidas, but they were getting just too embarassing to wear in public. These feel really great, are a bit lighter than my other…
Three Variations on the Game “Ninja” by Cal Academy TechTeens
It’s stuff like that that reminds me why I have the best job ever. Just for fun, a group of our summer TechTeens at the California Academy of Sciences created different variations on the popular kids game “Ninja” (or “Ultimate Ninja”). It started as a lunchtime activity to get them physically interacting and playing, and…