Yet another reason why San Francisco Ballet is one of the best dance companies in the world.

After the rain by Christopher Wheeldon

danced by Damien Smith and Yuan Yuan Tan

music by Arvo Part

for your viewing pleasure.


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Film Fridays!!!

Hey Ya'll.

Today I start a new segment on the blog called "Film Fridays" where ill be posting random videos that you may or may not enjoy..... Personally, i dont care if you like them or not. This is my blog and ill do whatever i want bitches! My ultimate goal is to rot your brains into mush and maybe, just maybe ill get more followers. I highly doubt that will happen but im having a good time and thats what its all about. Keeping the good times rolling.

Without further a doo doo.

The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon by Richard Gale.

Thanks Shelby for turning me onto to this btw:)


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Nacho Duato leaving Spain for Russia

Celebrated Choreographer Nacho Duato has abruptly left his post as artistic director for Compañia Nacional de Danza where he has been for 20 years. Amidst rumors about the administration and him having conflict over the rep because Spain does not have a national Ballet company Duato quit and took his entire rep with him. He will now in a historic move be the Director of the Mikhailovsky Theater in Russia starting Jan, 1st 2011. I must say that Duato is one of the main reasons why i got into contemporary dance, 1st seeing his company at the Lincoln Center 10 years ago while i was at Ailey it was a revelation (no pun intended) for me. Best wishes to him on his new path.

For full article read here.





"We ended on very bad terms," ... "I offered to stay as artistic adviser so they'd continue doing my work, but they said no. They wanted to change completely."

i might as well stop skating if this is what it comes down to. Prod skating switch stance better than most pros on there bangers.

Landing bolts.

THom Yorke TuesdayS

Watch my man get down at the 4:58 mark during the Scotch Mist taping of All I Need.

Street League

Now that sports season is over i have nothing else to Jock on until the NBA season starts again. When i say the NBA i mean the LA Lakers. When i say the LA Lakers i mean the "Black Mamba" Kobe Bryant so dont get that shit twisted. Luckily for me pro skater and hustler Rob Dyrdek started the SkateBoarding Street League pro contest with some of the sickest skaters in the game. We got Eric Koston, Prod, Torey Pudwell, Mike Mo, Chris Cole, Billy Marks just to name a few. Here is more information on the league that will also be shown on ESPN.

FUCK YEAH!!!!

heres a video of Torey killing the game on the streets.


ps. Is it weird that i went from dance to skateboarding? Wonder why the blog is called "No Expectations"

NY City Center Announces Fall for dance Line up

Coming up this Fall in New York the dance scene will be exploding with a wonderful array of dance companies and artist from around the globe. Most notably San Francisco Ballet whom i need to find out what piece they are bringing to the Festival. Anyone who's a dance lover and in the City needs to check it out especially with the cheap 10 dollar tix.

Here's the full list of the great Line Up. Miss BrainWash will be in the house too:)

Line up courtesy of the City Center press release.

Ten companies will make their festival debuts: Companhia Urbana de Dança (Brazil), Company Rafaela Carrasco (Spain), Corella Ballet Castilla y León (Spain), Dresden Semperoper Ballett (Germany), Emanuel Gat Dance (France), Gallim Dance (New York), Miami City Ballet (Florida), Russell Maliphant Company (England), Shu-Yi & (Dancers) Company (Taiwan) and Tero Saarinen Company (Finland). The festival welcomes back: American Ballet Theatre, Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company, Jason Samuels Smith & Friends, KEIGWIN + COMPANY with Juilliard Dance, Madhavi Mudgal, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, New York City Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Ronald K. Brown / Evidence, A Dance Company and San Francisco Ballet.

The Avengers at Comic Con

This week end at the Comic Con the entire cast of the new Marvel film The Avengers made they're first appearance.

from left to right, Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson), Scarlet Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Mark Ruffalo (the Hulk) and director Joss Whedon. The real Question is wheres Hugh Jackman as Wolverine? Wasn't he an Avenger too? Let me check my Marvel Complete hero's Encyclopedia or as i like to call it the Knuckle Rockets guide to cool.


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INK

back in the studio collaborating with visual artist Daniel Diaz-Tai.

This video of the INK time lapse is my choreographic inspiration.




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Major Lazer - "Jump Up" (Thom Yorke Remix)

Gonna make a dance to this shit. Too good not too!


Major Lazer - "Jump Up" (Thom Yorke Remix) by Some Kind of Awesome

THom Yorke TuesdayS

Today we have a special guest blogger doing the TT's by the name of Paul Atreides whos a huge Radiohead fan such as myself. What he did not know was that his selection also has a dance video made by my T.A.G. team featuring the talented Jacoby&Pronk. Killing two birds with one stone so without further doodoo.......THOM YORKE TUESDAYS!

Radiohead – Up On The Ladder



Since it’s been almost three full years since the release of Radiohead’s In Rainbows, I can’t help but feel like the album’s 2nd disc never got the love from fans it deserved. Granted the dividing of tracks between the album’s two discs was a source of much frustration for the band. Thom would want one song on the main album disc, and other band members would want different tracks. The weakest aspect of In Rainbows is certainly the shaky track listing across both parts, that leaves in question that if a band finds peace with what they’ve come up with at some point during the creative process of making an album, can that be as much true artistry as seeing it through to its originally-envisioned conclusion? I say absolutely yes. A great example of a stellar track caught in the limbo of track division politics is “Up On The Ladder”, a stand-out from the 2nd disc. Coated in an eerie groove with crackling phonographs and a subtle driving beat, “Ladder” not only sets the bar for the latter (…ha) half of the album, it gives us a preview of some of the newest flavors Radiohead’s been tasting. Between the solo hits Thom Yorke has been putting out and the individual singles released by the band, I can only hope that if there is a huge-hit new record anywhere on the horizon in the near future, songs like this one will help guide the way.

Maybe we all dream to be.........? from T.A.G.San Francisco on Vimeo.

- Guest Posted by Paul Atreides

The Wall

Pics taken from "The Wall" in Studio G of various friends and collaborators.

1. Shelby working on the guitar for the ButtLicks
2. Anthony directly before we worked on a untitled Joint
3. Jeezy working on "Scary as a Motherfucker" for a Halloween dance we did few years back at Urban Art Farm. The night it went on he told me that it might be a little controversial.... Later on we hear some dudes talking while smoking about how the 1st piece of the program was fucked up which of course was my work which he was talking about so Jigga man was correct. We had fun though!
   

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old ad

This is an old ad from a few years back. we were chilling in the Civic Center park in SF at the pride parade and my friend told me to look behind me at this man straight up passed out but clearly sitting in our lil group. I had to take a pic and had to make it into an ad. I think its funny but my humor is somewhat cracked so who the fuck knows?


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THom Yorke TuesdayS

the Rip was my favorite track off of Portishead's latest album the Third......Seems like im not the only one.


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I like Rubberband Dance.

I like them a lot.

get at me dawg!


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Oscar Grant was here.

Inspirations: Bill T. Jones

Today i watched HBO's Master Class series with director choreographer Bill T. Jones. Of course i known of his work and even studied him in school. Most recently i got to see his broadway show Fela! which recently won best musical and choreography at the 2010 Tony awards. Hes such an articulate and passionate man whom you can tell loves what he does which is inspirational because hes been in the game for such a long time yet he's still wanting to grow and challenge himself. Already hes got my gerbal wheels turning just by listening to him.

"If its too easy say no to it! Work harder. Make more difficult choices"


-Bill T. Jones

THom Yorke TuesdayS

All of this courtroom action made me forget what day it is. Justice is served and im happy so heres a happy song.


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Lindsay Lohan in court LIVE!

Lindsays ass is in court this morning concerning her probation violations. Lets see if Hollyweirds justice system lives up to its name by doing jack shit with real evidence. Had anyone's else's SCRAM bracelet went off for no reason they would be thrown them under the jail but luckily for Lohan shes got HollyWood magic on her side.

Lets place bets with the mountain of evidence stacked against her that she will walk away a free bird. I need to move to LA!

live recording of the trial below
Free live streaming by Ustream

UPDATE!

That bitch is going to jail for 3 months. 1 month per violation. The real question is do i still need to work on becoming a rich white girl because it seems justice has been served.

My whole world has been rocked.


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Burrowed Brow the music

were back in a major way. This track was composed for the infamous Squirrel Dance which in my eyes is pretty fucking brilliant.

Please take the time to listen all the way through because were gonna now have new music made for all of our projects or at least most and i think that were are off to a good start.

Enjoy.


music arranged by: David Molina.

produced by: Btroubles

Nike SB Dunk "Born in the USA".

Its a lil late to get these bad boys but the Nike Sb Born in the USA shoes are none the less fresh. Im loving the hightop with the red and white stripes.

Happy 4th of July y'all!


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Freaky Fridays. Maggots on a plane edition

US Airways recently had to delay a plane due to an "small emergency" from Atlanta to Charlotte. The small emergency was MAGGOTS. I have a few things that i wanna say about that because thats not a small lil thing. That shit is gross man.

1st off: I fly US airways cheap ass airlines all the time and they aint ever got any food so i dont know where in the fuck those maggots are coming from because it sure as shit not from the food locker!


2nd off: This just proves how stank US Airways nasty ass really is. Ive been saying this for years now. Mom now you believe me when i say US Airways is broke down?


3rd off: Im in Charlotte right now from a connection through Atlanta. Had that been me on the plane you best believe that i would be traveling to Europe free of charge to go visit my homies.

4th off: How funny would it have been if my man Samuel L. Jackson was onboard that flight. The skies would have been a lot friendlier. Thats all im saying!





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