Shigekix battling in his home country for a shot at his second belt. Lee on a mission to win his first and make his mark alongside the world’s finest Signature style on full display when these two take the floor. Continue reading
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2/13/26 O&A NYC DANCE BY WALTER RUTLEDGE: TV Personality Cheryl Wills Joins Remembering Cast.
By Walter Rutledge
Journalist and author Cheryl Wills joins the cast as both actor and playwright for the Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Dance Company in tonight’s production of Remembering at the BAM Fisher Fishman Space, 321 Ashland Place, in downtown Brooklyn. Wills shared the story of her great, great, great grandfather Private Sandy Wills with young audiences on Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday evening’s performance playwright Wills will be performed by Thera Ward. Continue reading
2/11/26 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ DANCE PARTY: Beastmode F2F – Spawn vs Emo
Spawn is on an uprise battling some of the best of the best dancer within the world of Flex. His next opponent is Goddess on the floor “Get Low”. Emotions can tell a story like no other. Who do you think will win this upcoming battle in Beastmode Dance Battle League. Continue reading
2/11/26 O&A NYC DANCE BY WALTER RUTLEDGE: Thera Ward – A Dancer For All Seasons – Unity through Community
By Walter Rutledge
Thera Ward has had a varied performance career based on her ability to broaden her artistic horizons. At 13 she made her debut as one of Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) founder Arthur Mitchells’ Baby Ballerinas. By 17 she was touring the world performing principal roles with DTH and helping to crack ballet’s color glass ceiling. Continue reading
2/10/26 O&A NYC SUPERBOWL LX: Bad Bunny’s Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bad Bunny headlined the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show on February 8, 2026, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. His performance made history as the first Super Bowl halftime show to be performed predominantly in Spanish. Continue reading
2/9/26 O&A NYC DANCE BY WALTER RUTLEDGE: Meet Deven Crawford – Unity Through Community
Meet Deven Crawford a 19-year-old Las Vegas Nevada native who is living his dream. The former dance major at the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts happened to meet Jamel Gaines at the 2024 IABD (International Association of Black in Dance) conference. Today Crawford is a sophomore studying dance at Marymount College in Manhattan and one of the newest members of the Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Dance Company (JGCO). Continue reading
2/8/26 O&A NY SUPERBOWL LIX: Nipplegate-Janet Jackson And Justin Timberlake – Superbowl Scandal
Janet Jackson set off a 2004 Super Bowl firestorm when her right breast was bared during her nationally televised halftime show. The incident became known as Nipplegate and had a severe effect on Jackson while her partner Justin Timberlake tried to distance himself from the “wardrobe malfunction” . Continue reading
2/6/26 O&A NYC DANCE BY WALTER RUTLEDGE: Remembering – Unity Through Community
By Walter Rutledge
For over 31 years Jamel Gaines, and his Brooklyn based company, Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Dance Company, has understood the power of education through the arts. His much-anticipated annual arts in education production Remembering, reflects Gaines continued commitment to educate and enlighten the next generation through the dance theatre genre. Gaines and his company will offer six young audience daytime performances on February 11,12 and 13 at 10am and 12 noon in the BAM Fisher (Fishman Space) 321 Ashland Pl, Downtown Brooklyn,. There will also be one evening performance open to the public on February 13th at 7:30pm. His staunch commitment to protected, preserving and perpetuate the legacy of Americans of African descent has earned Gaines the moniker of the “Godfather of Black History Month”.
Remembering is a multimedia history lesson with dance as the primary medium. The work is an effective amalgam of contemporary western and traditional West African dance styles, spoken word, music, West African drumming and stunning video and photographic imagery. This diasporic sojourn chronicles the journey from the blissful land nourished by the Pishon, Gihon, Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to the struggles and triumphs on this other side of the Atlantic.
Gaines credits his commitment to the philosophy of empowerment and self-determination offered by Bishop Reverend Dr. Johnny Ray Youngblood, the spiritual leader of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Gaines’ recent participation in the church’s Black History Month declaration, The MAAFA Suite is an example the power of storytelling as communication and education. In other words: Unity through community.
What better way to share the richness of American history than through the visual and kinetic power of the arts. It will spark conversations and open curiosities important for this new 21st century visual learning environment. This sensory historical experience explores the struggles, triumphs and continued fight for a place at America’s banquet table.
For more information about Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet school and company visit https://www.creativeoutlet.org for tickets for Remembering at BAM Fisher performances of February 13 visit https://www.bam.org/dance/2026/remembering
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2/4/26 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ DANCE PARTY: Beastmode F2F – Nazzy vs TSmoove
Nazzy is on a uprise battling some of the best of the best dancer within the world of Flex. His next opponent is gritty and hungry tear someone apart. TSmoove is a muscular smooth criminal who is ready. Tell us who will win this upcoming battle in Beastmode Dance Battle League. Continue reading
2/2/26 O&A NYC DIVA ALERT: Cardi B: ErrTime (Live) – SNL
SNL Musical guest Cardi B performs “ErrTime” on Saturday Night Live. Continue reading
