[2]Percy, Ron and Eroc posing in lobby of the Old Church, circa March 2005 [1]
Submitted by somebody on 29 December 2007 - 12:59pm. [2]Chester Leads the Opus One Band at "Swinging In The Hood", February 2005 [3]
Submitted by somebody on 28 December 2007 - 10:15pm.
[4]Jive at Five (Tap) [5]
Submitted by somebody on 14 December 2007 - 1:06pm.Chester Whitmore taught a beginning tap class at Los Angeles Community College this semester (Fall '07). This is the final performance of that class after 4 months of study with Mr. Whitmore. This was the first time most of these students had ever taken a tap class.
It was recorded December 13, 2007 in the Camino Theatre at Los Angeles Community College in Los Angeles, CA.
Machismo in Salsa: Where Did It Go [6]
Submitted by darnell on 5 December 2007 - 6:09pm.- Darnells blog [7]
As I continue to go out dancing 5-6 days a week at a salsa club here, there and everywhere, it’s really striking just how much the male lead has changed over the years. During its origins, and in its indigenous forms, salsa was a very sensual dance of courtship, flirtation, and trying to “close the deal”. Men would throw on their best rags and break off their best moves, exhibiting as much machismo as humanly
Central Avenue Dance Ensemble Promotional Video [8]
Submitted by somebody on 24 November 2007 - 8:17pm.Central Avenue Dance Ensemble
Featuring Chester Whitmore and his Opus One Big Band
Dance Video Editing Services [9]
Submitted by somebody on 19 November 2007 - 8:13pm.We offer a service that takes your raw film footage and turns it into a fantastic video production including music, titles, and special effects. We can use both video film as well as digital film. We can also shoot your video for you.
For a firsthand look at how your dance videos could be presented after being professionally edited, take a look at some of the examples below:
I Feel Pretty (Viennese Waltz) [10]
Submitted by somebody on 14 November 2007 - 1:56am.Ron Parker and Michele Wolpe perform a Viennese Waltz to Sarah Vaughn's "I Feel Pretty".
Recorded November 2, 2007 at the Regency Ballroom in Lomita, California. This was part of the USA Dance Los Angeles Chapter "A Ballroom Showcase Spectacular", a fundraiser for their initiative to teach ballroom to Los Angeles Unified School District children.
USA Dance Los Angeles: http://www.usadance-la.org/ [11]Day Dream (Chester Whitmore) [12]
Submitted by somebody on 4 October 2007 - 4:08pm.Chester taps at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Really!
"Day Dream" is directed by and stars Chester Whitmore.
Chester is my mentor. He has taught me everything I know about Lindy and Tap. And most of what I know about performing in front of a live audience. He is also the person who got me interested in dance history.
Here is his loving tribute to the old time musical.
Why is Stepping Called 'Stepping'? [13]
Submitted by somebody on 2 January 2007 - 12:22am.A short presentation on where the term "Stepping" originates as it refers to going out dancing and how "Chicago Step" derives its name from it.
Online Lindy, Step, Swing and Two-Step Dance Lessons [14]
Submitted by somebody on 18 June 2006 - 11:23am.- Online Dance Lessons [15]
We now provide a series of online dance lessons [16] for the following:
Central Avenue Dance Ensemble [17]
Submitted by somebody on 17 June 2006 - 8:29pm.
Central Avenue Dance Ensemble
“One of the benefits of knowledge is that it is portable: Anything you learn you take with you wherever you go for the rest of your life.”