Showing posts with label dancing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dancing. Show all posts

New Dancers Among Us photographs



Jordan Matter posted several new Dancers Among Us photographs.

Leftovers 2010: Fred the Raver



The fun kicks in at 55 seconds, but the build-up is worth it.

Dancing in the rain



Jordan Matter photographed Annmaria Mazzini dancing in the rain. It took 92 jumps, but he got the perfect photo (no, not the one you see above).

Serious hula hooping action



A cubicle drone meets a hot girl and hula hoops through downtown Los Angeles in this movie by Philo Hagen. (Probably NSFW on account of a few barley dressed hula hoopers.) The song is "Gotta Do" by Quentin Harris, which is available for download at Amazon. (I drive through that tunnel everyday.)

Here's more Philo Hagen at Burning Man. The hoop moves so fast, it's hard to believe it's not CGI:

Link roundup

1. "Watch This Voting Machine Change Someone's Vote."

2. Video of an incredibly enthusiastic Dance Dance Revolution player.

3. Last Exit to Nowhere is giving away five t-shirts for the best horror photo.

Link roundup

1. Beyonce dancing at a block party on her in-laws' street.

2. Jersey Shore is apparently called The New Jersey Life of Macaroni Rascals in Japan.

3. Michael Caine offers his interpretation of the end of Inception. Via.

4. Hide your delicious lunch from office thieves by placing it in Lean Cuisine frozen meal boxes. Via.

*Buy Inception spinning tops at eBay.

Zero-G dance routine



Scotty Nguyen and Tracy Shibata dance to Usher's There Goes My Baby, which is available at Amazon. Via.

Quest Crew goes Steampunk on So You Think You Can Dance




I couldn't find any quality photos, but Quest Crew wore Tom Banwell's masks during its performance on the season finale of So You Think You Can Dance.

Watch the first two episodes of the League of Extraordinary Dancers

The League of Extraordinary Dancers is a web series about super heroes with superhuman dancing skill.

The first episode, The Tale of Trevor Drift, can best be described as the origin story of Spider-Man, if Spider-Man could dance:



The second episode features the birth of a super-villain:



The site mentioned in the episode is indeed an active url.

*Previously: Dancers among us.

Dancers Among Us making of video






Jordan Matter posted a video showing the making of the fabulous Dancers Among Us photo series. The stills are of Matter grinning furiously as a he plots the next naughty photo...

*Previously: Video of people dressed as the Predator, dancing.

*Learn how to pole-dance with these books and videos at amazon.

Dancers among us (link roundup)





Part of a large gallery of photos showing dancers out and about in New York. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. Funny photo of Larry King.

2. Formula One Racer with a paintjob that makes it look like a pack of Marlboros (because more explicit tobacco advertising is forbidden. Via.

3. "Dead kiss."

*Previously: Amira Sa'id is a professional Slave Leia belly dancer.

*Buy vintage advertising at eBay.

Video roundup


League of Extraordinary Dancers in action.






Jesse Schell talks about the present and future of video games. Via.




Dogs catching treats in slow motion.




Tilt-shift video of New York. Via these sites.






Heavy Rain video game playthrough (Mature content).

*Previously: Bioshock 2 video playthrough.

*Buy vintage cameras at eBay.

Video of people dressed as the Predator, dancing



The description at Youtube:
Lionel Douglass -AKA- Big "D" is a member of the original Don Campbellock dance group the "Lockers" He is also the creator of this dance act and one of the Predators of this number. Lionel Douglass -AKA- Big "D" will be the last one dancing doing the "Alpha". Granny Nancy feeds the Predators so check her out at Granny Nancys Kitchen. www.grannynancyskitchen.com More on Lionel Douglass.....go to imdb or www.lioneldouglass.com or google Lionel Douglass (Big Bird) Yes that is Danny Glover in the video.
It must have been shot during shooting for Predator 2, right? Via these sites.

Relatedly, check out this video of the Predator and Alien running through London to promote Alien vs. Predator 2:




*Previously: Spy vs. Spy vs. Predator vs. Alien.

*Buy Predator toys at eBay.

Cats dancing (link roundup)



Furious dancing in this invitation to a showing of Leo Fitzpatrick's artwork at Half Gallery. Via.

And a few more links:

1. "iPhone is my new Tamagotchi."

2. Howard Saltz, vice president for content development, explaining a plan to charge for online news:
If someone robbed a bank, that's in front of the wall. The story of how bank robberies increase when the economy goes bad, behind the wall.
Who could resist paying for that?

3. Here's how it looks when only 1,000 people attend an NBA game.

*Previously: Dancing House.

*Buy NBA bobbleheads at eBay.

Pennywise Lego CubeDude (link roundup)



It Lego Cubedude by crises_crs.

And a few more links:

1. The League of Extraordinary Dancers.

2. "Earlier today, construction workers installed a Subway sandwich shop atop a crane that will rise alongside the Freedom Tower during construction. Builders hope the high-rise hoagie store will help hardhats work more efficiently by allowing them to purchase $5 footlongs without descending from the skyscraper. The Subway will be elevated higher and higher until it reaches the 105th floor." Photo link. Via.

3. Chibi Darth Nihilus.

*Previously: Pennywise at The Last Supper.

*Buy Darth Nihilus toys at eBay.

Shaq, LeBron, Dwight Howard in a dance off

This video of Dwight Howard dancing:



reminded me of this video of Shaq, LeBron, Dwight Howard in a dance off at last year's all-star game:



which led me to this video of Shaq dancing with his kids:



and a young Shaq shattering a backboard:



and Kobe dunking over an unsuspecting Shaq:



*Previously: NBA caricatures.

*Buy NBA jerseys at eBay.

Jason Voorhees...dancing

Jason Voorhees dancing. Art by ninjatim.


Jason Voorhees Dancing by ~ninjaink on deviantART

And here's one more from ninjatim's excellent DeviantArt gallery. Sarah Palin, propaganda style


Sarah Barracuda by ~ninjaink on deviantART

*At my custom toy site: Jason Voorhees Munny.

*Buy Jason Voorhees toys at eBay.

Amira Sa'id is a professional Slave Leia belly dancer and other links

Amira Sa'id started dancing at age 5 and found a niche for herslef, dancing in a Slave Leia costume. Here she is in a dance off with "Padme Aisha"



Sa'id also dances as a green Orion slave girl for Star Trek fans. Via.

Here's some other links:

1. From Halle Berry to Jeniffer Aniston, here's a photo gallery of pretty women whose mates have had affairs. Via.


2. File this under too good to check, Ji Feng, a teacher and vice principal of Zhiyuan Foreign Language Elementary School, is so popular that he gives out photos of himself as a reward to good students. Link. This might be a photo. Via.


3. In these two posts Brian Hibbs explains just how hard it is to run a comic book store. Via Forbidden Planet, which adds detailed comments.

*Previously: Clever print ad for pole-dancing classes.

*Buy movies featuring the fabulous Gilderoy Lockhart at Amazon.