October 11th, 2011 by soul4dance

The United States Postal Service celebrated the contributions to the Latino Art to American Culture by issuing four memorial postage stamps the showcase the four popular dances - Salsa, Cha-Cha, Mambo and Meringue.

Some of the Latin artists have created individual designs that express their personal interpretations of the Meringue, Salsa, Cha-Cha, and Mambo using the many vivid colours and  sinuous shapes to capture the energy generated by the dancers moving to the dance beat.

Check out the intricate detailing on the collection of Salsa Commemorative Stamps:

October 10th, 2011 by soul4dance

The Melbourne Shuffle, which is also known as ‘Rocking‘ is a rave and club dance that originated in the late 1980s in the underground rave music scene in Melbourne, Australia.

The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. There are various formats and styles of the dance, some incorporate arm movements. People who dance the shuffle are called or referred to as rockers, as it was danced to rock music in the early 1990’s.

Origins of the Melbourne Shuffle are not known. But it’s been called “a cross between the chicken dance and a foot stomping robot”, many dancers use talcum powder or liquid to the floor to help them glide more easily, as they do many twists and turns including some 360 degrees spins and jumps in their routines.

Check out the Melbourne Shuffle:

October 4th, 2011 by soul4dance

Best Dance Act and Best Dance Choreographer Announced

The shortlist for the best dance act and best dance choreographers for the BEFFTA awards were announced earlier this week.

The annual Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television and Arts (BEFFTA) awards are to celebrate the achievements of the black and ethnic personalities in the entertainment, film, fashion, television and arts.

Flawless were the voted winners for 2009.

Boy Blue Entertainment bagged the awards in 2010.

The founder of BEFFTA “Pauline Long” said: ‘the nomination process is usually a lengthy and involves intense research but it’s all worth it. You only have to look at the individuals nominated to see that we are a community of very talented and creative people. a lot of the people that have been nominated work very hard behind the scenes and are very talented, these people need recognition for their contribution in the industry and that what BEFFTA is all about.’

The BEFFTA Awards 2011 will happen on the 22^nd of October at the Light House.

Best Dance Act Nominations:

Akai, Boy Blue Entertainment, Dan-Kira, Diversity, Definitives, Flawless, Rhimes Lecointe.

Best Dance Choreographer Nominations:

Anthony Kaye, Glenn Hudson, Johnson (Kid Royal), Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy, Douggie Dan-Kira, Kwame Kight, Tony Adigun.

October 3rd, 2011 by soul4dance

For people of a certain generation there are few movie moments where once scene stands out the most like Kevin Bacon in a white tank top and jeans working out his angst against a warehouse backdrop. His white sneakers popping while moving pictures – Never blares. But now more than 30 years have passed since Footloose came out and now youngsters of new era are more likely to ask – Kevin who?

Footloose was about a small town which bans public dancing and a bad-boy outsider who brings it to its senses while romancing the reverend’s daughter, this movie has remained in place among all the beloved dance films of the ‘80’s.

Now they want to honor the 1984 original movie, the creators of “Footloose” remake, has been considered to introduce the hit movie to the next generation, so that its memory is carried on!

The surprise was most of the moves were similar to the original, the angry warehouse dance and the fake prom at the end, but they still added their whole new set of choreography by many of the professional dancers in the cast.

Cast of Footloose 2011 - Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Ziah Colon.

Director - Craig Brewe

October 1st, 2011 by soul4dance

LUX Dance India Dance is a reality dance show which airs on the Indian Satellite television channel Zee TV. This show has become one of India's largest dance based show. The teams of the show are choreographed by some of the most popular Indian choreographers like Terence Lewis, Remo D'Souza and Geeta Kapoor.

This show airs every Friday and Saturday.

The concept of the show is that, gathers raw dance talent from the age of 15 to 25 from all over India be it men or women or kids. Once they are chosen, the contestants are trained by professional Bollywood choreographers. After this the participants compete against each other. And a winner is chosen by the public and judges.

This is a learning curve for the dancers as they are developed into to professional dancers and they learn many styles of dance like ballet, contemporary, latin, bollywood, ballroom and hip hop.

Now the latest season of DID3 has arrived. Stay tuned if you wanna enter, and when you get there stay calm and breathe. Do your best and give it your all! There are 18 people who will make it and you may be one of them.