The News Review:
- ‘America’s Best Dance Crew’: Beat Freaks are awesome and the top 3
- Wolverines triples dominate Gophers keep dance hopes alive
- Happening today
- George: George proposes
- Dev Patel talks about his ‘Slumdog’ role
- A Concert Hall Busts ut
‘America’s Best Dance Crew’: Beat Freaks are awesome and the top 3
Los Angeles Times CA -
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Wolverines triples dominate Gophers keep dance hopes alive
Detroit Free Press United States -
“It makes us a whole different team. “Given the way the past six weeks have gone being someone other than themselves was a necessity. The Wolverines had lost their last six games to NCAA tournament-likely teams and needed to break that rut with five games remaining. Now with this successful win on the ledger controlling the game at both ends there’s confidence moving with three road games in the final four. While they’ll focus on their defense the offense gave Michigan a spark it has missed for weeks. The 74 points were the most since beating Illinois on Jan. 4 — the last quality win.
Happening today
Los Angeles Times CA -
Hip Hop 101 Get a crash course in the basic elements of hip-hop culture with Ludacris Common the Beastie Boys’ Mix Master Mike and DJ Sleeper as well as up-and-comer R&B songstress Keri Hilson. Plus don’t miss the Afro-futuristic stylings of musical maverick Janelle Monáe along with break-dance performances and graffiti art. Sports Arena 3939 S.
George: George proposes
Yale Daily News CT -
(I have no idea what an acid trip is like because I?ve never done acid but writers frequently use it to signify an intense mind quest. )It truly is taking every ounce of my will to not write the ?Wuh oh? line again in its own paragraph because I just want to pour out the energy of this song somewhere. Perhaps a quick dance break?[Dance break didn?t know I could bend like that I can?t pulled a muscle. ]There is something electric about this video that makes everyone want to dance. I don?t care who you are and what veil you live behind but you will find a way to dance when the time comes. Sure virgin viewers might be caught by surprise when a roomful of people start chopping their arms up and down like a robot with MS but once they?ve seen it they won?t be able to help themselves.
Dev Patel talks about his ‘Slumdog’ role
San Francisco Chronicle USA -
All I had to say was a letter A B C or D but the answer had to mean so much. I was knackered at the end of every day. But I think the most challenging was the dance sequence. I just can’t dance. I can’t move my hips like those Bollywood stars. Victoria Terminus where we did the dance number is one of the most packed stations in the world. People would come and watch us shooting during their lunch break.
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A Concert Hall Busts ut
New York Times United States -
Rather than demolish Tully Hall or conceal it behind a new facade Diller Scofidio & Renfro gleefully carve it up. They begin by tearing off the old staircase and elevated plaza. The upper floors are stretched out toward the edge of Broadway creating more room for dance studios inside and a forceful presence along the avenue. A new incision between the building’s first and second floors rises up at its southeast corner to expose the lobby to the street suggesting the building has been sliced open with a can opener. This step-by-step approach has sometimes given the work of these architects a diagrammatic quality like a couple following numbers on a dance floor. But here they use it to their advantage artfully sidestepping the tiresome old dichotomy between preservation and the wrecking ball. It’s a subtle knock at those who define good and bad in terms of a period or style rather than through a direct emotional engagement with an individual work.