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Oakland Boogaloo: The Funk-based Freestyle Dance that Helped Define the Town’s Culture | KQED Arts

2022-02-05T00:26:39.085Z

Oakland, California, home to the Black Panthers, also birthed the pioneering funk-driven freestyle dance Oakland Boogaloo, characterized by strong hits and poses. In the late 1960s and 1970s, before the emergence of hip hop, the city’s African American youth took inspiration from James Brown, the Temptations, Charlie Chaplin, cartoon characters, and sci-fi robots, and created a repertoire of original moves like the “Dime Stop,” the “Hit, the “Mack Pose” and “the Ditallion.” Youth in nearby San Francisco and Richmond soon developed variants of boogaloo, respectively known as strutting and robotting. Today, these techniques are collectively known as “the funk styles,” owing to their development during the funk era. Despite its pioneering status, Oakland boogaloo’s cultural contributions are little-known outside of Bay Area dance circles.

Meet OG Oakland boogaloo dancers who take us back to where the movement began and show us how they are passing the art form onto a new generation—bridging the gap between boogaloo, pop-locking and turf dancing.

Trump cease and desist letter demanding that TV stations immediately pull this ad #CoronaVirus

2020-03-28T03:36:57.547Z

Trump cease and desist letter demanding that TV stations immediately pull this ad #CoronaVirus

Ryan Nicole Austin | Bout that action | TEDxSanFrancisco

2017-11-09T20:43:22.817Z

Multi-faceted artist and producer, Ryan Nicole Austin finds her most fulfilling professional experiences at the intersection of art and activism. For nearly 20 years she has been committed to a career in theater, music and arts administration that transforms community by way of empowerment. As an actress, Ryan has most notably appeared as Bessie in Native Son (Marin Theater Company), BARS (Public Theater), Ruth in A Raisin in The Sun (Cal Shakes). She’s performed at Google, Sony and shared the stage with Barack Obama.

She’s a 2017 SF Foundation Community Leadership Award nominee and California State Assembly recognized her for her contribution to the arts. She was Executive Director of Youth Movement Records, where she supported the aspirations of thousands of under-resourced young people in the Bay Area seeking careers in the arts. Most recently, Ryan led workshops on performance as the playwright-in- residence at New York’s Public Theater and will perform at the National Performers Network Annual conference at Yerba Buena Center in December 2017. Multi-faceted artist and producer, Ryan Nicole Austin finds her most fulfilling professional experiences at the intersection of art and activism. For nearly 20 years she has been committed to a career in theater, music and arts administration that transforms community by way of empowerment. As an actress, Ryan has most notably appeared as Bessie in Native Son (Marin Theater Company), BARS (Public Theater), Ruth in A Raisin in The Sun (Cal Shakes). She’s a 2017 SF Foundation Community Leadership Award nominee and California State Assembly recognized her for her contribution to the arts. She was Executive Director of Youth Movement Records, where she supported the aspirations of thousands of under-resourced young people in the Bay Area seeking careers in the arts. Most recently, Ryan led workshops on performance as the playwright-in- residence at New York’s Public Theater and will perform at the National Performers Network Annual conference at Yerba Buena Center in December 2017. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Here's the Morning Joe segment that caused Trump to lose his mind on Twitter

2017-06-30T19:08:55.909Z

Morning Joe crew mocks Trump's fake populism and Time Magazine cover

Donald Trump has flip-flopped so much that Stephen Colbert hosted a Trump vs. Trump debate

2016-01-31T19:22:47.363Z

Since Donald Trump dropped out of Fox News' final GOP debate, Stephen decided to hold the classiest, Trumpiest debate of all time.