DDPP Akron moving to Cleveland!

DDPP Akron is closing it’s doors but we are excited to say that DJ Dewey Dancimal is creating a new space in Cleveland for the dance to continue. Please watch this space and Facebook for further info!

We Watch and We Dance!

Our annual video playlist is hot hot hot, and 2018 did not disappoint! With over 10 women in attendance, we were feeling the heat and even had to crack a few windows so we wouldn’t combust. Thank you to everyone for attending, especially all of our newcomers!

Check out the video mix on YouTube here and listen along on Spotify using the link below! The warm-up is missing from the Spotify mix, so you’ll have to get that blood flowing all on your own.

https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/lauramaidens/playlist/6y6BvFAQrdwD1wMPmWgMVX

 

We love salsa…and kuduro…and backing it up…and dropping it low

Shakira was definitely our diva for this night (7/29). She and Las Mamasitas, our mother/daughter DJ duo, took us through the full range of emotions – loss, love, lust and letting loose. We are sad to have to say goodbye to these 2 dancer/DJs, we didn’t get nearly enough time together.

If you’re looking to have your very own Latina inspired dance party, you could do no better than checking out this playlist on Spotify:

 

To top it off, Las Mamasitas didn’t even know this is one of my top 5 dance songs – it was our last fast song and left the room muy caliente:

 

Time for new sweatbands – DDPP #200!!!!!

Can you believe it? 3,177 songs, 96 different DJs, 2,040 attendees total.

grrrilla beats created the perfect celebratory playlist by gathering some of the best songs we have ever danced to here (7/15). It was a night of high energy and excitement, knowing that we had gathered a whooping 199 times before this one! This is the kind of mix that you hold on to and play at home when you are missing your DDPP fix as every.single.song is a dancer.

I remember the first time we heard this one, we all went crazy for it. It holds up more than 5 years later:

To trip the light fantastic

Never has there been a playlist like this one (7/1). It was at once trippy and beautiful and lush. DJ Owly B gathered all things ‘space’ into one night of swirling dance and had us all reflecting on the vastness of the universe. And you thought we just shook our booties!

Check out the playlist below, if you want some inspiration on really creating to a theme:

And if you want to take it a step further, extending that vast feeling, check out this portion of Carl Sagan’s ‘The Music of Space’:

Deep Cuts

Summer has definitely arrived. Last Friday’s dance party was hot, hot, hot–or at least the dance floor was feeling the heat–as we danced the night away. On Friday, June 17th, we tripped the light fantastic to a music mix made from deep cuts. Our playlist came from a brand new deejay Hot Lava. Maybe that name points to the source of the heat!? Many thanks to our deejay for keeping the party moving. Which of these deep cuts are you familiar with? Check out his complete playlist:

 

 

 

Are you going to join us for our next dance party? We dance again on Friday, July 1st, 8pm at Martell’s in Highland Square. Bring water and wear clothes you can sweat in! See you on the dance floor.

 

 

Pop Hits

Akron’s latest dance party was filled with women joining in on the lyrics “Everybody come on dance and sing, Everybody get up and do your thing” while we danced to Madonna’s first club hit Everybody. There was also quite a few of us vocalizing with the chorus “What’s wrong with being confident?” during Demi Lovato’s pop hit Confident. While we usually discourage TALKING on the dance floor–we actually encourage SINGING, while we rock our bodies!  Our last dance party on Friday, June 3rd was a lively event that took its inspiration from a music mix filled with pop hits. Do you like to sing along as you dance?

 

Feel free to sing along: “You make me feel, alive again…”

 

DJ Prisoner provided us with our hour’s worth of music. The playlist was made up of pop hits from the past year as well as danceable rock hits from previous decades. There was a little something for everyone in the music mix. See the complete playlist for yourself:

 

Want to join us at our next dance party? We’ll dance again on Friday, June 17th, 8pm at Martell’s dance studio in Highland Square. Wear something comfy that you can sweat in. We’ll provide the music. See you on the dance floor!

Leave the doldrums of the work week behind you and join us to dance on Friday nights!

 

 

 

Revenge on the Dance Floor

One of our strengths at DDPP-Akron is the vast variety of music at each of our dance parties. Each week’s event includes a unique playlist and we document these playlists on our website. You’ve seen the song database on our website, right? You can locate it on the tabs across the top of the homepage. The song database is a spreadsheet of every song ever played at one of our events–as well as every artist and every playlist. Our deejays use it to make sure they aren’t duplicating recent music mixes, and sometimes it’s used to get inspiration for upcoming music mixes. How do you use the song database?

 

I said “old-school,” didn’t I?

 

At our last dance party, Friday May 20th, we enjoyed another hot playlist.  DJ Necronomi-Tron titled his music mix “Revenge” and it was dominated by classic alternative/electronic songs. Old-school Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Oingo Boingo, Ministry and more. What a diversity in music we offer our dancers! The fun in this is that the next event will again offer an all-new playlist too. Music variety is our thing. Many thanks to DJ Necronomi-Tron for keeping us on our toes. Check out his complete playlist below:

We dance again on Friday June 3rd. You’ll be there, right? We try to start the music right at 8pm–we only dance for an hour so if you’re late, you miss out! My point? Don’t be late! Wear something comfortable and you can sweat in. The dance floor heats up! See you Friday June 3rd 🙂

 

 

The Name Game

 

What a delight we had at our last dance party! On Friday, May 6th, our deejay rocked the house with a music mix made from song titles that featured women’s names. This bit of frivolity tipped the scales towards fun and games! DJ Cher-nobyl selected sixteen songs–was your name included in her playlist? Check out the complete set list below. Our deejays take their inspiration from all sorts of places to create all-new playlists for us. The results are that we have a fresh and completely different music mix each time we dance. Muchas gracias to DJ Cher-nobyl for her efforts.

 

Gosh, I love this video so much!

 

Did you miss our last dance party? Fret not–because we’ll do it again on Friday, May 20th. We start at 8pm, so don’t be late. Our music mix will be all-new but I promise–it’ll keep you on your toes!  See you on the dance floor 😀

 

 

 

Purple Majesty

Many of our regular dancers have been touched by the sudden loss of Prince. So last week, Friday April 29th we decided to reschedule our DJ battle and replay a playlist made up entirely of Prince songs. The catharsis was powerful. It was also heartwarming to see the dance floor filled with so many others who also wanted to celebrate the life of the artist. Although we joke about “no crying on the dance floor,” we aren’t joking when we say DDPP-Akron is a no judgement zone.  We dance our emotions–even in difficult times. Many thanks to the dancers who came together to celebrate Prince and honor our devotion to one of the great artists of the last 100 years.

The evening’s playlist was actually one derived from a 2012 Prince dance party. Hugs, kisses, and thanks to The Den Mother for her help in tweaking the earlier playlist to replay for our needs this past week. Here’s the complete playlist from last week:

 

 

Ready to get back on the dance floor? Good–we dance again THIS WEEK! Friday, May 6th at 8pm we’ll do it all again. Remember we dance every 1st, 3rd, (and 5th) Friday of each month. Mark your calendars now for the best Friday night activity in Akron. See you on the dance floor 🙂