Weekly Dance Break: Noname’s Tiny Desk Concert

Hi everyone! It’s been a minute but I wanted to drop in and leave this dance break for you all. A dear friend of mine recently introduced me to Noname, a fresh and brilliant rapper from Chicago. Here, in her NPR Tiny Desk concert, she performs a medley of her songs—which feature a blend of the sweet and the achingly painful.

From the NPR description of this performance: “These intriguing juxtapositions are what propelled Telefone to our top 50 albums of 2016. She prefaced her performance of “Reality Check” by saying: “I kind of talk in like, scramble-think, so hopefully you guys follow it.” “Scramble-think” refers to the clever metaphors she weaves in detailing the many ways she’s dodged destiny.”

But mostly, Noname speaks for herself. Take a listen:

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Weekly Dance Break: Dozing Off Again

So this is less a dance break and more of a…give-yourself-a-moment-to-breathe-maybe-unplug-maybe-catnap break. But I think we could all do with a little bit of it.

Weekly Dance Break: Flight from Paris (Bobby Newberry x Yanis Marshall Choreography)

Fierce doesn’t even begin to describe Yanis Marshall, y’all.

Weekly Dance Break: There Goes My Baby (Usher x Keone Madrid)

Is this even real? I’m not sure anymore.

Weekly Dance Break: Drop (Chloe x Halle)

This duo has been getting a lot of love on social media from the Knowles sisters and Willow Smith, bona-fide starmakers, and with good reason. Their sound is unique, haunting, and unforgettable.

 

 

Weekly Dance Break: All We Got (Isidro Rafael x Chance the Rapper)

 

This is my ultimate summer vibe: friends, dance, Chance the Rapper. What more could you want?

Weekly Dance Break: F**k The Summer Up (Leikeli x Tricia Miranda Choreography)

It’s summer, y’all.

Weekly Dance Break: Safe (Dumbfoundead)

This video has been out for a minute, but since the issues it addresses have no end in sight (thanks, Hollywood!), I thought it’d be appropriate to remind everyone that it exists, and that it’s great. Dumbfoundead talks whitewashing, media stereotypes, and more while editing himself into some of the most iconic white movie roles of all time.

Weekly Dance Break: Stronger (Clean Bandit x Mina Myoung)

Sweet summery vibes fresh from Seoul! :) This choreo will definitely put a smile on your face.

 

Weekly Dance Break: Send My Love (Adele)

I’m still not quite over Adele’s album, and she just released this MV that is perfect in its simplicity. After all, a voice like that needs no gimmicks.