The now viral video from Montreal Swing Riot has gotten a lot of people excited about the potential for combining lindy hop with other street dances and more contemporary music. As a lindy hopper, b-boy and a house dancer, I'm always on the lookout for cool collaborations, competitions and performances that bring these different styles together. Here…
Montreal Swing Riot brings together Lindy Hop and Hip Hop
This video from the 2014 Montreal Swing Riot has been going viral, at nearly 50K views only a day after being published. It shows the invitational battle between some awesome lindy hoppers and a group of street dancers, including b-boys, krumpers, poppers, and lockers. You can see the mutual respect and admiration from all of…
Sexist Makers of Anti-math Socks for Women Mess with the Wrong Math Teacher
My friend and veteran math teacher Cindy posted to her blog "100 Handwritten Notes" this brilliant, face-palming interchange between her and a clothing business called BlueQ. TLDR: Cindy writes ranty, but erudite email to company for selling a females-only sock with a message about hating math. Company owner replies dismissively, and accidently includes internal email…
Health Check: Three Months and Running…
On my 45th birthday in July, I resolved to resume a regular exercise regime for my health and well-being. For just under three months I’ve been doing a morning run three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings. I’ve logged about 90-100 total miles over that time period. On the plus side, I’ve enjoyed…
Highlights of Walt Disneyworld: African Safaris, Scary Drops, and Spell-casting
Last week, I and some friends had an amazing time visiting the Walt Disneyworld and Universal Studios theme parks in Orlando. It was a fantastic opportunity to catch up on the explosion of themeparks since the last time I was there about 18 years ago. Walt Disneyworld is of course the grand-daddy of them all,…
Disney’s Sci-fi Theater Restaurant and Creating “Woah!” Spaces
Last night, some friends and I ate at the "Sci-Fi Theater Restaurant" in Disney's Hollywood Studios themepark in Orlando. It's a good reminder to me of how evocative and inspiring well-designed spaces can be. The Sci-fi Theater is actually a pretty hard place to get a reservation at, in my experience. I've been visiting Disneyworld…
Disneyworld Adventures Day 1: The Magic Kingdom!
Today was day one of my trip to Disneyworld with some friends this week. It's been nearly 20 years since I've been to this Disneypark, and it's long past due. On this first day we tackled the centerpiece of the multi-park complex, The Magic Kingdom. We hit up a large majority of the park between 9am…
B-boy Practice with Jeremy in Golden Gate Park (video)
I like the look of this video of Jeremy and I practicing a part of the "It Don't Mean a Thing" piece that we performed earlier this year. This was an ending to our piece that Jeremy and I were brainstorming and wanted to share with the rest of the crew. The framing of the…
Watch the International Lindy Hop Championships with Me This Weekend!
This weekend I'm going to be in DC for my favorite dance event of the year, the International Lindy Hop Championships. I'm inviting you to watch along with me the live broadcast of this global dance competition that I'm helping to produce along with some friends. Whether you know anything about lindy hop (swing dancing)…
Yehoodi’s 8-bit Gamer Take on the 2014 International Lindy Hop Championships
I've been chomping at the bit to share out these awesome screengrabs from our new animation open for the 2014 International Lindy Hop Championships this weekend. Manu, Jim and I conceived of this on the plane ride back from Frankie100 in April, and it's so awesome to see it finally getting to see the light…