Land Of All Choreographed and conceived and performed by Michal Rynia and Nastja Bremec for MN Dance Company with music by WOODKID.
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4/12/17 O&A NYC EVENT: Brooklyn Museum Honors Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz
By Walter Rutledge and Adewale Adekanbi
On Monday April 3rd the Brooklyn Museum held its annual Brooklyn Artists Ball. The event celebrates Brooklyn’s creative community and supports the institution’s many year-round programs; and is also the largest annual fundraising gala at the Brooklyn Museum. This year’s event honored singer/songwriters and husband and wife Alicia Keys and Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean. Continue reading
4/12/17 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Father & Son Duo Battle- Battlefest 40
During the recent BattleFest 40 the “battlefield” was extended to include father and son duo battles. Continue reading
4/10/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Flexin’ on ‘Em: Brooklyn’s Flex Dance Music
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Flex Dance Music is the most underrated element of the urban dance phenomenon. Four pioneers of Brooklyn’s club sound Epic B, Uninamise, Hitmakerchinx, and DJ Aaron, and dancer Jason Cust break down the evolution of flexing and FDM. Continue reading
4/10/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Cab Calloway- Minnie The Moocher (The Blues Brothers 1980)
Cab Calloway’s performance of his million selling 1931 jazz classic Minnie the Moocher in the 1980 comedy The Blues Brothers. Continue reading
3/7/17 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Phyllis Hyman, Gregg Burge and Hinton Battle- It Don’t Mean a Thing! From Sophisticated Ladies
Tony Award nominated Phyllis Hyman performing Ellington classic It Don’t Mean A Thing From Sophisticated Ladies. She’s accompanied by Tony Award Winner Hinton Battle and Gregg Burge. Continue reading
4/3/17 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Bruno Mars – That’s What I Like
That’s What I Like, a song by singer and songwriter Bruno Mars from his third studio album 24K Magic (2016) was released as the album’s second single on January 30, 2017. Continue reading
4/2/17 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Excerpts from Alvin Ailey’s Revelations
Revelations tells the story of African-American faith and tenacity from slavery to freedom. This enduring classic is a tribute to that tradition, born out of the choreographer Alvin Ailey’s “blood memories” of his childhood in rural Texas and the Baptist Church. 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
3/29/17 O&A NYC CELEBRATING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH- MUSIC: Janet Jackson- Son Of A Gun (Remix) featuring Missy Elliott & P.Diddy
Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) by singer-songwriter Janet Jackson with Carly Simon from Jackson’s seventh studio album, All for You (2001) was written and produced by Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with additional lyrics by Simon. Continue reading