SHOES MASTER previewed Ronnie Fieg‘s next collaborative endeavor: a set of New Balance 998s.And after a couple weeks of anticipation, the KITH founder has finally revealed the details of this upcoming effort, which was designed in partnership with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Continue reading
Jorja Smith has released a confident new track Try Me with an accompanying music video.So with the new single release, it’s clear that Smith is embarking on a new journey in expanding her sound. Continue reading
Deon Cole, Sasheer Zamata, Roy Wood Jr. and more great comics talk about being Black. Continue reading
Corteiz recently announced the release of its Air Max 95 Aegean Storm, with the third Air Max 95 installment of the trilogy dropping in Paris on April 11. However, the sneaker is now being made available to the wider public via the brand’s official website alongside a new corresponding apparel range. Continue reading
The Nike Ja 1 now dresses in an overtly vibrant scheme with Infrared hues enveloping the mesh body, leather quarter panel, tongue construction and laces.Contrasted immediately at the jet-black nylon sock liner and tread, a supple Off-White treatment set across the midsole interrupts with neutrality. Continue reading
A Place With No Name is by Pop artist Michael Jackson released on the second posthumous Jackson album, Xscape.The full version leaked online on December 3, 2013. It has been claimed that there are dozens and dozens of unreleased Jackson songs that could be issued for several years to come. Continue reading
A Few 1966 and Beyond Harkness Memories for Walter Rutledge
By Cheryl Clark
Dear Walter,
I am sending you the above attached Playbill Legacy Bio when I received the 2019 Legacy Award (that is housed now in the Jerome Robbins collection at Lincoln Center for Performing Arts Library…). It mentions my great appreciation for Mrs. Harkness and Patricia Wilde, 1st Director of Harkness House who recommended me to Mrs. H. Both gave me my full scholarship at age 15 at Harkness House for Ballet Arts, and it mentions many of the great teachers, etc. In another article I will try to send you, I mention the great pianists that Mrs. Harkness hired to play class for us training- hugely inspiring, particularly John Anderson and John Childs. Continue reading
I’ve Been Around (Excerpt from upcoming book of the same name)
By Lawrence Leritz
I arrived in NYC on a Sunday afternoon during the intense summer heat of early July, 1974. David Howard, co-director of Harkness House, recommended that I stay at The East End Hotel, a rundown boarding hotel on the East River near Harkness House, which was located on East 75th off Fifth Avenue. Most of the dancers were there for the six-week intensive summer session.
The excellent Ruby Dee plays the escaped slave Harriet Tubman and her attempts to rescue enslaved family members and friends through the pre-Civil War Underground Railroad. aka “Go Down Moses.” With Brock Peters, Ossie Davis, Isabel Cooley and Ethel Waters. Continue reading
By Walter Rutledge
A.I.M. By Kyle Abraham presented their New York season from April 4th through April 9th at the Joyce Theater. The well curated program presented five works by three choreographers including three world premieres. All the works, which ranged from dance theatre/storytelling to pure dance, fit the A.I.M. By Abraham aesthetic surprisingly well, this successfully produced a visual cohesive, but uneven evening of dance. 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 