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9/1/20 O&A NYC GOING BACK TO AFRICA WITH WaleStylez: Burna Boy – Wonderful
Wonderful is a song by Nigerian singer Burna Boy. It was released on June 26, 2020, as the lead single from his fifth studio album Twice as Tall (2020). Continue reading
8/24/20 O&A NYC DANCE… AND MORE: Peace One Love- Bringing Brooklyn Together
By Walter Rutledge
Dance has always been a catalyst for change. In 1936 Martha Graham created her masterwork Chronicles as a weapon against the rising menace of fascism in Germany. In 1959 Donald McKayle’s Rainbow Round My Shoulder evoked the hopelessness and inequality of Black men on a southern prison chain gang. On Saturday August 29 Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn (also known as Creative Outlet or just C.O.) will also use the power of dance to heal a community with Peace One Love, an afternoon of the arts celebrating the spirit of the now internationally recognized Black Lives Matter movement. Continue reading
8/21/20 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s Shelter
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s Shelter is a passionate statement about the physical and emotional deprivation of homeless people. Continue reading
8/11/20 O&A NYC THEATRE: Broadway Bares Fundraiser Goes Virtual With- Zoom In
Due to the ongoing pandemic, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is taking its annual striptease fundraiser online for the first time. Broadway Bares: Zoom In began stream August 1 on Playbill and at BroadwayCares.org. Continue reading
8/10/20 O&A NYC DANCE BATTLE: G-Nerd vs Lil Buck – Memphis Jookin Battle 2
G-Nerd and Lil Buck turn out the Memphis Jookin Battle held on September 14, 2011 at The Moxie, Memphis, Tennessee.
8/8/20 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Lorelei Lee ( Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell) are just Two Little Girls from Little Rock, lounge singers on a transatlantic cruise, working their way to Paris, and enjoying the company of any eligible men they might meet along the way. Continue reading
8/7/20 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Bob Fosse Documentary
Bob Fosse stunned the musical theatre world when he went from dance darling to world class choreographer and director. Continue reading
8/8/20 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Nneka Irobunda performs Krizbeatz
Choreographer and teacher Nneka Irobunda performs Krizbeatz – Level ft. Sean Tizzle & Ceeboi as put of her Afro-fusion class called AfrobeaStilettos.
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8/1/20 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Maria Kochetkova & Daniil Simkin – ‘Le Corsaire’ Pas de Deux
“I danced this pas de deux from the ballet ‘Le Corsaire’ with the wonderful ballerina Maria Kochetkova in August 2009 at the World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, Japan”- Daniil Simkin.
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