Powdered Milk Showers / Jeffrey Vanhoutte
Belgian photographer Jeffrey Vanhoutte alongside film director André (Nicolas Vantomme) collaborated to produce this captivating video investigating the balance between motion, stillness, shadow and light. The project was commissioned by Norvell Jefferson to promote the powdered milk creamer, Campina Friesland Kievit.
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Adam “MCA” Yauch Tribute / Buddhist Monks
It has been a year since the death of Adam “MCA” Yauch and to pay tribute, a group of Buddhist monks gathered in Union Square, New York City on MCA-DAY to bust a few breakdancing moves. Adam Yauch was a humanitarian and a faithful Buddhist who fought for Tibetan independence. –@s_iravani
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Master (Official Video) / St. John’s Dance featuring Dr. Alban
July 24th, 1374 in Aix-La-Chapelle, Aachen, Germany. The plague is wreaking havoc and tearing up deep, puss filled wounds in a Europe where no one stands unaffected. Meanwhile, reports are pouring in on a new plague. A disease that would become known as St. John’s Dance. A defilement that is born in the filth in […]
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Dancers in Flight (Airplane Flash Mob) / Kanye West Runaway Dancers
Hot chicks think they run the world. When those hot chicks are also Kanye West‘s dancers? Forget about it! Seriously though, here are Yeezy’s backup dancers delightfully flashmobbing a flight during their 2012 Australian Tour. Urban Improv annoys the hell outta me but I can get down with this. We’re suckers for beautiful women. Like, […]
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Lil Buck / Jacob Sutton
Here’s director Jacob Sutton‘s short dance film of gravity-defying dancer Lil Buck dropping some insane longitudinal/lateral moves while confined to a minimalist wooden box. Sutton has been a frequent collaborator with Nowness; we previously featured the captivating and innovative viral hit LED shredder. You know Lil Buck from Spike Jonze‘s viral video with Yo-Yo Ma (below). Viral...
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RUNAWAY / Mr Little Jeans
Mr Little Jeans (Monica Birkenes) previously blasted on the scene and dazzled us with her enchantingly moody cover of Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs. We’ve played that cover a thousand times. She even made our Soundsystem 25: Best of 2011 (#14) because she’s a sensational and unique talent whose star is on the rise. Here is the music […]
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Don Cornelius 1936-2012
Sadly, Don Cornelius, exemplar television show host, producer and creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music variety show, Soul Train, took his own life in the early hours of this morning. Cornelius had hosted the ’70s mainstay and famous show from 1971 to 1993, from the heart of the disco era and right into the postmodern […]
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DREAMER DUBSTEP: Dance @ Great Wall of China Dance / Marquese Scott
Here is Marquese Scott, from the RemoteKontrol crew, once again
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Break ton Neck / Yoga x B-boying
Yesterday, we featured the comical music video Yoga Girl. Keeping with a similar theme, here’s lithe and sinewy French dancer, Arthur Cadre, busting out some Yoga-esque b-boy moves to AWOLNATION‘s smash hit Sail. I used to be able to move like that (not really)… Check out AWOLNATION‘s original/official Sail music video below. -Teemunny
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FUTURE PROOF / The DMC Initiative
An interesting and captivating mix of interpretive dancing and motiongraphics. The DMC Initiative (DMCI) developed this piece as a response to the 2011 A/NZ PromaxBDA Conference title of Future Proof. Our approach was to focus not on futuristic notions but to consider that which is timeless. People, the expression of self and the interactions between […]
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Rooftop Revival / Treasure Fingers
Check out Treasure Fingers latest release, Rooftop Revival, guaranteed to make you shake your rump dance your butt off. With the release of his new song and video, Treasure Fingers is kicking off his tour. See below for the dates. 11/17/11 / Baby! / Munich, (Germany) 11/19/11 / The Rocket / Milan, (Italy) 12/10/11 / Rio […]
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