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Lindy Hop / Hip-hop “Old School” Battle in Sweden: Holy Smokes! (video)

Posted on May 10, 2010 by

If ever there was a dance event created just for me, it's this "old school battle" between hip-hop crew Streets R Us versus the world-famous lindy hop troupe the Harlem Hotshots that took place last month. Where did this take place… Sweden, of course. Lindy hopper Jerry Almonte turned me on to this epic dance…

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America’s Best Dance Crew Season 5 Finale: Congrats Poreotix!

Posted on April 9, 2010 by

America's Best Dance Crew (Season 5) – MTV Shows The finale of season five of America's Best Dance Crew was last night, which I just got to see.  It was fantastic watching again all of the crews from this season do their thing, particularly my faves Static Noyze, Jungle Boogie and Heavy Impact.  Having them…

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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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Ken Swift and Joe Schloss on Preserving B-Boy Culture for Future Generations

Posted on March 13, 2010 by

Last night I was fortunate enough to be among a packed audience of 60+ folks at a "Conversation with Ken Swift and Joe Schloss, PhD" at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Ken and Joe were speaking on the subject of b-boying as a cultural phenomenon historically, in the present day, and into the…

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The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers & SYTYCD Stars on the Oscars last night (updated)

Posted on March 8, 2010 by

For those that missed the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers and several dancers from "So You Think You Can Dance" on the Oscars last night, here's a video I found. Probably won't stay up for long! Gotta give a shout-out to B-boy Cloud in the awesome middle sequence. UPDATED 3/8/10, 10pm with link to official LXD…

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Legion of Extraordinary Dancers Blowing it Up at TED (video)

Posted on March 5, 2010 by

FINALLY! The video of the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers presenting and performing at the TED conference earlier this year has been released.  I've been eagerly anticipated the LXD webseries, and this looks like the first major public appearance by them online in 2010.  So, super exciting to see this! Featured dancers: Madd Chadd: "Master of…

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Ludacris at Sprite Step Off at Roseland last night (video)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

The massive crowd at the Sprite Step Off last night got an unexpected treat at the end of the show: hip-hop superstar Ludacris rolled up and did a mini-set that got the ballroom jumping.  Here's a brief video of his opening number. I've never seen Ludacris live.  He's a consummate performer and knows how to…

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“B-Girl” the Movie : A for Effort, C- for Execution

Posted on January 7, 2010 by

Finally got to see “B-Girl” the movie last night at the Anthology Film Archives in the East Village. It was a small audience for the showing, which was followed by a Q&A with the producer, the director and star of the production Lady Jules.  They all seem like such nice people, so I hate to…

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The joys and challenges of teaching 13-year olds how to break

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

Yesterday I had the pleasure of teaching a hip-hop workshop to a group of Global Kids teens in the Bronx, which was a unique challenge for me for a number of reasons. Here's how it went. Global Kids has been running programs at the middle school IS229 for the past couple of years, exposing these…

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Breaking Crews from Around the World (Google Map)

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

View Bboy Crews in a larger map BreakerNYC.com has spearheaded the creation of this awesome Google Map of b-boy crews from around the world.  It's an impressive collection, albeit not quite comprehensive at only a couple hundred crews.  I.e. I know there must be more crews in Latin America and Australia. Brazil alone must have…

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