A few months back I went to a big party for the first time in a while. It was very vibesy. Everyone was laughing and enjoying themselves and especially dancing up a storm to the seemingly endless ...
'Men think dancehall is only twerking!' 'The most difficult part of the dance is the style.' 'People usually look at the steps and think, "Yeah! I can do this. Of course, anyone can do steps, but that ...
Dancehall is much more than its distinct rhythm. It’s all about style, lyrics, attitude, and as the name suggests, dances! These dances are always creative, and trendsetting, so much so that they’re ...
At around 1 am on a late-winter night in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, a small line of young men and women forms outside Sugar Mills nightclub. Attendees are searched by a team of bouncers before entering.
Art exhibitions MCA Chicago show explores the power of Dancehall and Reggaeton Jamaican music has long been the sound of revolution, so it's perhaps no surprise that political upheaval is what sparked ...
The gritty, mesmerising and extremely energetic dance style "dancehall" is making its way to Australian streets, by way of a Zambian migrant with a passion for movement. "I would describe dancehall as ...
When Carla Acevedo-Yates started researching “Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón” more than three years ago, she didn’t know it would be her last exhibition at Chicago’s Museum of ...
How, Yeats wondered, can we know the dancer from the dance? It’s a good line, and an even better question. This new piece from choreographer Emma Martin, composer Andrew Hamilton, five dancers and ...
“We used to walk a total of 14 miles to the dancehall and back, in a group of girls.” “I met a girl at a dance in Limerick, and she missed the bus home so I had to walk her home to Shanagolden and ...