Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Dance Attack!


The highlight of a recent trip to Los Angeles was the discovery of a choreographer named Ryan Heffington. Dreamy, fun, and mischevious, he's the brain behind a series of guerilla dance performances that have seriously hooked underground Angelenos. Described by the LA Times a a "mad Bob Fosse with a sewing machine" (he also makes the costumes), Heffington is also the teacher of the aptly named Sweaty Sundays dance class- in a studio in hipster-hip Silver Lake, dancers of all levels congregate to literally dance their asses off. I've never had more fun- I returned to New York dreaming of ways to hook up some space here with a streaming video feed and a roomful of sequins and leopard tights. I've got to get on that! In the meantime- enjoy this cinema veritae video of a 'dance attack' outside of a multiplex in LA.

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