From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
For hip-hop, this was expressed through the turntable manipulation pioneered by DJ Kool Herc in 1973, when he extended and looped breakbeats to energize crowds. House music’s innovators turned to the ...
Review: In Justin Peck’s New Dance, Air, Earth and Self-Help
Mystic Familiar,” a New York City Ballet premiere, has a score by the musician Dan Deacon and some all-too-familiar ...
Bridesmaid Has No Regrets Getting Engaged at Another Woman’s Wedding: 'It Just Meant So Much to Me'
Brittany Brink has no regrets after getting engaged at her future sister-in-law's wedding last fall. 'If the bride’s okay ...
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The Whole of the Dog: Decius Vol II – Splendour & Obedience is Our Album of the Week
“He watched the pale, speed-driven teenagers shiver around the dance floor. Droplets of light sprayed onto their faces and T-shirts. In alcoves, couples were frozen in the trance of foreplay. The beat ...