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10/3/18 O&A NYC GOING BACK TO AFRICA WITH WaleStylez: Traditional Future- Anuang’a Fernando

By OutandAboutnycmag October 3, 2018 October 3, 2018 African Dance, Back To Africa With WaleStylez, Choreography, Dance, Going Back To Africa With WaleStylez, Music, Out and About NYC Magazine, Video

Kenyan Dance Legend Fernando Anuang’a showcasing the best of African contemporary dance. Continue reading

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9/27/18 O&A NYC DANCE: Lil Buck at Fondation Louis Vuitton

By OutandAboutnycmag September 27, 2018 September 27, 2018 Bonebreaking/Flexin, Choreography, Dance, Event, film, Out and About NYC Magazine, Short Film

London-based director Andrew Margetson follows Memphis-born jookin’ dancer Lil Buck as he twists and turns past masterpieces by the likes of Picasso and Matisse to mark the current exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Icons Of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection. Continue reading

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9/26/18 O&A NYC FILM/DANCE: Frenel

By OutandAboutnycmag September 26, 2018 September 26, 2018 Bonebreaking/Flexin, Choreography, Dance, film, Music, Music Video, Out and About NYC Magazine, Photography, Short Film, Video

Frenel Morris (a Miliner/Father) Terence Nance (Director) Chanelle Aponte Pearson (Producer) Shawn Peters (Photography) Storyboard P. & Daphe Lee (Dancers) Nelson Mandela Nance (aka Norvis Junior) (Editor). Continue reading

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9/25/18 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Arthur Mitchell Inspires Students at SAB (May 2018)

By OutandAboutnycmag September 25, 2018 September 25, 2018 Ballet, Choreography, Dance, Dance History, Event, Inspirational, Inspirational Tuesday, Out and About NYC Magazine, Video

By Walter Rutledge

Back in 2014 I received a phone call from Arthur Mitchell. He knew my association with the Romare Bearden Foundation, and that Romare’s archives were housed at Columbia University. He needed information about the process so he could do the same with his own legacy. “Hold on Sir”, I put him on hold and called Deidre Kelly the co-director of the Romare Bearden Foundation. Diedre gave me the contact information he requested. Continue reading

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9/24/18 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Bob Fosse- Air-otica

By OutandAboutnycmag September 24, 2018 September 24, 2018 Choreography, Dance, film, Hollywood Monday, Jazz, Musical, Musical Theatre, Out and About NYC Magazine, Video

All That Jazz is the semi-autobiographical fantasy film based on aspects of Bob Fosse’s life and career as dancer, choreographer and director. The musical film was directed by Bob Fosse with screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse.
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9/21/18 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Beloved-Dance Theatre of Harlem

By OutandAboutnycmag September 22, 2018 September 22, 2018 Ballet, Choreography, Dance, Out and About NYC Magazine, Saturday Morning Concert, Video

Dance Theatre of Harlem in Lester Horton‘s 1949 masterwork The Beloved the duet (based on a true story) performed by Cassandra Phifer and Hagues Magen. Continue reading

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9/21/18 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Paula Abdul- Straight Up (Late Late Show 2018)

By OutandAboutnycmag September 21, 2018 September 21, 2018 Choreography, Dance, Disco, Entertainment, Event, Out and About NYC Magazine, Shall We Dance Friday, Television, Video

Paula Abdul presented a show stopping version of her signature hit, Straight Up, on Wednesday’s Late Late Show, adding ensemble choreography and subtle electronic elements to the 1988 single. Continue reading

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9/19/18 O&A NYC MILESTONES: Arthur Mitchell Dance Trailblazer Died at 84

By OutandAboutnycmag September 19, 2018 September 19, 2018 Ballet, Dance, Dance History, Milestone, Out and About NYC Magazine

By Walter Rutledge

Arthur Mitchell, dancer, teacher, choreographer, social activist and founding director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem passed on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at age 84 from complications of heart failure. Mitchell’s career can only be described as trailblazing. In 1956 he crossed what E.B. Debois referred to as the “color line” to become the first ballet dancer of African decent to join the international renowned New York City Ballet.