The style of dance was popular in Los Angeles in the 1990s, but is a niche dance that is mostly limited to the Mexican community. Because the dance requires incredible athleticism from both the lead and follow, it is rarely danced socially. There are quebradita competitions where couples compet...
Some dance writers always start with the music. Gary Roodman from the States, for instance, will find a good tune, whether it's an old one by Mozart or Handel, or a new one by Jonathan Jensen or Dave Wiesler, listen to it over and over, and then create a set of figures which mat...
In the 1990s, country line dancing exploded, with songs like Billy Ray Cyrus’s Achy Breaky Heart inspiring young kids to form groups and strut their stuff on the dance floor. Other fads included the hand jive, which was probably invented out of necessity when dance floors got too crowded ...
CELEBRATES 20 YEARS WITH A BOLD LINEUP OF TRULY INDEPENDENT FILMS The unstoppable festival, for two decades a champion of independent filmmakers, takes over the TCL Chinese Theaters June 1-11 with 74 world premieres, 36 west coast premieres, and opening and closing night films from DWF alumni....
As the vocalist/guitarist for late, great rock act Shudder To Think,Craig Wedrengave life to some of the most original, bizarre and inspiring post-punk music of the 1990s. Swept up from Dischord by Epic in the post-Nirvana major-label feeding frenzy, Shudder continued to create compelling ...
if you take a look at his storied career, costner had a stellar run at the box office in the late 1980s into the 1990s. he was a global sensation, from field of dreams to robin hood: prince of thieves , and fans lined up to see his movies. but he wasn’t just a movie star ,...
From Lapdogs to Lap Dances Advertisement Over the centuries, the lap has been a space where primates—humans and non—have gotten closer to other people and animals. Yet, starting in the last decade or so of the twentieth century, the lap became the support for another vital form: the por...
Under its leadership the country began its recovery from the war, known as "La Violencia," which in the course of a decade had left between 200,000 and 300,000 dead and had displaced numerous others by forcing the rural population into the cities and that of small cities into the largest...
were a staple for young kids who could mix and match the tiny dolls with many tiny accessories.Created in 1983 by Chris Wiggs for his daughter,his original set used a powder compact as a tiny house. Polly Pockets were licensed by Mattel in the 1990s before the company bought Bluebird Toys...
In Russia, equipment share is highly popular with universities. Two basic models for this interaction have emerged. Firstly, from the 1990s, cooperation between companies and universities in exchanging and using equipment together was underpinned by the universities’ need to provide free educational res...