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Rik Rides the Train: Playing Dance Central for First Time! (video)

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

Here's a somewhat embarassing video of me playing "Dance Central" on the XBox 360 for the first time at Spud's place.  The song: "Com'n Ride It" by the Quad City DJs (1995.) The level: Medium.  The experience: AWESOME. Damn, I really want this game now.  

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Dancing on the Nostalgia Subway Train Part II (video, pics)

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

On Sunday, 80-some lindy hoppers gathered for a "lindy bomb" of the Nostalgia Subway Train that runs during the holidays on the F Train line. It was an incredible day of dancing, great music, and random New York weirdness. At about 12:30, a bunch of us lindy hoppers were gathered at the 2nd Avenue Subway…

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Final FINAL B-boy Performance at Frim Fram on December 9!

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

I'm excited to report that my ragtag crew from PMT studios will be performing our highly acclaimed b-boy routine "Ill Train" at the Frim Fram Jam dance on Thursday December 9.  It's my favorite of all the routines I've ever done at PMT. Come by the Frim Fram Jam for the finest swing dancing and…

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Jitterbug Kids doing lindy hop demo at NY Swing Dance Society (video)

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

Check out these cute kids doing a very classic lindy hop routine at the last New York Swing Dance Society Dance on Sunday!  According to my friend Jun their names are Merika and Andre of Brooklyn. Go, swing kids!

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Evita and Michael dancing to “Singing in the Rain” in Central Park

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

Evita Arce and Michael Jagger in Singing in the Rain from Eileen O'Donnell on Vimeo. I am just in love with this video of Evita Arce and Mike Jaeger dancing to "Singing in the Rain" in Central Park.  While they are both nationally-known lindy hoppers, Evita and Mike demonstrate a wide variety of dance styles…

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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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Breaking photo shoot with Lynn and Eugene

Posted on October 30, 2010 by

This morning I had a really fun time at a breaking photo shoot done by my friend Lynn, a talented photographer and fellow lindy hopper.  She has a good eye for catching dancers in motion, as you can see from her recent shoot of the General Mischief Dance Theater group and awesome lindy hoppers Evita…

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Yehoodi Celebrates 12 Years Supporting Lindy Hop with Swing Party, Dance Contest October 21

Posted on September 26, 2010 by

It’s hard to believe that 12 years ago in a garage in Queens, a scrappy Manu Smith and a scruffy Frank Dellario thought, "There has to be a better way to disseminate Larry’s List!" And thus, Yehoodi.com was born. In the twelve years that followed there have been all kinds of changes in the Lindy…

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Compilation of Dance Scenes from the Movies: What’s Missing? [UPDATED]

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

TinyMich tweeted out this fun compilation of dance scenes from movies from the past, including some of my favorites — "Footloose," "Step Up," "Singing in the Rain," etc. Some missing ones from my list of fave scenes: "Breaking" (Turbo's broom dance) "Beat Street" (first b-boy battle),  "The Fisher King" (Grand Central Waltz) and "Shall We…

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International Lindy Hop Championships 2010: Just a Friendly Little Competition with 700+ Swing Dancers

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

This past weekend (August 20-22), was the International Lindy Hop Championships (ILHC), held in Washington DC.  A relatively new event, only in its third year, ILHC has emerged as one of the few "must go" events in the lindy hopper's calendar.  This year's ILHC continued to raise the bar for swing events with world-class competitions,…

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