Ireland: Dirty Dancing

A cheating scandal has rocked the Emerald Isle, and it doesn’t involve Gaelic football, Hurling, or Camogie. The highly-competitive world of Irish Step Dancing has been rocked by allegations of feiseanna and oireachtais judges trading high scores for sexual favors. Maybe it’s those short skirts and tight pants.

More:

“Major misstep: sex and cheating scandal rattles Irish dancing world,” Jack Hobbs, NY Post

“High kicks and dirty tricks: Irish dancing hit by fixing and sexual favour claims,” David Mouriquand and Ken Murray, Euro News

“Irish dancing rocked by major allegations of competition fixing involving dance teachers and judges,” Ellen Coyne, The  Independent

“Now Irish Dancing Is in the Grip of a Major Cheating Scandal,” Sophia Smith Galer, Vice

“An Irish Dancing Scandal Is the Latest in Our Season of Cheating,” Kady Ruth Ashcraft, Jezebel

Update:

“‘BagGate’ is the professional cornhole drama taking over the sport,” James Dator, SBNation

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Dancing Robots

Robots: now that they can dance, do you love them? Boston Dynamics Atlas, Pick, and Spot machines dance to Berry Gordy‘s music, sung by The Contours, choreographed by Monica Thomas. Guess the firm’s Stretch machines were too busy planning to put Amazon warehouse workers out of work.

More:

“How Boston Dynamics Taught Its Robots to Dance,” Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum

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Bicycle Dancing

Cyclist Viola Brand dances her bike in a great room of Schloss Hohenheim, now the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. Music by Will van de Crommert.

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Heaven

“Cheek to Cheek,” written by Irving Berlin, performed by Fred Astaire in the movie Top Hat, 1935. Music Director: Max Steiner.

Heaven, I’m in heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we’re out together dancing, cheek to cheek

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Land of a Thousand Dances Chris Kenner

“Land of a Thousand Dances,” written by Chris Kenner, performed by Tina Turner, 1987.

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J.B. style at the roller rink

Chicago’s James Brown-inspired roller skaters. A  New York Times video.

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Norma Miller, 1919 – 2019

“Norma Miller, Lindy Hop dancer known as the ‘Queen of Swing,’ dies at 99,” Harrison Smith, Washington Post

“Norma Miller, the ‘Queen of Swing,’ Has Died at 99,” Brigit Katz, Smithsonion

Video: Hellzapoppin’, 1941.  Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, including Frankie Manning,  Norma Miller, and Slim and Slam. Frankie Manning, choreographer.

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Makin’ Moves

Japanese director Kouhei Nakama experiments with generative animation techniques for this dance video. Music by Broke For Free.

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Smoldering Drums

“Smoldering Drums,” featuring Princess Leilani, with Alex McAngus, for Scopitone. These short films were back-projected on a small screen mounted on a “visual jukebox.”

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Tap: Made in America

Tap dancing, like many things in the US, was manufactured here from imported components. Vox explains.
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