these guys are the originators. just thought there ought to be a more complete, higher quality version of this online. to see more of some of these guys, search up "the house dance project."
Loved this. As a white dude house head, the floor made you forget all your problems. I was dancing until I was 41...bad accident put me in a wheelchair. Watching this I get a tiny feeling back for a second how house and your own creative flow made me feel. Miss it so much.
I'm 50. Grew up in Bklyn. NYC in the 90's was magical. So many great clubs and house music. My half Irish and half Puerto Rican ass was taking the trains at all hours of the night to get to the clubs. But boy did I learn how to groove. Sound factory bar, palladium, emerald city, the octagon., etc. I feel bad that the kids of today will never get to experience what it was like.
This is my era right here!! This is when house dancers had no videos to watch to learn how to house dance, you had to be at the clubs amongst other dancers and that's how you learned.
You damn right. When RU-vid was either considered. I had to even get a cassette, vinyl, and gym or empty barrack room to practice (was in the military).
Exactly bro. There was no social media, no RU-vid to pick up tips. Born in '73, I started out dancing (breaking) in 3rd grade ('83). I started [housing] after my family moved out east [Long Island NY]. I've been housing ever since. But in order to house, you had to actually go to the club and watch. You picked up this & that, then you went home & practiced. Then you added the moves picked up to your own, that's what made your style, your style
growing up in L.E.S. and landing in these clubs all over NYC housin'....yo son...best thing I've very experienced..a soulful experience and im an Aspie!
This is the HOUSE DANCE CONFERENCE, not a 90s vid and definitely not the garage or loft. This was shot at my event at Demerara's in NYC upstairs which was house music and downstairs was funk. It was an unauthorized shooting that after I found out, I just allowed it to happen, as I saw that so many dancers were in it, in hopes of some kind of shine/recognition; so I let it rock....I said NO to being in it. And actually said NO to it being filmed by the company without copyright letters and royalties for the dancers.....but dam if dancers listened and knew ANYTHING about business matters. So they did it behind me and it's here. And I'm glad everyone enjoys it, because regardless, they are good at the dancing they do, and that's Shannon which way sha, stef Alonzo, ejoe, caleaf sellers, cebo, and Shan S ( red shirt) to be exact of who is dancing in this vid. But just had to give this info to clear up the false rumors that it's the garage or Larry Levan ( who was long dead ) played here, and other crazy things I've heard and read. HDC lasted for 13 years and now I'm just putting out videos of it on Fb pages and youtube. Here's the Fb page of the HDC vids. Sure you will all enjoy the interviews of many generations of dancers, and definitely the skills.....TenofQuad, thanks for the shout-out. there are HDC videos up now on my youtube channel and on my instagram pages: brianfootworkgreen and gifteddancers.bfg and online dance class trailers to view before wanting to buy online dance classes, are on: streetdanceexplained.bfg and the downloadable online dance classes on: theybarelyunderstandhello.com LOVE: THE HUMAN "doing/productive" DNA
much respect my brother we where at the tunnel Thursday night's so much freedom love .Salaams to dj deuce Hollywood rocker Newark & NYC house will live forever.
I saw the video years ago and change my life I was searching for something underground not mainstream and I found this and I've been apart of the Atlanta house music Community since 2012. Be blessed
This was the best times the mid 90s was the club scene and we all went to have a great time dance all night ,no issues, no fights ,now forget it ,me and my twin would go to different clubs every weekend dance house and battle , great music ,great times ,how I miss those days
it's amazing how things evolve over time. when house dancing began back in the late '80s and early '90's, no one incorporated breakdancing moves or even tap dancing into it, at least not as much as see now. nice to see and know that the culture never died, but I couldn't nor ever did moves back in the day like these dudes do. then again, we never had the room, it was always too crowded.
for me it started in 1991 at caffeine out on long island, till i found out about sound factory bar, Wednesday nights, Vinyl some early limelight, Tuesday nights all house dancing, would go straight to work off the train from NYC. Privileged to have been there...still have all my steps and then some at 52 yrs old. househead for life.
Before it was popularly called "house" we referred to it simply as "free style". The term "House" came about 79 or 80 because a good amount of the music we listened to in the underground clubs could only be heard "in house" meaning only at the at the club.Sometimes we referred to it as "acid house" because most of the dancers were on acid. It was truly underground at the time and realtively unknown until house music and dancing became mainstream later in the mid 80's and 90's.
As long as you had some form of keeping beat, this shit was personal and improvisational. Magical teen nites in Chicago is what this reminds me of and back then I felt like NYC was the promised land. Still is..
@firstnamenavarre Beautiful stuff! We danced like this 20 years ago! Places like Traxx in DC and the Vault and the Fifth Column and the Paradox and countless other clubs in NYC, Baltimore, DC, Philly. It's nice to see the scene continue on! I probably danced in the same circles with these guys parents! Once a house-head, always a house head!
Yes! we get down like this at 'Hang Time' every Sunday at Gonzales & Gonzales, Sullivan Room, House Dance Conference, Seaport, Fortgreen park, on the boardwalk for Coney Island Dancers. Lots of places.
I remember going to Junior High school dances and housing to songs like Blue Cheese, 900 Number.. Ive seen some incredible impromptu moments. The vibes were pure
As someone from BKLYN sir there are no lies detected. The palladium, the shelter, Bentleys. Zansabar in Jersey. Nothing like hanging out in the village St Unique for some fly wears and hitting the clubs until 7/8 am hit a dinner and be home Sunday morning around 11 to hook up with a shorty. The good ol days!
Not Really the Dude In the Beginning 0:28 and 1:44 is Better in my opinion Cause moves were Crazy Fluid and if you listen to the Music and his Moves they Flow Much Better,were the Guy in the Red is Good but less agile and doesn't go with the Music as the Other dude, Plus his Moves were more Original, Great Dancer
Alex Sanchez FYI, the video is dubbed over with music, it's not what is actually playing at the club nor is it exactly the same pitch, so it really doesnt match up to anyone's moves the way it should. Dude in the red shirt is Shan S by the way. Check out some of his older solo videos on youtube, he's got great footwork.
Thanks again. I know about The Sullivan Room but I haven't visited yet. Coney Island boardwalk has been a house dancers spot for close to forty years now and FortGreen I have seen on the videos. Never been to any House Dance conference yet. maybe it's about time. LOL! If you know when the next one is being held in the NYC area.... give me a holla.
Great video I’m watching all the way from Northern Spain sometimes it’s not all about business you have reached a corner of the globe that now wants more!
Dude in the Red Shirt moves just as greats did at Red Zone, Mars, the Building back in '87 - '92... Remember thinking if I could dance like that, I'd get all the girls!!! LOL those were great times man!
These fellas are doin the damn thing but I'd like to give you a little history on this house thing. I'm from Detroit and we were housin it up back in the early eighties and even before that in Chi-town. I'm not a hater though, its great to see you young brothers keep it alive because this is the true form. I mean dancing to dance music, high energy shit. I can still dance my ass off to it and I'm 40 years old. Peace to the new age househeads great video!
clh2192 , thanks for educating folk about the foundation of "House" culture. Too many misguided and arrogant and late people out there claiming that "House" was originally from Chi Town. Philly does deserve much respect as well. No disrespect to Chicago. They put out some kick ass " house" music but the originators were underground NYC.
This type of dancing originated at The Loft and has come to be called 'lofting'. It' was the next step in the evolution of breaking and you only initially saw it in the underground clubs in the early to mid 80's.
True, Great documentary. It is new to YT but it was videotaped back in 91.I know several of the dancers on the video. these are dancers I used to share the floor with back at the Loft and Paradise Garage in NYC. We were dancing like that in the late 70's.
@@TeNofQuad no, you're not dyslexic, as I've had inDUSTtry people that have signed checks "BRAIN", more than once....lololol....at the bank, only one time someone TRIED to argue, and I was like, "WHAAAT?? Go through the phone book and find someone named "BRAIN..."......."okay sure, we'll deposit the check"....lololol
These dudes are nice love the footwork but the best house dancers I seen were at club tunnel and red zone in the late to early 90's used to go to them clubs for the dope house tracks and to get busy on the dance floor love my era baby...
Funny you say that, because some of those dancers you're referring to are actually in this video e.g. Ejoe Wilson, Caleaf Sellers, "Brooklyn" Terry Wright, Shannon Mabra, Shannon Selby (aka Shan S) etc. LOL These guys are some of the few that made NYC house dance global.
Nope....one of those names u listed wasnt even there late 80s to early 90s, and two were tunnel heads and one was sound factory, and the other was more the red zone.
I give mad props to these dancers on this video. These dancers are what we considered back in the day as "Loft Down" .Hit the Deck" MoFokers. We wore baggy pants, forget the shirt and either chinese slippers or wrestling boots. Oh and don't forget the baby powder. Who knows what I'm talking about?
Wow... What memories and the comments on this post are spot on... House will never die, you just have to know where to find it... If anyone knows of any spots in Orlando, FL please post....
The track at 6:28 is Rasoul - Let Me Love You (from Soul Searching Volume 3) on Large records. Space, my friend Tenn is in this and as much as I love his dancing, you might consider taking "the originators" comment out of your description. I'm happy that you posted such a good quality version of this from the movie, though. Thanks
