One of the most interesting aspect of our generation’s dance culture is the importance of videos not only for entertainment but also for learning. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve watched Frankie (the other one) do his Welcome to the Party routine. The videos that Tien and I like take will most likely never…
I’m a big fan of statistics. It allows me to accurate gauge how many people we will have turn out for our blues dances in Toronto (2nd and 4th fridays of the month) as well as provide a good base when deciding on what to focus on next. Some key milestones in the past six…
A few very quick lessons that I learned about filming where dancers and musicians meet. Lesson 1 – Watch out for flailing limbs/Let dancers know you are there. As photographers, we often do not have hulking gear as videographers do to warn dancers flailing dancers. When you see me from the back when I’m filming,…
Followlogie 2011 – Early Jazz Band. from Hamfats.ca on Vimeo. If you get the chance to see them play in Montreal, you’re in for a treat: http://www.myspace.com/earlyjazzband
At TUX (the best small but big lindy hop event in Toronto, amiright), there were two competitions – a newcomer jack and jill and an open jack and jill. I was honored to be asked to judge the open jack and jill though I have a sneaking suspicion that I was only asked to keep…
