When the Runway is the Subway: New York Street Dancers in Times Square

What I love most about living in New York City is how people embrace life, culture, music, dance, and art. Here is a fusion of that flair: an urban dance performance in New York City's Times Square subway station.

Performing to Michael Jackson's classic, "Don't Stop 'Til you Get Enough," these dancers prove that dancing is a showman's sport. You do it because you have a passion for it, and your audience always likes the show you put on.

I am posting this video, in spite of a bigotted comment that can be overheard at one point. I'm overlooking that pejorative in favor of highlighting all the more the talent, spirit, and courage it takes to dance before a public both eager for inspiration and sometimes peppered with bigotry and ignorance.

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Awesome spontaneous voguing, including a brief attitudinal "Umbrella face-off"

"Clashing egos" demonstrated by dance

Supposedly, some interpretations of voguing can take the form of throwing shade. Here, you can see some of that attitude among dancers during a public gay pride event in Jersey City, NJ. (Look for the acknowledgement of the audience to the flashes of attitude in the dancing.)

Look for a brief shoulder/arm/hands dance movement that is highly reminiscent of a trademark of Willi Ninja's (at 3:13-3:16).

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