6/11/16 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY ANYTHING GOES- DANCE: Stranger In Sweden: Storyboard P

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
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Storyboard P, a stranger in Sweden, a documentary film about Storyboard P, the Bessie Award winning dancer that New Yorker Magazine described as “the Basquiat of street dance will have it’s world premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest in the United Kingdom on Saturday June 11th. To celebrate the occasion Storyboard P will perform live accompanied on piano by composer Douglas Dare.  Continue reading

5/3/16 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: BattleFest 35- D Money vs Doc

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BattleFest League Extreme Street Dancing came from the gritty streets of Brooklyn (that’s the gritty streets before gentrification). The style is part structured dance, improvisation, contortion and acrobatics, while remaining 100% testosterone charged. BattleFest is a dance battle sports leagues for extreme street dancers. 

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3/20/15 O&A Shall We Dance Friday: Bones The Machine

 

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Steven Hill, aka Bones The Machine is a Flex dancer, actor and model. He performs jaw-dropping style of dance that originated from Jamaican brukup, and is rooted in the streets of east Brooklyn. The dance, which consists mainly of shapes you form with your arms, is called ‘Bone Breaking’ as it really looks like Steven has traded his skeleton for some sort of elastic gum. Bones has spent several years to develop his unique technique where he mixes contortion and improvisation with other styles from parallel dance movements such as tutting, popping, connecting and waving – and even a bit of ballet. Continue reading