“I’m the only person here I’ve never heard of.”
Please bury me there.
I feel like maybe I was there about twenty-eight years ago. Were you there?
Viva Suzzane Charny! Best frug ever, Best Ponytail Work in modern history.
And yes, blue hosiery. Liza’s mom was famous for her rendition of “Bluebird.” At the time of this TV special Liza herself was very carefully becoming her “own self ” – the legend we know today. Props to Mom. NOW CLICK FULL SCREEN
I am almost afraid to reveal him. In the name of the lost genre of SLEAZE I present to you: DJ “Leatherman Disco”
“I don’t need no symphony. I hear music when you’re lovin’ me”
I offer for your re-consideration a classic dance track that is actually a song. Imagine? A melody and a lyric that together create something more than their respective parts. Like, wow!
The appropriate dance to this “beat” is the simple and elegant dance known in nightclubs from L.A. to New York as “Two Step.” If you need to learn about it and you are in L.A. just ask the best DJ in town, Victor Rodriguez. He is a master of the style and the current West Coast authority on the subject. He will love you forever for asking. If you are in New York then you should make your way over to Dino or Karen and they will fill you in on this simple yet sublime dance trend of yesteryear. Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of the steps. D and K are both masters at it’s subtleties and their finesse with it’s variations do amaze. Watch them. Learn from them.
One, two, step. One, two, step.
The definition and origin of “Two Step” (AKA The Nightclub Two Step, NC2S, sometimes Disco Two Step or California Two Step) makes me glad there is a Wikipedia. CHECK IT HERE – God I love it when people get all technical about disco!~ Now listen to Minnie deliver her plea in signature style complete with those fifth octave acrobatics (but just a enough to remind you that, for a long while, it was only she that had this trick in her throat.) Did that sound dirty? I’m sorry – I didn’t mean for it to. I just get a little ( more ) highbrow when it comes to this particular genre of disco. FYI – This song was co-written by Minnie and her husband, Richard Rudolph and in case you were wondering, this is a Stevie Wonder collaboration. Helleaux. Stevie. [did somebody just drop something? Did you just hear something drop? I thought I heard something hit the floor…] – Eyebrow up and a very soft disco snap before swirling onto the floor with an “I’m too happy” layback spin. We are now arriving in Disco Heaven with our angel Minnie as our guide…isn’t she pretty?
P.S. – To expound upon the tragedy of Minnie’s early death would be too heavy a vibe for this post but to not mention it would be wrong. It suffices to say that we all lost out on what surely would have been a lifetime of magical music when Minnie left us in 1979. Even her most joyous sounds are now enjoyed with a drop of sadness that is an honest sadness brought on by the remembrance of our own impermanence and how somethings so enduring and beautiful as her voice and her music seemed to be silenced way too soon. Disco dancing can be enlightening at times. One, Two, Step – Minnie’s heroic work for The American Cancer Society was righteous and is to be remembered with gratitude. Sadly she was fighting a losing battle with the disease at the time of this recording. She left behind two children, Marc Rudolph, a music engineer and Maya Rudolf, a much loved and greatly talented entertainer.
One, two, step, one two, step, rock together, rock to the side, one two step moving up now, through the passing clouds…
Rest in Bliss – Minnie Riperton – Perfect Angel on this Earth for a While The Magic she left behind, our gift forever.
Lord knows I love me some Minnie…and a good two step will always make me go up. When it’s in a close hold with a sexy partner it really takes me beyond… quite simply beyond. ,,,swish!
Raffaella Carra, she sings, she dances and she’s smart enough not try and do both at the same time.
The Look:
The Moves:
The Youtube Channel from the guy who posts it all: http://www.youtube.com/user/FrankJimmy?feature=watch
Michael Clark Company returns to the Barbican 21-30 November 2013 with a variation on “The most exhilarating new piece of contemporary dance to appear in Britain” last year. Now featuring tracks by Pulp, Relaxed Muscle, Scritti Politti, Sex Pistols and more soon to be announced, the show received a rapturous response at The Lowry last month, ahead of our highly anticipated London season.
‘The joy comes from the aesthetic collision of music and movement’ Independent
Choreography by Michael Clark
Lighting by Charles Atlas
Costumes by Stevie Stewart, Michael Clark and Richard Torry.
Tickets are available now from the Barbican website.
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LMAO!!!
I’ve actually spent many hours researching dancing waters. I love em. My favorite is not the big and famous WET designs like Bellagio and Dubai – no. I like the classic styling of Dancing Waters® Entertainment, Inc. of Cape Coral, Florida. Check out their sample video in which they also refer to themselves as Waltzing Waters® Inc. :
HAIL FRANKIE! Now get up out of that full salaam and jack your body. This mix is making me cray cray. I’m wearing ruts in my carpet already – Uncontrollable modeling at home.
DEF MIX is still the classiest sound around. LOVE ME SOME DEF MIX. Somebody need to be learnin these kids today.
Monumental in my development as an adolescent artist.
They took this off Youtube right away. I think it’s worth saving here.
Old way is characterized by the formation of lines, symmetry, and precision in the execution of formations with graceful, fluid-like action. Egyptian hieroglyphs and fashion poses serve as the original inspirations for old way voguing. In its purest, historical form, old way vogue is a duel between two rivals. Traditionally, old way rules dictated that one rival must “pin” the other to win the contest. Pinning involved the trapping of an opponent so that he or she could not execute any movements while the adversary was still in motion (usually voguing movements with the arms and hands called “conflama” while the opponent was held against the floor doing “floor work” or against a wall).
I miss Willi. The whole world misses Willi.
While he didn’t create the form, he worked at refining it with clean, sharp movements to “an amazing level”. His influences included Fred Astaire, olympic gymnasts, and Asian culture in general. Willi Ninja, an inspiration to me…R.I.P.
Honestly, it was right there…
This cutie’s name is Stormy Weather. As you can see she is upset. Miss Weather is upset because she’s tired of explaining what HAARP is and what the U.S. government is doing to control and utilize weather as a weapon. You can click her picture to read all about it. Educate yourself because THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW. Ignorance is not cute.
These are over. Studs are no longer acceptable. Moving on…
Our weather update ends with a rainbow. Click Michael to watch his company in a very recent performance from Glasgow.
FORECAST : More strange sounds and weather anomolies over the coming months, continued government denials and a greater genuine concern for dance in general.
This is a great mix by Tatu V. Tatu was a NYC club fixture for many years. It’s nice to know that the straight forward and pure approach to House Music is still around. This one is letting me discover it for myself. Respect. Holla Helsinki!
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