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Stretching in Hip Hop
Emilio Austin, Jr., better known as “Buddha Stretch,” has been around the hip hop dance world for decades & influenced the style heavily. Soul Train and popping were early places he learned about…
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Madam Butterfly
Pat Davis tells her own story in today’s post! As an original dancer on Soul Train, her personal styles, both of dance and fashion, helped her stand out among fellow performers. Her style…
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Tapping into Five Points
Credited by some with inventing tap dance as a form, Master Juba (also referred to as Boz’s Juba, given name believed to be William Henry Lane) lived and performed in the Five Points…
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Bubbling in Vaudeville
Originating the role of Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess, John William “Bubbles” (Sublett) created a new type of rhythm tap dancing, appeared early in Broadway shows, and was part of a duo…
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Dancer Katherine the Great
After a long, cold January, the best month of the year has arrived, somehow again almost unexpectedly! In this Black History Month, birthday celebration, and days of all kinds of love, I’m learning…
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Omer 15: Dance in a Dark World
This year, I had the opportunity to be in a dance film that is now on exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York in Urban Stomp: Dreams and Defiance on…