NUREYEV and the Joffrey Ballet/In Tribute to Nijinsky, the Dance in America broadcast, debuted on March 9, 1981. Recorded in August 1880 in Nashville the program presented a collection of three ‘reconstructed ballets had been seen in a special limited run on Broadway. For television, the dances have been supplemented with biographical comments on Nijinsky by Dale Harris and snippets of interviews with Rudolf Nureyev. Continue reading
Rick Owens claimed he was fixated on the M-65 field jacket in his Spring 2016 collection for men. Its ambiguity mesmerized him: how something that embodied the dignity of a military uniform should also become the garb of antiwar protestors. Continue reading
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Ronnie Fieg’s latest collaboration with ASICS will drop tomorrow Saturday May 21. Fieg and ASICS will release two shoes the GEL-Lyte III and GEL-Lyte 3.1. This is in celebration of their first collaboration ten years ago, as well as the fifth anniversary of KITH. Continue reading
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Team, a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea was released on 18 March 2016 as the lead single from her upcoming second studio album Digital Distortion. The single began receiving U.S. radio airplay on 5 April 2016.
Scheherazade premiered on June 4, 1910, at the Opéra Garnier in Paris by the Ballets Russes. The choreography for the ballet was by Michel Fokine and the libretto was from Fokine and Léon Bakst. This ballet provoked exoticism by showing a masculine Golden Slave seducing Zobeide who is one of the many wives of the Shah. Continue reading
I’ll Be Around, recorded by the American R&B vocal group The Spinners (known as Detroit Spinners in the UK). Co-written by Thom Bell and Phil Hurtt and produced by Bell the song was included on the group’s 1972 self-titled album on Atlantic Records, their first album release for the label. Continue reading
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
New Level, a song by rapper ASAP Ferg was released on December 18, 2015, as the first single from his second studio album Always Strive and Prosper (2016). This song, produced by Honorable C.N.O.T.E and features Atlanta rapper Future. New Level has so far peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his highest charting single.A$AP Ferg – New Level ft. Future Continue reading
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
G-Shock and Brooklyn based graffiti artist Futura have teamed up on the new G-Shock’s GDX6900FTR-1 model. Futura added his original twist to G-Shock’s watch by applying his atomic graphics, also seen in his recent work with Converse, throughout the watch face and strap. Continue reading
Black Jeopardy, hosted by Darnell Hayes (Kenan Thompson) with Amir (Jay Pharoah), Keeley (Sasheer Zamata) and Jared (Drake). Continue reading
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
mastermind JAPAN and Cole Haan have linked to release a collaborative pack of punk-inspired oxford shoes. Continue reading
Ghanaian artist Paa Joe has brought some of New York City’s most iconic motifs to life. As part of Superhouse NYC’s inaugural “Celestial City” exhibition, the multidisciplinary artist served up a handful of lifesize sculptures of the city’s signature signage, including pizza boxes, taxi cabs, bagels and of course, rats. 120 Walker Street, 6R
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 