Hair Love, an Oscar winning animated short film from Matthew A. Cherry, tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time. Continue reading
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2/14/20 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY- CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Rainbow Round My Shoulder- Donald McKayle with Mary Hinkson
Donald McKayle’s 1959 masterwork, Rainbow Round My Shoulder, is acclaimed as a modern dance classic. A searing dramatic narrative, it is set on a chain gang in the American south where prisoners work, breaking rock from “can see to can’t see.” Their aspirations for freedom come in the guise of a woman, first as a vision then as a remembered sweetheart, mother, and wife. The songs that accompany their arduous labor are rich in polyphony and tell a bitter, sardonic, and tragic story. It was created for the Donald McKayle Dance Company, and has been in the repertoire of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Batsheva Dance Company and Dayton Contemporary Dance, among others. The cast in the video excerpt includes Donald McKayle and Mary Hinkson. Continue reading
2/12/20 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Richard Pryor Live and Smoking 1971
Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin’ is a 1971 American stand-up comedy concert film starring and written by Richard Pryor and directed by Michael Blum, who also cinematographer and producer. Continue reading
2/11/20 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ TELEVISION SERIES TRAILER: ‘I Will Always Be Here for You’ Trailer | Kidding | Season 2
With his beloved Mr. Pickles Puppet Time off the air for the first time in 30 years, Jeff Pickles must find a way to communicate with his many fans who still need him. Jeff creates a new and controversial method to talk directly to children across the world only to become the target of animosity for the first time in his career. Continue reading
2/9/20 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH: The Morehouse College Glee Club performs We Shall Overcome
The Morehouse College Glee Club performs We Shall Overcome, arranged by Wendell P. Whalum at the 2009 Candle on the Bluff Awards. Continue reading
3/16/23 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY- WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Excerpt of Banda with Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder (1957)
By Walter Rutledge
Geoffrey Holder’s Banda dance debuted in the 1954 Truman Capote/Harold Arlen musical House Of Flowers. Holder the Baron of The Cemetery (based on the Haitian Loa of Death Baron Samedi) received both a performer and choreographer credit in the program. The Broadway musical takes place somewhere in the West Indies during Mardi Gras weekend. Continue reading
2/3/20 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ FASHION MEETS ART: The Dior Summer 2020 Men’s collection
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr
Dior spotlights Spring/Summer 2020 Collection & Daniel Arsham Collaboration in new campaign video.Discover the summer 2020 men’s collection by Kim Jones, featuring looks and accessories designed with the artist Daniel Arsham. Continue reading
1/29/20 O&A NYC MORNING FUNNIES: The Harshest Burns from the Roast of Justin Bieber
Relive all the shocking and brutal jokes from the roast of Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg, Martha Stewart, Ludacris, Peter Davidson, Kevin Hart, Natasha Leggero, Shaquille O’Neal as Roastmaster General Jeff Ross says, the King Joffrey of pop. Continue reading
1/29/20 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Fences (Parody)
King Bach presents this parody of the film adaptation of August Wilson award winning play Fences starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. Continue reading
1/25/20 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT- DANCE: City of Rain by Camille A. Brown
City of Rain by choreographer Camille A. Brown performed by the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University (2015). Continue reading
