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Men dancing together
By dogpossum On 1st March, 2013 · 2 Comments · In lindy hop and other dances, menz, same sex dancing
Lauren* hooked me up with this amazing clip
Yes, the first recorded film with sound featured two men dancing together.
*I only have Lauren’s email address to identify her, sorry – no linky.
I am so done.
By dogpossum On 15th February, 2013 · 8 Comments · In learning, lindy hop and other dances, menz, same sex dancing, wimminz
Firstly:
I am so trashed. I am so wrecked. My poor, poor body. We raised > $2000 for the Taree Women and Children’s Refuge last night at One Billion (Jazz Dancers) Rising. It was an event run by a gang of women (with some male helpers) – which is really business as usual in [...]
Goats: THROWN!
By dogpossum On 7th January, 2013 · 2 Comments · In 8 tracks, djing, lindy hop and other dances, music, same sex dancing
Imperial Swing from dogpossum on 8tracks Radio.
Last weekend I DJed my first proper lindy hop set since November, and it was super fine. It was the first set of the night at Imperial Swing, a social gig put on by Swing Out Sydney. [...]
Single Ladies, J-setting and battle
By dogpossum On 24th September, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In lindy hop and other dances, menz, same sex dancing, wimminz
This is yet another post about Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies’
and the Beyond Prejudice performance of Single Ladies routine:
The gender-flex of this routine is more an essential part of the original video than a fan-response to the choreography. The Single Ladies video was choreographed by Frank Gatson and JaQuel Knight and, [...]
Is that two blokes dancing together in the middle there?
I found this here.
Dean Martin and Bing Crosby, 1958, photographed by Alan Grant from Life Magazine
No news
By dogpossum On 27th August, 2012 · 10 Comments · In djing, lindy hop and other dances, menz, same sex dancing, wimminz
[rage edit]HEY, if you’d like to give me a serve about being some sort of elitist, how’s about you a) read some of this blog, b) read my comment below. Because I am onto your shit, and I will NOT tolerate it. While I’m at it I DO HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN [...]
The ordinaryness of the everyday and blues dance
By dogpossum On 2nd June, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In academia, learning, learning, lindy hop and other dances, research, same sex dancing, teaching, thesis
In a post on FB, Chris asks
Charm’s Question of the 1st of June:
Blues dance draws from a rich cultural well, a constant evolution of the dance and rapid socio-economic changes.
What elements of vintage Blues dance culture (sordid and scandalous though they may be) need to be incorporated into the [...]
Morning reminder: be more orsm
By dogpossum On 10th April, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In lindy hop and other dances, same sex dancing
(The Snowball 2011 – Performances – Two Cousins)
A performancing referencing
Which is of course referencing
