The Loose Wires

Embracing the Mean Girls playlist

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How times have changed! 10 years ago I’d be looking for the latest mix CD from DJ Zulu to take to bboy training, yet today I had a totally contrasting moment in my ‘dance development’.

I opened up Spotify to listen to my ‘Music for Concentration’ playlist and lo & behold, there was a suggested playlist called ‘Teen Dance Party’.

Guys, it has changed everything.

5th…

Introducing ‘TinTalks’ – The Dance Interview Show

Good day, Viewers!

There’s so much to report it’s hard to know where to begin BUT, this post is to introduce you to my new show on Periscope called ‘TinTalks’.

‘TinTalks’ is an interactive show where I interview different people in the dance, physical and entertainment industries every Friday, and seek to both learn something, personally, whilst also helping YOU have questions answered.

My…

An Episode in ‘Overcoming’

Here’s a quick update!

  I feels like ages ago, but was only actually 2 weeks to the day, that I performed with some of my clan from Manifest Nation live on Periscope.

The stimulus behind these performances (which we rehearsed undercover for 5 days) was injuries we’d each been forced to overcome. I wanted to celebrate these awesome people, so I took the time to learn their choreography and then I…

Everyday I’m (supposed to be) Hustlin’

Hello, Readers,

  Recently, I challenged myself to take  class in a style I’ve had next to no experience with called New Style Hustle. This partner dance, born out of club culture, was given life by New York dancer, Jeff Selby and has grown on the underground dance scene steadily in recent years.

As someone that has had tensions…

A Bowie Tribute (Actually quite challenging)

Hi, Guys,

With the passing of London-born music icon, David Bowie, earlier this week, I was inspired by his music to challenge myself in dance.

I opted to freestyle, whilst seated, to ‘The Man Who Sold the World’, using whatever props were nearby. There was no preparation apart from having a light nearby.

I thought best not to use one of his uptempo songs to further challange myself, and here’s…

A Place To Call Home

Hi, Everyone!

Bespoke Steps is evolvong from just a blog about my adventures into place to find other amazing teachers too!

It will give me great pleasure to introduce you to some more passionate educators,  but first, meet the studio!

As modeled by the boy, D’Andre, this space in Camden, North London, has become a bit of  home for me this winter, and I’ve had the freedom to create and explorewi…

Merry Christmas to one and all!

In this period of rest and reflection, we often get a chance to indulge in activities we wouldn’t ordinarily have time for. What better way to spend Christmas evening than in Virtual reality?

My brother (the wizkid in our family) gave me an opportunity to try an Oculus Rift headset and took me on a virtual roller-coaster ride. Suffice to say..

..it was a pretty…

Dance Global Meditation Scope – The public say…

So, after all the build-up of Global Meditation Scope it came and went in a heartbeat! It was a great honour to be involved and I need to thank Anita Wing Lee and the team for putting this event together. Bravo!

Here are some of the things people responded to the event:

Feels good to uplift others, an I’d definitely do online tutorialsof this nature again. To watch back the replay, enjoy the…

Global Meditation Scope: The intro

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m taking part in the Global Meditation Scope event this weekend which you can watch online at Periscope.tv/The_TDA

Here is my ‘intro video’ from Thursday evening discussing the event and introducing other Scopers who will be involved. If you’re wondering why I don’t look particularly zen, it’s because I missed my time slot and had to quickly dive in, haha. It could…

TinMan does Global Meditation Scope

I know what you’re thinking: Where has he been? Well for a quick round up…

I worked with some new stars..

..Attended some unique parties..

..Watched some movies..

..Danced in the incredible ‘50 Years of Bollywood‘ show..

..Shared some drinks up the Shard..

..Went incognito..

..Developed my squad, Manifest Nation..

..Took a holiday with an RnB singer and a model..

…and a lot more!

  Now…

5 Possible Perks of Periscope

This week I discovered an application called Periscope. Now, I know there will be some people reading that are saying, “You’re late, Bruv”, however, I’m sure there are many more who have never heard of it.

In a nutshell, you can live video-stream events (significant or otherwise) from your phone to the world at large and people can tune in to your ‘channel’ to watch whenever you broadcast.…

… And then we were married (vol.1)

This summer I’ve been honoured enough to create wedding dances for TWO different couples and it’s certainly a unique kind of pressure and excitement.

In the video below, you get to see the amazing Angela & Kunal perform a dance to ‘Roady’ by Fat Freddy’s Drop. Now, I’ll admit I hadn’t heard the song before, but as soon as it came on, I was moved. Choreographing to ska could be thought of as an…

This classic snapshot is of one of my most intriguing and inspirational students, Jiayu.

In this exercise, I asked her to create a sequence of 4 ‘freezes’ (poses) from new b-girl footwork, and this is one of her positions.

Challenging my students to use their creativity in an exercise reinforces their given talents and helps to apply newly  learned theories! In my own development I’ve had to…