Ella Fitzgerald live at Jazz Pour Tous, Brussels, Belgium, 1957. Continue reading
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3/31/17 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez MOVIE TRAILER: Spider Man: HomeComing – Official Trailer #2
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Sony Pictures Entertainment has just dropped the newest trailer for its upcoming blockbuster Spider-Man: Homecoming. The first teaser was revealed back in December, and recently, new posters for the mega feature were also unleashed. This newest trailer was actually teased yesterday on Twitter with a very short 20-second clip featuring our hero and his flying tracer but now get the full monty. Continue reading
3/31/17 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Blue Aura Short Dance Film
Stickz, a Brooklyn native and raising star in the flex and bruk up dance community, decided to deal with the sudden death of a close friend through his art. Stickz created Blue Aura a 13 minute video placing his flex and bruk up style in a more traditional abstract dance narrative format. Continue reading
3/25/17 O&A NYC CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH- THEATRE: Josephine Baker- The Women Who Conquered Europe
Josephine Baker, the American-born French actress, dancer and singer had an undeniable attraction and charisma that quickly earned her names such as Creole Goddess, Bronze Venus and Black Pearl.
3/23/17 O&A NYC CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH- DANCE: Katherine Dunham and Dancers in Casbah (Presenting Eartha Kitt)
In 1948, Dunham and her company appeared in the Hollywood movie Casbah, with Tony Martin, Yvonne de Carlo, and Peter Lorre. The film was the cinematic debut of Eartha Kitt. Continue reading
3/20/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: The Wiz- Mable King, Diana Ross and Lena Horne
The Wiz, the 1978 urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and a big screen version of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical The Wiz produced in collaboration between Motown Productions and Universal Pictures. Continue reading
3/15/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Bones the Machine- A Toxic City/ Flexing
Bones the Machine finds peace in a toxic environment. A Toxic City was shot in the city of Los Angeles, California. Continue reading
3/14/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Paul Taylor’s Airs Performed by American Ballet Theatre (1985)
American Ballet Theatre performance of Paul Taylor’s Airs featuring music by George Frideric Handel, filmed in San Francisco (1985). Continue reading
3/11/17 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Gay Parisian Gaîté Parisienne Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1941) Featuring Leonide Massine And Frederick Franklin
Gaîté Parisienne (literally, “Parisian Gaiety”) choreographed by Léonide Massine music by Jacques Offenbach and featuring Leonide Massine, Frederick Franklin, Nathalie Krassovska, Milada Mladova, Andre Eglevsky, Igor Youskevitch, Lubov Roudenko, Casimir Kokitch, and James Starbuck was film in 1941. Continue reading
3/6/17 O&A NYC CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH- SONG OF THE DAY: Billie Holiday – God Bless The Child
In her autobiography Lady Sings the Blues Billie Holiday indicated an argument with her mother over money led to the song.
She states that during the argument her mother said “God bless the child that’s got his own.” The anger over the incident led her to turn that line into a starting point for a song, which she worked out in conjunction with Herzog
Billie Holiday – God Bless The Child
