Jazz has become a very popular style of dance over the past several years, mostly because of its popularity on television shows, movies, music videos, and commercials. This type of…
Starting in the early 1960s, Black Americans and Latino Americans created “uprock” and “breaking” in New York City. Black Americans in California created “locking”, “roboting”, “boogaloo” and “popping”; collectively referred…
Tap Dance is a form of dance inspired by many in the American Jazz music scene as well traditional Irish and Celtic dancing. Tap is appropriately named after the tapping…
A Facebook user recently commented that the Eagles had “played like they were wearing tutus!!!” With all do respect to the Eagles, let’s take a minute to look at what…
This week in history, January 25, 1938 – Blues/soul singer Etta James is born 1958 – Elvis Presley has his 1st UK #1 hit with the popular song “Jailhouse Rock”…