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Breaking Class with Drew Looner at Athletic Playground: Pushing Your Body and Your Mind

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Although I was pretty tired from the two day conference I just got back from, I decided to head out to catch B-boy Drew Looner's breaking class at Athletic Playground in Emeryville. Athletic Playground is a small and friendly space where they teach all manner of athletic pursuits from gymnatics to parkour, acro-yoga, and something…

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Riding the Ill Train: My B-boy Performance at Frim Fram (video)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

My friend Joyce shot and edited this sweet video of me and my fellow b-boys Eugene, Will and Brooke performing our piece "Ill Train" at the Frim Fram Jam Dance in December. Choreographer: Pavan Thimmaiah of PMT Studios. Thanks so much, Joyce!  

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Awesome Time Doing B-boy Piece “Ill Train” at Frim Fram!

Posted on December 11, 2010 by

My crew and I had a great time performing for the crowd at the Frim Fram Jam on Thursday. Fellow dancers Will, Eugene, and young Brooke got to do our b-boy piece "Ill Train" one last time for an appreciative audience of 150 lindy hoppers, which is always a blast. Our choreographer Pavan (in the…

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Lynn’s Photo Shoot of Eugene and I Breaking

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

My friend and fantastic photographer Lynn has posted to Flickr a bunch of pics from the photoshoot of my friend Eugene and me breaking that we did last weekend.  I'm super jazzed about how the pics came out!  Catching exactly the right moment as we are hitting various b-boy freezes is no easy task.  Honestly,…

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“Swift Solos”: A Sweeter, Simpler Glimpse into B-boy Culture

Posted on October 3, 2010 by

This weekend I had the pleasure of seeing “Swift Solos” – a new dance theater show based on the life and legacy of legendary b-boy Ken Swift. I found it to be a dramatic departure from the typical b-boy and hip-hop dance theater shows that I've seen. In a nutshell, “Swift Solos” is about the…

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“Turn It Loose” Documentary Profiles Six of the Top B-boys in the World

Posted on June 23, 2010 by

Our office intern / b-boy Peter told me about a new b-boy documentary that was just released called "Turn It Loose."  The film chronicles the journey of six b-boys from around the world all gathered for the Red Bull BC-1 competition in Soweto, South Africa in 2007. The documentary stars b-boys Lilou (France), Ronnie (USA),…

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Foundation: the best book on b-boy culture ever written

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of seeing Joe Schloss, adjunct professor at NYU, speak about b-boy culture along with Ken Swift. Schloss spoke about b-boying in a way that I had never heard anyone speak before, combining the rigor of academic inquiry with insider knowledge as a practitioner of the craft. …

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B-boy Cypher at World of Dance 2010 in Brooklyn (video)

Posted on May 31, 2010 by

The World of Dance showcase on Saturday featured lots of amazing performances on stage at Brooklyn Tech High School in Fort Greene.  Still you can only watch so much choreographed routines. I yearned to see some more raw, freestyle dancing, which really is where hip-hop dance has its roots and foundation.  So I was happy…

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World of Dance Today in Brooklyn!

Posted on May 29, 2010 by

It's a busy Memorial Day weekend, but there was no way I was going to miss the World of Dance urban dance event today at Brooklyn Tech.  It's an all-star dance lineup of performers, including: Poreotix, winners of Americas Best Dance Crew Season 5 Jungle Boogie Blueprint Cru of Montreal Static Noyze and Ryhthm City…

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Step Up 3 in 3D Trailer: B-boys… in Yo Face! (video)

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

Step Up 3D in HDTrailer Park Movies | MySpace Video John Chu has proven that he can put together a solid dance crew with the LXD.  Now he's coming out with "Step Up 3"… in 3D.  Yes, I'm excited about the dancing in this film, which has some of the sickest street dancers in the…

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