Dancing monks and marathon rehab.

Some cool goings on in the city. Too bad I don't have the time to check it out.

Sutra

Rose Theater (at Frederick P. Rose Hall),

Today - Thu 7:30pm.

Broadway (at 60th St)

(212) 721-6500lincolncenter.org

Subway: A, C, B, D, 1 to 59th St–Columbus CircleGet directions

Lincoln Center presents the White Light Festival, which features the U.S. premiere of Sutra, a dance piece by choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui featuring 17 monks from the Shaolin Temple. British artist Antony Gormley created the set; the score, by Polish composer Szymon Brzóska, is performed live. 

 

 

Free Yoga classes at Lululemon in celebration of the NYC Marathon. Good luck to my people who are running this weekend! If you want to donate money to their causes:

 

Garden of Dreams

 

American Cancer Society

Dance Parade

Awesome silks performance at the Dance Parade Festival in Tompkins Square Park.

Dance Africa at BAM

Princess and the Frog and My Awesome Niece.

You B-boy and I B-girl...

Jain Fonda this!

I've been taking a uber fun dance class called Masala Bhangra for years...its not difficult since the moves are fairly simple but its difficult because you take no breaks and its a serious cardio workout. I leave the class sweating buckets! This is a class created and coined by Sarina Jain. She is awesome! SO AWESOME. She's been doing it for 10 years and now the hype is on since Slumdog Millionaire won so many academy awards. Well, in '07 NY1 came and taped the class that I took. Check out the video and the article here.

And just the other day, the week after the Grammy's a whole crapload of media rushed Sarina. The Daily News published an article and here's the video: