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12/7/17 O&A NYC DANCE: NewSteps 2017 Begins Tonight- Meet The Choreographers- Keith Comley

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By Walter Rutledge

Newsteps begins their 35th bi-annual emerging choreographers showcase December 7 through December 9 at the Chen Dance Center, 70 Mulberry Street in Chinatown. Newsteps offers new and emerging dance makers the opportunity to develop and present works in a low pressure, nurturing environment. Each choreographer is given rehearsal space, an honorarium, mentoring from a member of the selection panel, and multiple (three) performances to give the works time to “find its own voice”. Continue reading

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12/6/17 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Jamie Foxx Serenades Serena Williams At The ESPY Awards – Tennis Ball

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Host Jamie Foxx serenades tennis player Serena Williams with an original song called ‘Tennis Ball’ on stage at the 12th Annual ESPY Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on July 14, 2004 in Hollywood, California.
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12/5/17 O&A WITH WaleStylez AUTOMOBILE: Lamborghini Urus SUV 2018

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By Adewale Adekanbi Jr

Lamborghini’s latest creation is billed as the fastest SUV in the world and the SUV of the supercar world. It is a true Lamborghini in terms of design, performance, driving dynamics and emotion as well as drivable every day in a range of environments,reads an official quote from Lamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali. Lamborghini Urus  will hit the market in spring of 2018. 
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12/5/17 O&A NYC DANCE: A Conversation With Michael Jackson Jr.

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By Walter Rutledge

Michael Jackson, Jr. has spent his career working in the Black dance genre. The gifted dancer, choreographer, teacher, and this season’s Ailey “poster God” began his dance training at age 14 at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. under the direction of Charles Augins. His irrepressible curiosity, athletic physique and pliant musculature help Jackson Jr. quickly excel. Continue reading

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12/4/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Misty Copeland and Sterling Baca- Nutcracker Pas de Deux (2014)

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American Ballet Theater ‘s Misty Copeland as the Sugar Plum Fairy with ABT’s Sterling Baca at the New England Dance Ensemble’s production of ‘the Nutcracker’, at the Windham high school, Windham, NH.  
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12/3/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Dave Brubeck – Take Five ( Original Video)

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Take Five (Live) by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is a 1961 live album by the American jazz singer Carmen McRae,  focusing on the songs composed by Dave Brubeck. Continue reading

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12/3/17 O7A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: White House Christmas – SNL

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President Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) is visited by the spirits of Michael Flynn (Mikey Day), Billy Bush (Alex Moffatt), Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) and Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon). Continue reading

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11/29/17 O&A NYC HEALTH AND WELLNESS: Bodybuilding Motivation- Top 6 Aesthetic Bodybuilders 2016- 2017

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Bodybuilding Motivation,  here are six male bodybuilders who stress not just muscle size but a balanced and  aesthetically symmetric physique.  Continue reading

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11/28/17 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Put God First – Denzel Washington

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In delivering the commencement speech at Dillard University, Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington told the college graduates to put God first in everything they do, adding that everything he has accomplished in this life was due to the grace of God. Continue reading

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11/28/17 O&A NYC DANCE: Ailey Company To Dance George Faison’s Suite Otis At Gala

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By Walter Rutledge

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will present an excerpt of George Faison’s masterwork Suite Otis at their New York City Center season opening night gala, Wednesday, November 29 2017. Choreographed in 1971 for the George Faison Universal Dance Experience the work joined the Ailey repertoire in 1977. 40 years after it’s Ailey debut Suite Otis continues to excite and entertain audiences with verve, aplomb, fleet footed technique and imaginative Archimedean storytelling.

The company will perform the finale section set to Otis Redding’s Tenderness. The full cast section reintroduces the dancers creating a visually exciting yet compelling epilog. Throughout the work Faison (the imperial storyteller) does what every choreographer should do- invites us into his vision and delivers with clarity, focus and impeccable choreographic timing.

Balletomanes still long for the return of old fashion honest storytelling- the hallmark of Ailey’s original company. In Suite Otis Faison’s articulate use of the dance narrative genre captures the majesty and universal humanity of both Otis Redding’s music and the black dance experience. This gave him a voice in an era when Black American dance and culture had started to becoming a global  force.

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What Faison did (and continues to do) is to keep the dance/theatre aesthetic in the forefront of the arts conversation. Tenderness will be performed for one performance only on Wednesday, November 29 for tickets and a complete schedule of the five-week New York City season visit ailey.org.