UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis made a splash last year with a viral floor exercise routine. Now she's back with another challenging event that she makes look … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Choreographer/ Dancer/ Teacher, Alvin Ailey
January 5, 1931– Alvin Ailey: "Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people." I am savvier about Dance than most civilians because I once had a boyfriend who was a professional dancer. I … [Read more...]
Some Solstice Joy: Watch the Nicholas Brothers Doin’ “The Jumpin’ Jive” with Cab Calloway
YouTube screen-grab Stormy Weather (1943) is a 20th Century Fox musical, one of two Hollywood musicals with a Black cast released that year, the other was MGM's Cabin In The Sky. The film was made strictly to showcase some of the leading African-American performers in an era … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Choreographer, Hermes Pan
December 10, 1909- Hermes Pan: "Dancers are like children. It's the only way they can do what they do". In Memphis (the one in the USA, not Egypt), 111 years ago, he was born with the terrific name, Hermes Panagiotopoulas, but he would become Hollywood's "Hermes Pan", the man … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Gene Kelly
Astaire and Kelly, That's Entertainment II,1976, MGM via YouTube August 23, 1912 - Gene Kelly: "Any man who looks like a sissy while dancing is just a lousy dancer." I am a Fred Astaire guy, but my husband comes down squarely in the Gene Kelly camp. It doesn't … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Dancer / Choreographer, Katherine Dunham (#BLM)
June 22, 1909 - Katherine Dunham: "Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out." At the apex of her career in the 1940s and 1950s, Dunham was famous throughout Europe and Latin America, if not quite so popular in the USA. … [Read more...]
Get Motivated with Goldie Hawn Dancing on a Trampoline to Dua Lipa’s “Physical.” Watch
Goldie Hawn proves she's still got the moves as she jams out to Dua Lipa on a mini trampoline. Let her get you motivated and moving today! https://www.instagram.com/p/CAI8vCNHwfV/ The 74-year-old actress said when … [Read more...]
Summer Starts Now Thanks To “Malibu” by Kim Petras. Watch
Remember summer fun? Kim Petras is bringing it back in style with her delightful pop confection "Malibu." She just dropped a sexy Baywatch-inspired animation to go with the … [Read more...]
Watch This Amazing Troupe of Drag Flamenco Dancers
Choreographer Manuel Liñán leads six other performers in a flamenco performance called VIVA! The costumes, the energy, and the artistic traditions make it a perfect fit for … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: The Divinely Decadent Dancer, Sebastian Dorste
April 5, 1892 – Sebastian Dorste In 1925 in New York City, dancer Sebastian Droste met Francis Bruguière (1879 – 1945) a photographer from San Francisco, and together they composed over 60 photographs for a project they titled The Way, part of the promotional … [Read more...]
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