A Ballerina’s Tale stars Misty Copeland the American Ballet Theatre principal dancer and Under Armour spokeswoman. On Monday, October 12, 2015 at the 92nd Street Y (New York City) Copeland, Director Nelson George and TV personality Gayle King discussed the documentary. Continue reading
Category: Documentary
10/7/16 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Nureyev & The Joffrey Ballet Tribute to Nijinsky 1980
Nureyev & The Joffrey Ballet Tribute to Nijinsky, features three ballets Petrouchka, Le spectre de la rose, L’après-midi d’un faune was recorded on August 1980 in Nashville.
As Robert Joffrey, artistic director of the company, explains toward the end of this program, no one really knows in precise detail how the Vaslav Nijinsky of legend danced. These re-creations were assembled by reading about him and by looking at photographs in costume. Needless to say, dance scholars have been afforded endless opportunity for taking indignant exception to bits and pieces of the reconstructions.
Nureyev & The Joffrey Ballet Tribute to Nijinsky 1980
Petrouchka (Rudolf Nureyev, Denise Jackson, Christian Holder, Gary Chryst)
Le spectre de la rose (Rudolf Nureyev, Denise Jackson)
L’après-midi d’un faune (Rudolf Nureyev, Charlene Gehm)
National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Terence Kern, conductor ; Paul Jacobs, solo piano.
8/11/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FILM: Paradise Garage- New York City’s Legendary Disco Comes To The Big Screen
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
The Paradise Garage, New York’s iconic disco will be getting its own film highlighting its contribution to the city’s dance music culture and nightlife. Continue reading
8/11/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez FILM PREVIEW: Paradise Garage- New York City’s Legendary Disco Comes The Big Screen
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
The Paradise Garage, New York’s iconic disco will be getting its own film highlighting its contribution to the city’s dance music culture and nightlife. Continue reading
8/1/16 O&A NYC DANCE: Gregory Hines’ Tap Dance in America- Excerpt featuring
Legendary Tap dancers Gregory Hines, Jimmy Slyde, Bunny Briggs, Sandman Simms performs during the 1989 PBS special Gregory Hines’ Tap Dance in America. Shot during rehearsal and performance at what used to be Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe in New York, the special reunites cast members of previous Hines vehicles, including “Sophisticated Ladies” (the musical) and “Tap” (the movie). Continue reading
3/29/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Arnold Schwarzenegger- 6 Rules To Success And Documentary On His Early Life And Philosophy

Arnold Schwarzenegger, The best bodybuilder of all time, motivational speech about his 6 rules to success; and a short documentary on his early life and the philosophy that shaped his life. Continue reading
9/18/15 O&A NYC Shall We Dance Friday: Maurice Béjart- La Sacre du printemps (1970)


Le Sacre du printemps (1959) is a milestone in the history of dance, and choreographer Maurice Béjart approached the work with great courage. His version full of new meanings, physicality and sensuality became a universally recognized success. “Human love, in its physical appearance, symbolizes the act by which God creates the cosmos, and the joy it brings. Let this ballet be bare of all picturesque artifice, let it be the hymn to the union between man and woman at its deepest level, between heaven and earth, the dance of life and death, let it be as eternal as spring!” – Maurice Bejart Continue reading
8/28/15 O&A NYC Shall We Dance Friday: Guillem by Sylvie Guillem


Guillem by Sylvie Guillem is a documentary about the famous french dancer Sylvie Guillem. The film is writen by Guillem and directed by Françoise Ha Van Kern. Continue reading
8/19/15 O&A NYC: The Rucker Basketball League Turns 50

Malcolm X stated, “History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.” The documentary Rucker 50 establishes the collective conscienceless of the history of the now world-renowned basketball tournament/ phenomenon. The Rucker is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary and to mark this milestone Robert McCullough Jr. and Darryl L. Neverson have written and directed the film Rucker 50. Continue reading
8/8/15 O&A Its Saturday- Anything Goes: McQueen And I


McQueen And I is the dramatic story of Alexander McQueen’s rise to fashion stardom, his relationship with his eccentric, aristocratic muse and patron Isabella Blow, and of both their tragic suicides. Continue reading











