Here's my solo that I'm working on for the breaking performance I'm doing with my group at PMT Studios next week. Yes, the ending is still not done yet, and my swipes need a lot of work. The song is of course "Body Movin'" by the Beastie Boys (1998).
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Catch Me Breaking at PMT Spring Showcase April 18 and 19
The performance group I'm in at PMT Studios is again doing a breaking performance as part of the PMT Spring Showcase the weekend of April 17-19. You can catch me and my team on Saturday April 18 at 8pm and Sunday April 19 at 3pm. We'll be performing along with several other dance pieces from…
Two legends of hip-hop in one day: Ken Swift and DMC!
Today was one of those days I just love living in New York. In the morning I got to interview hip-hop legend DMC (of Run DMC) at the ENGAGE Expo at Javitz Center. Then in the evening I got to take a fundamentals of breaking class with legendary b-boy Ken Swift. I love my crazy…
Congrats, Quest Crew! (Next stop: the Battle of the Year?)
Here they are: Quest Crew, "America's Best Dance Crew" of 2009. Well deserved, boys. Well played. Quest brought some seriously jaw-dropping tricks every single show, combined with near perfect team precision, creative choreography, and playful energy. No one, besides Beat Freaks, could touch them the whole season. That said, I do have to wonder how…
No hands kip up, finally (video)
I have been off and on trying to do this frakking no-hands kip up for literally about a year. Finally I sorta kinda did it today at breaking practice tonight. Feels pretty good.
“B-Girl” the movie: please don’t suck
Well, here it is, the trailer for "B-Girl" the movie. Starring Lady Jules of Beat Freaks, with a cast of b-boys and b-girls, it promises to at least deliver on the dancing front. The question is whether the plot will enhance or detract from the movie. With that in mind, I have to say, the…
“America’s Best Dance Crew” final episode this week: Girls vs. Boys! Style vs. Power!
America's Best Dance Crew (Season 3) – MTV Shows We are quickly winding up the third season of MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew" and I have been consistently blown away each week. I finally got to see Episode Seven today after returning from my DC trip. Incredibly, it's boiled down from nine crews down to…
Learning from the legend: the original b-boy Ken Swift
I made it to Ken Swift’s weekly breakdance fundamentals class last night at PMT Studios, despite being dead tired from just returning from the Global Kids retreat that morning. Ken Swift is a legend in the breakdance world, an original innovator of most of the basic steps that make up b-boying today. It was a…
The Global Kids Retreat: Spoken Word and B-boying with 60 Teens in the Woods
On Monday, I got to spend some quality time with 60-some teenagers in our Global Kids programs from around New York City — kids who we call our “GK Leaders.” Normally being stuck in the woods with 60 teens sounds more like a bad horror movie rather than a fun time to me. But this…
Swipes into chair freeze from breakdance practice today (video)
Here's a little video from my b-boy practice this afternoon showing how my swipes are coming along, as well as a swipe into a chair freeze. After a few months of work, these moves are finally starting to look like… something.