This last Sunday April 17, 2011 in Lakeland, FL a dance competition was shut down. In the early afternoon, approaching the peak attendance for the Starbound dance Competition at the Polk Theater, the local fire marshal took the stage for a speech that got everybody in the theater up on their feet with full attention. … Continued
Playing the professional game of dance requires a little bit of ladder climbing. Its a dangerous game for teenagers to play because their motivations are not always in the right place. Many girls just want to be Queen Bee for the entourage. Many of the same are unaware of the burdens the crown carries. Even … Continued
I have a severe problem listening to people talk about hip hop. As one of the newest dance forms, there is little formal education on the genre and many people that proclaim themselves experts that have far too little experience to offer anything of value to hip hop. Its for this reason that I am … Continued
The new crews for ABDC have been announced for this season. Here they are with videos and an analysis on strengths and weaknesses: ABDC Blog I can’t say I’m not a little confused on the selection. Then again, I can’t remember a season of ABDC where I haven’t been totally lost with some of the … Continued
In order to break down the anomaly of elite Apocalypse member Josh Librun, you have to preface everything about him with the fact that he has only been dancing true hip hop for a little over 3 years. As one of the top choreographers of the team, he started out with hardly any previous dance … Continued
I made a new friend that I met at the gym during a workout this week. He’s 33 years old, 6 foot, 220lbs with an assortment of metal rods holding parts of his spine and hip together after a devastating car accident several years ago. Looking at him today you would never know. He is … Continued
Video inspiration today comes from a group out in California called “Entity.” This group has found considerable success out on the west coast. They even auditioned for the next season of America’s Best Dance crew and made it through callbacks. The crazy thing is that the crew is an ultra contemporary group dancing to an … Continued
Have you ever been put into an semi-awkward social situation by yourself with nothing to do but find a means of entertainment to pass the time? Thank God for our super cool tech-fun phones. We can just stick our heads into them and take ourselves out of wherever we are. I truly wonder what people … Continued
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of girly choreography in an effort to bring out the dormant sass in my students. The movement is a little risky at times and I push the boundaries of PG suggestive themes so I only teach it to my older students. About a week ago my younger girls pleaded … Continued
Keeping up with the most influential trends of pop culture has been one of my favorite hobbies for quite sometime. Some trends were pretty lame and others were awesome until the radio over played them. Either way I have always kept track because someday I hope to pass on my knowledge of what is and … Continued