Nancy Wilson performs eight songs and two songs with Carl Anderson at her Carnegie Hall performance on June 25, 1987. Continue reading
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Tag Archives: Film
1/23/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Josephine Baker- Zouzou (1934)
Zouzou(1934) starring American singer, dancer, actress Josephine Baker became the first motion picture to feature a black actress in the starring role. Continue reading
1/19/18 O&A NYC DANCE: Act V (Finale) Martin: A Ballet By Gordon Parks- Mourning Place
The final act takes place after the death of Dr. King . John Jones (Dr Martin Luther King) Sheila Rohan (Rosa Parks) and James E. Murphy (Assassin). Continue reading
1/15/18 O&A NYC DANCE: Martin- A Ballet By John Parks (Act 1)
Martin: A Ballet by Gordon Parks Act 1 Introduces John Jones as Martin Luther King, Sheila Rohan as Rosa Parks and James E Murphy as the Assassin. Continue reading
1/15/17 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Giants Of Jazz- Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie (Copenhagen 1971)
The Giants Of Jazz features music icons Art Blakey (drums), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Al McKibbon (double bass), Thelonious Monk (piano), Sonny Stitt (alto and tenor saxophone), Kai Winding (trombone). Continue reading
4/22/21 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: The Nicholas Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge- Chattanooga Choo Choo (1941)
The Nicholas Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge dance in Chattanooga Choo Choo from the 1941 Sun Valley Serenade. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song, and inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996. Continue reading
1/9/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Meryl Streep Speech The Golden Globes 2017
Meryl Streep used her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes to call out president-elect Donald Trump for appearing to mock a disabled New York Times reporter in 2015. Streep warned that a free press would need to be defended. Continue reading
1/6/17 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Origins of the Moonwalk
Michael Jackson is credited with introducing the Moonwalk at the Motown 25 television special. Here is a brief history of the origins of the 80’s dance craze. Continue reading
1/2/17 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: John Travolta- Dance Scenes from Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction
John Travolta as Tony Manero, a working-class young man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local Brooklyn disco, strutted across the screen and into movie history in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever.
12/30/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez DANCE- BATTLING INTO THE NEW YEAR: NextLevel Squad- Zilla March (Flexing Gas Mask)
Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
NextLevel Squad Zilla March (Flexing Gas Mask) is the street dance documentary, that ventured deep into the NYC underground (literally) to document the Flexing prowess of the Brooklyn-based NextLevel Squad. Continue reading
