Thursday, December 22, 2011

Marshalls, T.J.Maxx, HomeGoods -- "Up on the Housetop"

Happy Holidays Dance Breakers. Here we are just a few days from Christmas. People are traveling home to be with their loved ones and hopefully you have finished all of your shopping. Have you spread some holiday cheer to someone? Well here is some cheer from the 4 PM Dance Break. A fun holiday commercial from the folks at T.J MAXX, Marshalls and HomeGoods.




Monday, December 19, 2011

Holiday Hosts Commercial

It's Holiday time here at the 4 PM Dance Break and the holidays can be full of singing and dancing and good cheer. This week I thought I would share with you some fun holiday commercials that may put you in the holiday spirit and encourage you to get out and give the gift of dance. This one is from Smithfield Ham.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Nas Feat. Lauryn Hill - If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)

Greeting Dance Breakers! Here is today's dance break get out there and rule your world and dance!

Friday, December 9, 2011

Saturday Night Live - D*** in a Box - Video - http://www.nbc.com

Hey dance breakers. This one has been stuck in my head all day. Perhaps it' because it's sung during 7 Stages production of Krampus Xmas Spectacular or maybe cause it's the holiday season either way I hope you enjoy this special gift from Justin Timberlake and Andy Samdberg. Enjoy!

Saturday Night Live - D*** in a Box - Video - http://www.nbc.com

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Beyonce Dance For You Music Video / Rehearsal Choreography

Greeting Dance Breakers. A friend of the 4 PM Dance Break, Cakes, you may remember our interview with her several months ago, The Story of Cakes a Hip-Hop Diva sent us a new video of her newest work.




This got me to thinking, how do choreographers take their amazing skills and move to the next level. That's when I came across DanceBreak. The mission of the DanceBreak Foundation is to identify and nurture talented early and mid-career musical theater choreographers, and offer them an exceptional platform to showcase their work for an audience of industry leaders who can be most beneficial in advancing their careers. DanceBreak provides all the financial, administrative and technical support necessary to develop new choreographic talent for this uniquely American art form.

Each year, DanceBreak produces a series of presentations in New York City to showcase the work of emerging choreographers for an audience of producers, directors, artistic directors, writers, institutional managers and agents.

A group of six aspiring choreographers is selected from a nation-wide applicant pool,the applicants are reviewed and, after a preliminary screening of semi-finalists' reels, the finalists reels are seen and winners chosen by a esteemed Selection Committee with no bias towards race, ethnicity or gender.

In 2007 and 2008, more than 28 of the theatre’s foremost choreographers, directors and producers were part of the selection process, including choreographers Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, La Cage Aux Folles and Legally Blond), Kathleen Marshall ( On the Town, Pajama Game, Grease), Rob Ashford ( Thoroughly Modern Millie and Curtains, Cry Baby, Promises, Promises),directors Jack O’Brien (Hairspray, Henry IV, The Coast of Utopia), John Rando ( Urinetown), Michael Mayer ( Spring Awakening) and Jason Moore ( Avenue Q, Shrek), choreographer Larry Fuller (Evita),composer Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Wicked), producers Kevin McCollum (Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights), Jack Viertel ( Jersey Boys, Spring Awakening, Encores! Series) and Robyn Goodman ( Avenue Q., Tick, Tick, Boom)and the legendary dancer/choreographer Marge Champion. To name a few.


Visit DanceBreak.org for more info about the DanceBreak Foundation.

Visit projectslide.com for more info about Cakes and her dance company.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Final Montage - Winner of America's Favourite Acapella Group (Series 3) ...

Hello Dance Breakers! Happy Friday to you. So over the past few weeks I have been posting some music from a group called Pentatonix. They have a great unique A Capella club sound and they just won season 3 of NBC's The Sing-Off. Here is a video of all of their performance on the show. This one is about 30 minutes but it great music and from the views they have been getting I'm sure you will enjoy this video montage. Enjoy the dance!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster

Greetings Dance Breakers. Today seemed like a good day for some Daft Punk. Need I say more? Why talk when you can dance!