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Adolfo ‘Shabba-Doo’ Quiñones, whose moves changed the face of dance, dies at 65
Hip-hop dancing pioneer Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones once had a message for dance aficionados who felt that break-dancing was merely a trend, one less legitimate as an art form than classical dance.
“Ultimately people will realize it’s a valid art form, on the same level as jazz or ballet,” Quiñones told Newsweek in 1984 following the release of the low-budget hit “Breakin’,” which featured him as a street dancer. “And it’s a dance Americans should be proud of.”
Quiñones, one of the most influential dancers of the hip-hop era and one of the innovators of the robotic dance style known as “locking,” died Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home. He was 65.
Known as “Shabba-Doo,” Quinones had a colorful career as a dancer, choreographer and actor. In addition to his starring roles in the popular “Breakin’” and its sequel “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo,” Quiñones choreographed for and worked with many top singers, including Frank Sinatra, Madonna, Lionel Richie and Chaka Khan.
He was also a founding member of the Original Lockers street dancing group and one of the Soul Train Gang dancers on the landmark R&B music series.
Quiñones’ publicist Biff Warren told the Hollywood Reporter that the artist had undergone a COVID-19 test that had come out negative but “the next day he’s dead. It opens up all kinds of questions.”
The day before he died, the dancer posted on Instagram that he was “feeling sluggish from my cold” but was feeling better. A picture showed him in bed, flashing the peace sign and declaring he “was excited” and had “lots of catching up to do.”
Chorographer/singer Toni Basil, who co-founded the Original Lockers, expressed “extreme sadness” about Quiñones’ death on social media, while several other celebrities also paid tribute.
Ice-T tweeted: “I just lost ANOTHER close friend… SHABBA-DO, LA Dance Legend,” adding a montage of Quiñones dancing. Sheila E called him “A great Hiphop dancer. We toured together w/ Lionel Richie 1983. Gosh, Rest In Peace my brother.”
Dancing was a form of salvation for the dancer, who grew up in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing project. Raised by a single mother, he said in a 2010 interview that he was a “bit of a hoodlum,” hanging around with street gangs.
“The only thing I could do that was special was dancing,” he said.
When the Chicago-based dance program “Soul Train” moved to Los Angeles in 1970 to establish a base for syndication, Quiñones and his family followed. He and other dancers started appearing on the show and they became a breakout feature as the Original Lockers, known for their kinetic dancing style.
“The Original Lockers changed the face of dance,” he said in 2010. “‘Soul Train’ was that sort of fertile soil for us. We were able to like, work it all out on the show coming down the ‘Soul Train’ line.”
“Soul Train” host and creator Don Cornelius had a major influence on young Quiñones. In a 2012 CNN interview, he said, “His influence on me was looking at him, being the spiffy dresser that he was. I mean, the guy was the epitome of cool, you know? I used to look at him and think, ‘God, you know, I want to be like him. I want to be like that. I want to wear clothes like that.’ He was just so cool, and he had swagger then before people knew it was swagger, you know, and so it had an influence on me as an artist, later on as a professional dancer.”
He added, “If you’ve ever taken note of my career, you would see that I wore a lot of suits and things, and I tend to dress up. So there was a handful of people that I aspire to be when I grew up and that was — one was Cab Calloway. James Brown, we always want to be James Brown. And then Don Cornelius. You know, being a young Black kid, you know, you want to be like that. You want to be like the man. “
Leaving the Lockers for a solo career, Quiñones was summoned by Bette Midler and choreographer Kenny Ortega to appear in her Broadway show, “Divine Madness,” starting in 1979. He was later called to choreograph Cannon Films’ “Breakin’” — and wound up with one of the lead roles.
In the 1984 film, young ballet dancer Kelly (Lucinda Dickey) joins forces with street dancers Ozone (Quiñones) and Turbo (Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers) to form a dance troupe.
In a promotional interview, Quiñones revealed that he had filmed most of “Breakin’” with a fractured wrist, but continued against the advice of his doctors. “It took me 12 years to get that movie role,” he said. “I wasn’t going to pass it up for a fractured wrist — no way.”
In later years, Quiñones called himself “The Ghost of Break-Dance Past” as he worked on various projects, including directing videos, teaching dance to inner-city kids and opening a martial arts studio. In 1994, he confessed in Variety to visiting clubs in Orange County to check out the latest dances.
“It’s like I wear hip-hop clothes but flannel underwear,” he said with a chuckle.
Original article here https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-01-01/adolfo-shabba-doo-quinones-dies-at-65
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon health care worker has been hospitalized after suffering a severe allergic reaction to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
The Oregon Health Authority says the employee at Wallowa Memorial Hospital experienced anaphylaxis after receiving a first dose of the vaccine this week.
The health authority said vaccines for COVID-19 can cause mild to moderate side effects in some people. This can include pain and swelling on the arm and sometimes fever, chills, tiredness and headache.
In rare cases, some people have experienced severe allergic reactions. Health officials will continue to track adverse reactions. So far, 38,698 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Oregon since the week of Dec. 13.
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They are keeping me hostage.’ Homeless, Tacoma advocacy group occupy Fife motel
Original article written December 28, 2020
Homeless advocacy group is occupying a Fife motel without pay, and city police are looking to cooperate with them to find shelter.
Tacoma Housing Now booked 16 rooms at the Fife Travelodge Motel at 3518 Pacific Hwy. E on Thursday, motel manager Shawn Randhawa said. After paying for the initial night, the occupants have refused to pay or leave for four days.
I’m just devastated,” he told The News Tribune. “Because of the protest, I have nothing else. I was barely getting through this pandemic, and now this. This Christmas, the Grinch came.”
Fife Police Chief Pete Fisher said the group is trespassing. Rather than use force to remove the people, he wants to work with the organization.
We’re trying to see if we can work out a resolution without having to take law enforcement action,” Fisher said. “We’re talking about people with medical issues, cold weather that are homeless. So we are trying to work with our neighboring agencies to see what we can do in the form of relief, relief or temporary shelter.”
Rebecca Parson, the spokesperson for Tacoma Housing Now, said at least five people have died this year from exposure while living outside in Tacoma. She said there are positive COVID-19 cases at homeless shelters, and the group wanted a safe option for those with medical conditions.
“We wanted somewhere for people to stay warm and dry and get showers and stay as safe as possible,” Parson told The News Tribune.
There are people staying in the motel rooms and about 60 protesters standing outside the motel. Parson said two more motel rooms of unhoused people have joined in the protest, making the total 18 rooms occupied.
The Tacoma Housing Now group said they have housed 43 people at the motel. The advocacy group wants Tacoma and Pierce County to pay for the rooms.
The group insists they want the manager, Randhawa, to be paid.
“We paid for first night — Christmas Eve — and then we are sending the bill to county and city,” Parson said.
Asked about the crime of trespassing, Parson said: “The biggest crime of all is anybody dying of cold in the streets.”
Pierce County said they are looking into this but they have not been in discussions with Tacoma Housing Now.
Randhawa said he feels the group isn’t giving him a choice and he doesn’t feel supported by the police or the city. He said there was destruction of property when one of the doors was broken after he locked a motel room.
They are keeping me hostage. No one is out to help me,” he said. “It’s complete lawlessness in the city of Fife.”
If the situation does not change in a few days, Randhawa said he will abandon the property and his 15 employees will stop showing up.
“I’ll have to lock the doors. and if the city won’t kick them out, they can have it,” he said. “I’ll shut off the water and I’m not fighting with these people. I believe there should be a law.”
The organization took over Gault Middle School in November to house those experiencing homelessness, but left after Tacoma police threatened to make arrests.
Fife’s city manager Hyun Kim told The News Tribune he wants an open dialogue between all parties. He wants to help those who are experiencing homelessness, but also worries about the small business.
“I would like to bring together partners to provide wrap-around services to these people. I understand that some are sick and just a hotel room is not an end-all-be-all,” he said. “Occupying a private motel and potentially put them out of business is untenable. I fear for those who might lose their job.”
He does not have a time table of when or if law enforcement would be used.
Pierce County council member Pam Roach, who represents Fife, said that this situation is a result of the need for housing for the homeless and a disregard for people’s businesses.
“It goes right back to the fact that we need to find space for people especially when it’s cold,” she told The News Tribune. “If the government isn’t doing its job, citizens pay for it — just like this business owner.”
Read more here: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article248131550.html#storylink=cpy
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