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Dean Collins (born Sol Ruddosky; May 29, 1917 – June 1, 1984) was an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and swing dance innovator. He is widely credited with bringing the Lindy Hop from New York to Southern California and significantly influencing the development of West Coast Swing. Collins appeared in over thirty films and ...
The Bill Mraz Dance Hall, located at 835 West 34th Street in Houston, Texas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1998. However, it was delisted on December 22, 2004, after being destroyed by a fire in October 2004.
The dance is primarily an act of performing quick and intricate footwork. The rivalry between the Crips and the Bloods spilled over into the world of entertainment, with the adoption of the gang dance by various rappers on the West Coast of the United States, who gave it its name, the Crip Walk. This dance involves the movement of one's feet ...
Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon is a Country and Western bar/honky tonk that was founded as the Esquire Ballroom in 1955 by Raymond Proske in Houston, Texas, at 11410 Hempstead northwest of downtown Houston.
The Houston Metropolitan Dance Center is a comprehensive training ground offering classes in ballet, jazz, tap, modern and hip-hop to students of varying needs and levels, ages 3 through adult. The faculty consists of HMDC members, other local teaching artists and guest master teachers from around the country.
West Coast hip-hop is a regional genre of hip-hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast of the United States.West Coast hip-hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during the early to-mid 1990s with the birth of G-funk and the emergence of record labels such as Suge Knight and Dr. Dre's Death Row Records, Ice Cube's Lench Mob Records ...
Two Houston homeowners are seeking answers after a municipal water tank burst, flooding their homes. With insurance claims denied and the utility district citing government immunity, they may need ...
West Coast Swing is a slotted dance, which means that the steps of the dance are confined to an imaginary "slot" on the dance floor. For West Coast Swing, the slot is a long, thin, rectangular area whose length depends on the tempo of the music – it can be eight or nine feet long for slower songs, but will be shorter for faster music.