NewSteps, a choreographer’s series, will present five works by eight choreographers and collaborators. The emerging dance makers include Mary Grace McNally, Molly Mingey, Quinn Dixon and Bree Nasby, Deborah Gladstein/Helen Yee and Ryan Pliss. The series will take place May 11 through 13 at the Chen Dance Center 70 Mulberry Street. Continue reading
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
ASAP Ferg released a new single titled East Coast featuring Remy Ma, which will appear on his forthcoming project Still Striving. The Harlem native has returned with a brand new music video for the song.
Redd Foxx broke new comedic ground with a his raw and decidedly urban brand of humor. Foxx paved the way for generations of comedians including Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappell. Continue reading
Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) presented their annual New York City season April 19, 20 and 21 at New York City Center. The performances marked the sixth season since the company’s much anticipated return after a seven-year hiatus. This new re-configured DTH, under the artistic direction of former company principal dancer Virginia Johnson, continues to mature into a new and important dance voice, while staying true to its founding principles. Continue reading
Muscles (1982) written and produced by Michael Jackson, and performed by Diana Ross.
The single’s erotic music video featured Ross in bed dreaming of muscular men. In one scene she is shown floating through the air over a landscape which turns out to be a man’s musclebound body. The video features a young Gil Birmingham (The Twilight Saga film series) in one of his first-ever media appearances.
Diana Ross – Muscles
Taja Lindley’s This Ain’t A Eulogy: A Ritual for Re-Membering draws parallels between discarded materials and the violent treatment of Black people in the United States. Continue reading
Glory performed by Karen Clark Sheard and the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra featuring Jessica Care Moore, and the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club. Continue reading
The Divine One Sarah Vaughan sing the George and Ira Gershwin classic Someone to Watch Over Me. Continue reading
The Dance Hall, an urban dance center in Senegal, put together a definitive a-z list of African dance moves. It includes everything from Azonto to Zoropoto.
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What’s Going On pleads for understanding. Marvin Gaye’s voice is markedly detached; a lonely, but passionate, voice in the crowd. The result of Gaye’s complex songwriting, combined with his abilities as a producer and an arranger was startlingly different from anything previously released by Motown. Continue reading
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid 
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid 