"On Saturday May 21, 2011 over 10,000 dancers will converge on the streets of New York City showcasing 74 forms of dance in a free outdoor dance parade and festival!" [Dance Parade]

It starts at 1pm on 21st in Manhattan.

NY Dolls @ the John Varvatos store in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin)

tonight in NYC
* Todd Barry @ Caroline's
* Pat Metheny @ Town Hall
* Dig Deeper Presents Bobby Patterson @ Southpaw
* LCD Soundsystem, Holy Ghost! @ Terminal 5
* Rooftop Films w/ Cloud. @ Open Road Rooftop
* Debo Band, CSC Funk Band, Kiddid @ Coco 66
* Marco Benevento Trio, Xylos @ Bowery Ballroom
* Municipal Waste, Ramming Speed, Attake @ Fontana's
* Josh Ritter, Dawes @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Frances, Arms, The Dardys, Josh Alscher @ Pianos
* NY Eye & Ear Fest III @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
* Inoculist, Little Gold, Zachary Cale @ Bruar Falls
* Fixed w/ Azari & III, JDH & Dave P @ Public Assembly
* Shark?, Birthdays, Gunfight!, Sigmund Droid @ The Cameo
* Fuck Buttons, Oneohtrix Point Never @ (le) Poisson Rouge
* Old Time Relijun, Pterodactyl, Afuche, Yvette @ Cake Shop
* Boat, Drink Up Buttercup, Happy Birthday, DOM @ Glasslands
* Nat Baldwin, Peace Loving, Woody Sullender @ Issue Project Room
* April Smith & The Great Picture Show, Hey Battlefield @ Maxwell's
* New York Dolls, Voluptous Horror of Karen Black, Foxy Shazam @ Warsaw
* Beets, German Measles, Gardens, Common Families, Xray Eyeballs @ DeathByAudio
* Verbal Abuse, Capitalist Casualties, Fang, Magrudergrind, Strong Intention @ Europa
* Capitalist Casualties, Cojoba, Verbal Desecration, E.I.D., Gnosis @ ABC No Rio
* Hearts!Attack, Corita, Gold-Bears, Moustache of Insanity, One Happy Island (NYC Popfest) @ Spike Hill
* The Wake, BOAT, My Teenage Stride, Bears, World Atlas, Very Truly Yours (NYC Popfest) @ The Bell House
* Brother Joscephus & The Love Revival Revolution Orchestra, Uzimon, Swift Technique @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Truman Peyote, Emily Reo, Dark Sea of Awareness, Total Slacker, Weekends, Philip Seymour Hoffman @ Shea Stadium

Today is the dance parade.

LCD Soundsystem play their third show at Terminal 5. Afterparty at Highline Ballroom.

Happy Birthday Littlefield.

NYC PopFest continues.

The set times for today's first day of the NY Eye & Ear Fest III at Knitting Factory Brooklyn are posted below.

Dirty Projector Nat Baldwin debuts new material at Issue Project Room tonight.

BBG says that it was "Killer times last night at Acheron!" Video from La Dispute's set below...

What else?

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dancers in the 2008 Dance Parade (unstablelandscape)

NYC Dance Parade and Dancefest
Saturday, May 16, 2009
1:00 p.m. in Manhattan

For the third annual dance parade, 3,791 dancers will perform in the streets of Manhattan, dancing in 55 genres--including African, Algerian, Ballet/Ethnic, Ballroom, Belly Dance, Caporales, Cumbia, Disco, Ecstatic, Folkloric, Greek, Hip-Hop, Hooper, House, Hustle and Salsa, Mambo, Modern, Roller Dance, Roller Disco, Sacred, Salsa, Samba, Swing, Tap Dance, Techno, Tinku, Tribal, West Coast Swing, and Zydeco.

More info on the Dance Parade, and DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park, and videos from last year, below...

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DOWNLOAD: LA Riots feat. Jadis - If I Could (MP3)

Cut Copy @ Bowery Ballroom - May 14, 2008 (more by Bao)

Cut Copy kicked this week in dance off to a great start. Their show at Bowery on Wednesday was a world better than the one at the Mercury Lounge in March. The sound was flawless and clear which really showcased what a fine-tuned electronic and pop band Cut Copy is. The band goes the extra step, adding in just the right amount of effects and background vocals to give their songs a very full, complete sound. They played a tremendously energetic set which was reciprocated by an equally enthusiastic crowd. Everyone was getting down in their given inches of personal space at the sold-out show. Cut Copy's set was just about an hour long and featured an excellent mix of songs from their new album In Ghost Colors, as well as some from Bright Like Neon Love. Their exact setlist was....

Out There On the Ice
Time Stands Still
So Haunted
Unforgettable Season
That Was Just a Dream
Nobody Lost, Nobody Found
Lights & Music
Future
Hearts On Fire
Far Away
Saturdays

Tonight (May 16, 2008) and Saturday there is even more live dance music in town. Does It Offend You, Yeah? (who will also be here in a couple of months supporting Bloc Party) stop in at the Highline Ballroom as part of their North American tour. I'm very interested to see how/how well they are able to translate such electronic-sounding tracks with a live band.

Yo Majesty are actually the ones headlining the show (check out a review here if you've never seen them). Soulful rockers the Shalitas, and hip-hop trio Time Machine, support.

Advanced tickets available here, $12 at the door.

After the show at Highline, DIOYY will be deejaying at Webster Hall for the GBH 10 Year Anniversary which boasts a pretty big line-up (see flyer). While the venue choice has left many scratching their heads I'm just hoping such a big room will make for a cooler environment to catch LA Riots and MSTRKRFT whose recent show at Studio B was made considerably less enjoyable due to the stifling heat.

Advanced tickets available here, $20 at the door (or $50 if that's your thing).....

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People dancing. A parade. NYC. Saturday.