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New York City
fromwww.amny.com
1 hour ago

Cardi B helps launch Mayor Mamdani's 2-K jingle contest, with one big rule: no AI | amNewYork

Cardi B will help judge NYC's 2-K jingle competition to promote free child care for two-year-olds, with applications opening June 2.
Washington Wizards
fromwww.amny.com
1 day ago

NYC hoopers try to impress Tracy McGrady and Jadakiss for spot in revamped OBL | amNewYork

Tracy McGrady is rebooting the Ones Basketball League, a one-on-one basketball competition featuring teams from various cities.
SF music
fromFuncheap
1 hour ago

16th & Mission Open Mic (w/out a mic)

An outdoor open mic event has been celebrating diverse expressions in San Francisco for 19 years, welcoming all forms of art every Thursday night.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 day ago

Performance Artist Crackhead Barney Moves From the Streets to the Stage: 'Art Should Be Going Insane'

Crackhead Barney is a performance artist known for her viral heckling of protestors and celebrities, significantly impacting NYC's political landscape.
#ballet
fromwww.amny.com
1 day ago
Berlin music

Beyond the metronome: The emotional intelligence of ballet | amNewYork

Ballet's beauty stems from the intricate collaboration between music and dance, emphasizing trust and relational excellence among artists.
fromThe Stranger
3 weeks ago
NYC LGBT

Goodbye, Sweet Prince

Lucien Postlewaite, principal dancer at Pacific Northwest Ballet for 18 years, retires at season's end after demonstrating exceptional range across classical and contemporary ballet roles.
Berlin music
fromwww.amny.com
1 day ago

Beyond the metronome: The emotional intelligence of ballet | amNewYork

Ballet's beauty stems from the intricate collaboration between music and dance, emphasizing trust and relational excellence among artists.
NYC music
fromBillboard
1 day ago

Saweetie to Perform at IDL's Inaugural Event in NYC

Saweetie will perform at the inaugural International Dance League event in New York City on May 2.
fromArchDaily
4 days ago

Choreographing Lagos: Dele Adeyemo on Dance, Cosmology, and Spatial Practices

Eshu's proverb tells both a story of reparation and of ancestrality by joyfully bending spacetime conventions and accessing subjects from the past with present actions.
Social justice
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Guardian view on new musicals: sex, drugs and song n' dance | Editorial

Trainspotting the Musical adapts Irvine Welsh's novel, showcasing the evolution of stories from books to stage with contemporary themes.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Gladiators finalist: 'It's been fun to rep the flag of south London'

It's just been so fun to rep the flag of south London, of Croydon. Community is important, sometimes it does lack, especially in big cities, so it's been really nice now to bring community together.
London politics
NYC music
fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

From Brooklyn to the stage: Timi Dre brings a global sound to SOB's | amNewYork

Timi Dre blends Afrobeats, Konpa, and R&B, creating a unique sound reflective of New York's cultural diversity and energy.
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 days ago

Rare Rauschenberg Experimental Dance Revived at Brooklyn Roller Rink

The Trisha Brown Dance Company is reviving Robert Rauschenberg's 1963 dance 'Pelican' for the first time in 60 years at a Brooklyn event.
Music
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

Fab 5 Freddy recalls how he brought underground art forms mainstream respect

Fred Brathwaite, known as Fab 5 Freddy, significantly influenced the emergence of hip-hop culture and street art in New York City.
Music production
fromPitchfork
4 days ago

Nobody's Chosen: An Interview With Sideshow

Sideshow's album TIGRAY FUNK addresses societal issues through personal experiences and a unique musical fusion of G-funk and Ethiopian influences.
#contemporary-dance
Berlin music
fromLondon Unattached
3 weeks ago

Russell Maliphant Dance Company, Landscapes Review

Russell Maliphant's Landscapes triple bill presents three exceptional dancers performing intimate pieces, with Afterlight, In a Landscape, and Two showcasing distinct artistic visions set to evocative music and sophisticated lighting design.
Berlin music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Review: Gibney Dance offers up a beautiful evening of high-quality rep * Oregon ArtsWatch

Gibney Dance returned to Portland's Newmark Theatre after 20 years, performing new works including pieces by Roy Assaf and William Forsythe that showcased contemporary dance aesthetics rooted in Batsheva and Gaga-informed movement.
Arts
from48 hills
3 days ago

Live Shots: Hoops, wands, fans flew fabulously at 'The Flow Show' - 48 hills

The Flow Show showcased diverse movement forms with props, blending scripted performances and improvisation to create a captivating experience.
fromComplex
5 days ago

Lil Mama Makes Surprise Guest Appearance on Bow Wow's Brooklyn Tour Stop

Can we please put both of us in the same frame so they know this is not AI? ... Twin, you know I stay ready, right? ... Can you do me a favor? Take this shit over with this one.
NYC music
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

First Annual "Boogie Down Brisbane" Hip-Hop Benefit (2026)

Community members of all ages are invited to gather for the first annual Boogie Down Brisbane, a hip hop benefit concert, that will showcase a vibrant, family-friendly lineup of hip hop music, art, activities, and community solidarity on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Fundraising
NYC LGBT
fromCity Limits
3 weeks ago

Breakin' And Boogying: New Exhibit Spotlights History of Dance in The Bronx

The Bronx History Museum's new exhibit celebrates 1970-84 dance culture that transformed Latin Hustle, Rocking, Burning, Breakin' and Boogying into global phenomena through immersive displays of photos, clothing, oral histories, and memorabilia.
NYC music
fromPitchfork
1 week ago

I Went to a Hip-Hop Streamer Convention and All I Got Was This Piece of Content

Twitch streamer Tylil James captivates fans at MVP Arena with viral dance performances, showcasing the intersection of online fame and live entertainment.
fromFuncheap
2 weeks ago

Battle of the Bands

Join us for a special (spring edition) of the Cal vs. Stanford Battle of the Bands in Entrance Plaza on April 11th. Bring out your family and friends and show your school spirit!
Music
fromPitchfork
3 weeks ago

The 2Slimey Roundtable

An underground hip-hop competition centered on distorted, apocalyptic interpretations of Playboi Carti's rage rap style has produced 2Slimey, a 20-year-old Oklahoma rapper whose significance remains debated among critics.
Social justice
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

Op-Ed | In a time of fear, I made adanceabout hope | amNewYork

Dance communicates profound truths about human experience and social injustice that words cannot reach, offering a vital form of resistance and expression during times of fear and displacement.
Portland
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
4 weeks ago

March DanceWatch: Street dance, fairy tales, and a big hole in dance education * Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland State University eliminated its dance program in 1995, creating a lasting gap in the city's arts ecosystem that remains unaddressed despite the university's strong overall arts presence.
Music production
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

New York hip-hop experimentalist Elucid: I like the harmony of the city. Everybody's got a little solo'

Elucid experiences the Dream House installation's meditative drone composition, which triggers his creative process through sensory immersion and unconscious sound-to-word associations.
fromTime Out New York
1 week ago

A 'Glee' star is joining an Off Broadway dance show and we can't think of a better fit

"It has been a bucket-list dream of mine to perform on a New York stage, and I couldn't think of a better way to do that than becoming a part of the 11 to Midnight family," Morris said in a statement.
NYC music
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

NYC dance studio builds space for women to reclaim their confidence through movement | amNewYork

When I came to America I tried a lot of classes and 90% of them, even if a class was for beginner level, were really difficult. I was thinking, if I were a grown woman who just decided to start, I'm going to get trauma, it's so hard, it's so competitive, and I [said], I need to create something dedicated to women, without this pressure, without this judgmental vibe.
Women
Education
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

MC Grammar breaks record for largest rap lesson

Sam Parsons, known as MC Grammar, set a Guinness World Record for the largest rap lesson with 859 London school children from 18 schools.
San Francisco
fromThe Bold Italic
1 month ago

SF Ballet finally went clubbing. It's called 'The Blake Works'

SF Ballet cancels Kennedy Center performances after public backlash, while premiering William Forsythe's innovative triple bill featuring modern, street-inflected movement on a minimalist stage.
Exercise
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

My rookie era: in a period of heartbreak, learning to pole dance gave me structure

A second attempt at pole dancing in a smaller, personalized studio environment proved transformative, turning initial negative experiences into confidence-building success.
NYC music
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

From Coney Island to center stage: Lil Dee Raps is chasing his New York dream | amNewYork

Lil Dee Raps, a 21-year-old rapper from Coney Island, aims to become an icon of New York City with his music and performances.
Miscellaneous
fromSan Diego Union-Tribune
1 month ago

The guts and glory of staging a ballet

City Ballet of San Diego presents an ambitious triple bill featuring 'Rhapsody in Blue,' a contemporary ballet set to Gershwin's iconic orchestral jazz score, reworked by resident choreographer Geoff Gonzalez for stage performance.
East Bay (California)
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

By spotlighting disabled performers, Bay Area company AXIS Dance challenges conventional thinking about movement

AXIS Dance Company challenges ableist conceptions of athleticism by pairing disabled and able-bodied dancers, shifting focus from impossible feats to artistic possibility and inclusive performance.
#street-performance
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago
NYC music

Harlem's Breeze Team brings high-energy breakdancing and comedy to busy New York City streets | amNewYork

NYC music
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Harlem's Breeze Team brings high-energy breakdancing and comedy to busy New York City streets | amNewYork

The Breeze Team is a street performance crew in Times Square, blending breakdancing, comedy, and acrobatics to entertain crowds.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

From baby beatboxer to drummer of the year for south London teen

Over the years my main focus has been jazz so bringing that style and rhythm up to the stage, they found really interesting. Ellis thinks his jazz background made him stand out among his fellow contestants, attributing his success to the distinctive musical perspective he brought to the competition.
London music
Silicon Valley food
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

A dance party, but with caffeine: Inside the coffee rave trend

Daytime coffee and matcha raves are emerging as popular social events throughout the Bay Area, offering music, dancing, and community connection without alcohol.
San Jose Sharks
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

A dance party, but with caffeine: Inside the coffee rave trend

Daytime coffee-fueled DJ events are emerging as popular sober-curious alternatives to traditional nightlife, particularly among Gen Z attendees seeking social connection and entertainment.
Music
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Hip hop faces its midlife crisis

Hip hop's cultural dominance has sharply declined, losing 24% sales share and 19% streaming share since 2023, with few emerging artists capable of sustaining mainstream relevance after Kendrick Lamar's 2024 peak.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

How the Golden State Warriors' senior dancers became fan favorites

It's 3:30 p.m. on a Monday, and a group of 16 senior dancers are grooving on the court at Chase Center. They throw their arms up and down, give a high kick, bend over low, draw a half circle with their hips, pop up and snap their necks back and forth, their grey and white hair glistening under the giant spotlights usually reserved for Steph Curry and Draymond Green.
Golden State Warriors
Intellectual property law
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Olympics Goes Full Mortal Kombat To Close Out Figure Skating

Figure skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics performed comedic, IP-heavy exhibition routines featuring Mortal Kombat characters, while competitive programs faced music licensing challenges.
Berlin music
fromwww.kaltblut-magazine.com
1 month ago

Immersive Beats and Fluid Visions: The Pulse of DRIPS at Liquid States

DRIPS collective evolved from techno party curation into a multidisciplinary artistic event combining fashion, dance, and live electronic music performances.
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

How the Golden State Warriors' senior dancers became fan favorites

"My heart starts to beat really fast when we're in that tunnel,"
Golden State Warriors
Arts
from48 hills
1 month ago

BIG WEEK: Black Choreographers Fest, Sunset Night Market, FAGJAZZ, Winterfest, more - 48 hills

Bay Area arts and culture events celebrate Black History Month, Latinx abstraction, and queer artistic communities through performances, exhibitions, and gatherings.
#heated-rivalry
#dance-biomechanics
fromWGB
2 months ago

Streetdog BMX Review - Skill, Stubbornness, and a Lot of Concrete

Streetdog BMX isn't trying to revive the glory days of BMX games, nor is it chasing mass appeal. It's a deliberately fiddly, skill-focused take on BMX riding, aimed squarely at players who enjoy mastery more than spectacle. And like real-life riding, that first crash is the key moment - because you're either going to toss the fucking thing in the trash, or grind like a madman and try again.
Video games
fromAll U Can Heat
1 month ago

Heat's Keshad Johnson could steal the spotlight at the Slam Dunk Contest

Keshad Johnson is not a name that many non-Miami Heat fans may know. However, he'll have the opportunity to change that as he prepares to compete in the 2026 NBA Slam Dunk Contest this weekend. The Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend may not be what it used to be, but despite the lack of big names, it's still one of the biggest lures of the festivities.
National Basketball Association
#brooklyn-hip-hop
World news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

What to know about figure skating, a cornerstone of the Winter Olympics

Milan Cortina figure skating includes men's, women's, pairs, ice dance and team events with combined technical and component scoring across short and free programs.
Marketing tech
fromdiacritical
2 months ago

An AI "Digital Twin" for the Performing Arts

Performing arts suffer from poor discovery due to static listings; personalized, dialog-driven AI experiences can reduce audience risk and increase meaningful engagement.
Exercise
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Hackney siblings shine in the BMX racing scene

Three Hackney siblings are rising BMX racers: Thomas will compete at the World Championships while Katie and Phoebe hold national titles.
fromBillboard
1 month ago

The Cool Kids Visit NYC's Lower East Side in New Video Series 'Get Off the Internet': Watch

The internet has made our worlds feel smaller. We keep up with family and friends through apps instead of phone calls or visits. We use an app to deliver our food instead of going out to eat. We shop online instead of going to the store to see and feel the things we purchase before we buy them.
NYC music
#dancing-with-the-stars
Snowboarding
fromSnowBrains
2 months ago

Take it to the Streets: Unpacking the Origins of Urban Skiing - SnowBrains

Street skiing evolved from boardsports influence, media exposure, and ski design innovation, shifting skiing culture toward rail, stair, and urban-feature riding.
#parkour
#vertical-dance
fromLondon On The Inside
2 months ago

Dance at the Barbican After Hours

We've been exploring what nightlife looks like in London outside of the traditional nightclubs, and here comes the Barbican with a brand-new late-night party series. The 'anyone can dance' events will be a celebration of diaspora, community and joy, with the Level -1 foyer space turning into a dancefloor open until 3am. The series is kicking off on Fri 20th February with a night curated by Eastern Margins, a collective that celebrates alternative East and South East Asian creativity and culture.
London music
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The hill I will die on: Being a DJ' isn't a proper job | Phil Mongredien

DJs receive huge fees for skillfully selecting and mixing others' music, functioning as proficient laborers prized more for curation and spectacle than original artistry.
Snowboarding
fromWhitelines Snowboarding
1 month ago

Young, hungry and full of beans- these are the riders to keep on your radar

Four rising snowboarders—Bella Warren, Mia, Eli Bouchard, and Dima Luchkin—deliver distinctive styles, inventive tricks, and strong competitive results across global events.
#anna-halprin
#ballroom-dancing
Berlin music
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
2 months ago

Column #4! Ravemore - From Rave Supplements to Baggy Cargos - KALTBLUT Magazine

Two friends transformed a recovery supplement into an authentic Berlin clubwear fashion brand driven by community demand and nightlife experience.
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Dance Reflections Festival Is a Gift

Van Cleef & Arpels is sponsoring an expanded Dance Reflections festival in New York featuring sixteen mainly European dance productions and high-profile companies.
Music
fromBrooklyn, NY Patch
1 month ago

Virtual DJ Battles Transform Online Music Competitions With Real-Time Audience Power-Ups In NYC

Jonathan Kaufman built a custom platform turning Brooklyn's silent DJ battles into interactive virtual competitions where online audiences choose audio, vote, and trigger power-ups.
Music
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Sound of 2026: Rap polymath Jim Legxacy is the runner-up

Jim Legxacy transformed personal tragedy into a boundary-pushing mixtape, Black British Music, earning critical acclaim and second place on BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2026.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Rauschenberg Returns With a Masterpiece of Postmodern Dance

Set and Reset, Rauschenberg's collaborative performance with Trisha Brown and Laurie Anderson, returns to BAM with his scenography, films, and silkscreened costumes.
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Watch Central Cee Turn Back Time for "Iceman Freestyle" Video

Central Cee has shared a new song "Iceman Freestyle" along with a music video. Directed by Don Prod, the clip tracks the British rapper driving an old Aston Martin, drinks whiskey, and literally digging his own grave. Watch it below. "Iceman Freestyle" is the second solo single Central Cee has released following 2025's Can't Rush Greatness, his debut album on Columbia. The rapper also linked up for a few collaborations last year, including Drake's " Which One " and Sexyy Red's "Guilt Trippin."
Music
fromBerlin Art Link
2 months ago

Review of 'Did4luv' at Tanztage Berlin | Berlin Art Link

Dominique McDougal and Carro Sharkey's three-part performance, 'Did4luv'-a tragicomic dance solo performed by each of the dancers, alternating every night-debuted this month at the dual 30th anniversary of Sophiensaele's inauguration as a theater and its renowned dance festival, Tanztage. This year's Tanztage invites its audience to consider the (im)material conditions of artistic production: the body and self as sources for capitalist exchange, the extractive nature of our systems of work and its resulting consequences for marginalized bodies.
Arts
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Ice Dancing Isn't Figure Skating Redux. It's a Whole Other Beast.

I absolutely give you permission to learn what twizzles are, but if you're coming into this as a once-every-four-years viewer, I encourage you to appreciate these performances based on how the skating made you feel. For me, watching it reminds me of the first time I was taken to a classical music performance: "What am I supposed to do with my brain during this?" I thought.
Music
Music
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

Sk8star: "Yeannn" [ft. Teezus]

Atlanta's ØWay collective channels chameleonic, Auto-Tuned YSL-style rap led by Sk8star, Tezzus, and collaborators, blending Southern slang innovation with trap production.
fromThe Bold Italic
2 months ago

SF Ballet gala keeps topping itself, and we keep showing up

Being called the best assumes lightning will strike twice, on schedule, and then strike again. I think that's life at the San Francisco Ballet. I heard about many bests recently at its 93rd opening gala. Everywhere I looked, people chattered in polite gossip, and a new room waited for me to find reasons to linger, from macarons and photo stations; or I was catching up with my favorite performer while waiting in line for cocktails.
Arts
Music
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
1 month ago

Berkeley's Flow Lounge is a hip-hop incubator and community builder

Flow Lounge is a weekly Bay Area hip‑hop incubator combining freestyle competition, community support, and public‑health–oriented civic engagement through Hip‑Hop For the Future.
Arts
from48 hills
2 months ago

Watch: Go behind the scenes of Cirque du Soleil's 'ECHO' - 48 hills

ECHO bridges natural and human worlds, celebrating interconnectivity through acrobatics, comedy, cutting-edge technology, and animal-inspired costume design.
Arts
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 months ago

February DanceWatch: A quartet of fairy tales, Urban Bush Women, Mike Barber & friends, and much more * Oregon ArtsWatch

February in Oregon presents four classic fairytale ballets alongside socially engaged contemporary dance, juxtaposing timeless themes of power and gender with current sociopolitical expression.
Arts
fromwww.london-unattached.com
2 months ago

Yorke Dance Project Honours Modern Dance Pioneers

Yolande Yorke-Edgell prioritizes preserving and honoring contemporary dance pioneers through performances and mentorship bridging US and UK dance legacies.
Arts
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Dancing in high heels is boosting these women's confidence 'exponentially'

A beginners heels dance class transforms exhaustion into energy, community, confidence, and empowerment for participants at Vibe Dance Studio.
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