Drinking and Dance at the End of the World

Celtic has coffee with dancer, choreographer, podcaster, and East Ender Pete Styles as they discuss pivoting due to the pandemic, being inspired by Janet Jackson, seeking knowledge from the source, the styles he uses to express his truth, differentiating between the underground and industry dance worlds, where good choreography comes from, the limits of online training, teaching non-dancers, the difference between teachers who make students better and teachers who only showcase their own dopeness, racism in the UK, the absolute necessity of the English breakfast, making a better melting pot, the origin of his podcast (5,6,7 Now What?), Life after Dance, Art vs Content Creation, and the importance of learning how to share his words with the world.

To listen to 5,6,7 Now What? on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/22PxaApmwsujiDVkahHUvQ?si=x33soiVtSbKWrp7xtFmViw

Follow Pete on IG: @petestyles22

To help support Pete during this period of social and economic upheaval, please make a donation of any amount to: Venmo: petestylesfrancis

It's the meeting of the dancecasts as Celtic dives deep with dancer, scholar, and co-host of The Good Foot Podcast, Quilan "Cue" Arnold. During the course of the episode they discuss his feeling blessed and grounded in his faith, fighting games, being inspired by his first battle experience, the versatility of our Dance elders, looking up to Cebo as a role model, the many styles in which he finds self expression, claiming his heritage vs being a guest of the NYC Dance community, the honor of guestship in Hip-Hop, his journey through the world of higher education, the origin of The Good Foot Podcast, the necessity of telling the stories of Black Dance in America, the principle of competition for elevation, the significance of the cypher, responding to scrutiny, how deep conversations with elders have helped improve his dance, the connection between dance and politics, discussing sexual assault within the Dance community, feeling the impact of the legacy of Marjorie Smarth, the dream of a hip-hop university, what it means to codify art, and the foundation upon which he stands.

Follow Cue on IG: @cue4christ

To help support Cue during this period of social and economic upheaval, please make a donation of any amount to: Venmo: @quilanmatthew

To read the piece by Bgirl Ntegrity: https://www.ntegrityinmotion.com/post/sexual-violence

If you have experienced or are struggling with the effects of sexual harassment, misconduct, or assault within the dance community or elsewhere and need help finding support or advocacy, call 800.656.HOPE (4673) to speak to a trained professional, or visit rainn.org

ORIGINAL PHOTO BY ROBIN GALLANT

On this special One Year Anniversary episode, Celtic reconnects with the first guest of the series, Deandre Carroll, as they discuss treating books like heroin, missing the old routines of navigating the world, balancing social responsibility and personal mental health in the time of a pandemic, the limits of human understanding, pattern seeking and conspiracy theory, the advancement of vaccination, herd immunity, the global response to the murder of George Floyd, seizing upon the opportunity to advance discussions of race, the transmutation and minimization of important social issues, cancel culture and the incentive to act, voter suppression, anti-racism discussions within the Dance community, the multicultural influence of Hip-Hop, anti-Asian violence in America and the legacy of white supremacy, talking with white people about race and the white guilt phenomenon, post traumatic growth, and the process of change for the better.

To email DeAndre: [email protected]

To follow DeAndre on Instagram: @deandrecarroll

To help support DeAndre and The Funkinetic Project during this time of social and economic upheaval, please make a donation of any size to: PayPal: paypal.me/funkinetic

Celtic does cocktail hour with Lindy Hopper, Waacker, and "Rebel Without a Pause" Ana Lisa Sutherland as they discuss the challenge of staying connected to Dance during a pandemic, her origins of learning Lindy Hop in Sacramento, her initial journey in Waacking, drawing her energy from the crowd, the connections between Waacking and Lindy Hop, hollow community and modern Lindy Hop events, Lindy Hoppers farming identity from Black dancers, finding resilience and thriving in fields dominated by cishet white dudes, processing colorism and light-skinned privilege, feeling isolated from family and Black culture, her recent journey with ADHD and neurodiversity, her workarounds and coping mechanisms for success, fearlessness in dancing, the Battle on the Rocks, and her next big goals in Dance.

Follow Ana Lisa on Instagram: @tha_beez_neez

To help support Ana Lisa during this period of social and economic upheaval, please make a donation of any amount to: Venmo: @AnaLIsa-Sutherland ; Paypal: @alsutherland

Hip-Hop and House Dance Veteran Brooklyn Terry kicks back with Celtic as they discuss coping with the long-term effects of the pandemic, being saved by social media, being inspired by his family and dancing in park jams as a youth, the connection between roller skating and Black dances, groove progression in his classes and workshops, what he loves to see and what could be improved in the new generation of dancers, the clubbing ecosystem and why clubbing is essential to your dance, Japan for Black Lives and anti-racism work in Japan, the role of economics in systemic racism, the origin of his journey to understanding his neurodivergence in the forms of dyslexia and ADHD, the effects and repercussions of underdiagnosing/misdiagnosing neurodivergence in Women and in the Black Community, his process to finding workarounds for managing ADHD, leaving a legacy of a better world for his children, Speakeasy TYO, and the theory behind the way he dances.

To read the article quoted in this episode: https://www.additudemag.com/race-and-adhd-how-people-of-color-get-left-behind/

Workarounds mentioned for dyslexia: using the dictation and text-to-speech functions on Mac

Workarounds mentioned for ADHD: https://www.goodnotes.com/ paired with one of these templates: https://www.etsy.com/market/digital_life_planner

To help support Terry during this period of social and economic upheaval, please make a donation of any size to: PayPal.me/bklynterry

In this episode, Celtic has tea with Vogue Fem Dancer and member of the House of Flora, Sabrina Essogho, as they discuss her first being inspired to battle by watching Toyin Sogunro, falling in love with Vogue Fem, walking in a Ball for the first time in Salt Lake City, immigrating from Gabon and repping the Gabonese community, being drawn to the study of Psychology and the need for more Black therapists, wearing her hair as a form of unapologetic self expression, discriminatory practices in public education, the Natural Hair movement and texturism, joining the House of Flora and what it means to join a House, growing up African in America and dealing with xenophobia, the disconnect between Africans and Black Americans, the connection between learning new languages and shifting how you think, media representations of Africa and the success of Black Panther, the importance of media in shaping real perception, and telepathy v telekinesis.

To read about The Doll Test: https://www.naacpldf.org/ldf-celebrates-60th-anniversary-brown-v-board-education/significance-doll-test/

To watch the clip that first inspired Sabrina to battle: https://youtu.be/nY3dXGUUHn8

To help support Sabrina during this period of social and economic upheaval, please make a donation of any amount to: Zelle: [email protected]

In this episode Celtic shares a drink with the crusading champion of Locking culture, Hurrikane, as they discuss his drawing inspiration from the Black community and his Haitian culture, his first experience of Locking, his origins in acting, how he realized Locking was his true calling, developing a cultural understanding of the origins of the dance, learning to act by watching Denzel Washington, breaking down his acting method, the conflict of being an artist in a traditional Haitian family, how his heritage plays into his expression, cappin culture, following the groove, the true meaning of respect, the political nature of being Black, cultural appropriation and racial discussions in the South Korean dance community, gentrifying Black dances and the myth of the Lindy Hop Revival, Locking 4 Life and the colonizing of Locking, and the role of OGs in relating to the youth and vice versa.

Follow Hurrikane on Instagram: @hurrikane_alain

To Register for his online Locking course: https://www.steezy.co/

https://youtu.be/G-J43BUzkmg

To help support Hurrikane during this period of social and economic upheaval, please make a donation of any amount to: Venmo: @HurrikaneAlain  PayPal: @AlainLauture

In this conclusion to our first Lab Session, Celtic chops it up with Professor Lock about renaming the program Grooves B4 Moves, putting who you are ahead of what you do, adapting to the flow of life, the expectations we had going in, why I believe in paying the asking price, the importance of being vulnerable, not thinking too much v not thinking, being thoughtful towards oneself, how the program has grown in the time since I took part, the moment in the program where I stopped playing it safe, how our gifts rely on one another, how to stop comparing yourself to others, how confronting problems with groove translates to confronting problems with life, what it means to really listen to what the music wants, what an epiphany in the process really means, building a better relationship with the body, my favorite moments of the training, and how you can start this journey for yourself.

Follow Professor Lock on Instagram: @professorlock

Message Professor Lock for a consultation: [email protected]

To help support Professor Lock during this time of social and economic upheaval, please make a donation of any size to: https://www.paypal.me/bricejohnson123

In this special episode, Celtic welcomes back the legendary Archie Burnett for a talk about how our perceptions of death affect how we live, remembering the legends that have passed from both the modern and vintage dance worlds, how to pay respect to and preserve the legacy of those we’ve lost, how to manage grief when the unthinkable happens, compartmentalization and acceptance, the role of perception in dealing with loss, how to take care of affairs such as living wills, explaining terms such as power of attorney and healthcare proxy, protecting the assets of your parents from the government, dealing with the arrangements of funerals, the importance of having life insurance, the nightmare of probate, and taking the fear out of end-of-life planning.

Resources Mentioned in the discussion: formswift.com, legalcontracts.com, lawdepot.com, legalshield.com

Follow Archie on Instagram: @demoncar0007

To help support Archie during this time of upheaval, please consider making a donation of any amount via PayPal: [email protected]