DDPP 1/26/11

Oh, what a night… and oh, what publicity can do! We had a record number of ladies dancing their butts off and stomping their feet in the dance studio tonight. Thirty-one ladies graced us with their mad dance skills and boy did it get hot up in the space. I think this was the night [...]

Cake or Death or Bears?

I must admit, I was a little concerned this Sunday.  People tend to disappear when Chicago gets all sports-fevery, but surely the magic of dance outweighs a possible Super Bowl slot?  Right? Damn right!  Despite this weekend’s football fanaticism, we had a solid crowd of ladies on Sunday who were ready to celebrate life touchdowns [...]

Bustin’ Hump Day Loose

For the second time in as many weeks, both of our regular Wednesday Den Mothers were down for the count with nasty cases of The Crud. I’m sure their employers appreciated the “doctor’s notes” they e-mailed in, though: Happy as usual to step in, I was joined in my efforts to hype the crowd by [...]

DDPP in the Red Eye!

Behold, high priestess DJ Bran channeling the goddesses of dance: If you didn’t already see this photograph in today’s Red Eye and read the superb story accompanying it, check it out on the web!  Quotes from Kelley C. and DJs U.N.I.T.Y. and Sexx Frosting are featured.  Thanks to everyone who danced with the lights on [...]

Super Charged

In physics, energy is a quantity that is often understood as the ability a physical system has to produce changes on another physical system.  In Chicago, DJ ENRG is often understood as the lady with the ability to produce a spontaneous catwalk in the middle of a dance party: It might have been the first time the entire [...]

DJ MLB Dishes Out Music + Trade Secrets

The den mother Jenn’s were uber-bummed we couldn’t be at DDPP getting our sweat on last night with the 2 Live Crew. It seems we’ve both contracted some throat-crap-cold. We’re on the mend though – yesterday I sounded like Satan choking on a pine cone. Today, it’s more like Kathleen Turner. From what was reported [...]

Happy Birthday, Mr. Stardust

For those of you who don’t have this permanently emblazoned upon your calendars, this past weekend marked David Bowie’s 64th birthday! Now here comes the fun part.  What do you get when you mix the king of glam with a DDPP queen known as DJ Kling-On? A) a hilarious bastard love child created in photoshop: [...]

Happiness = dancing? O’Hal Yeah

If you don’t have 3 minutes and 36 seconds to spare, but more like 36, please watch 36 seconds starting at minute 1:41. And yes, this queen of dance’s name is: Happiness. And so we are hereby referring to this goddess Happiness from now on as “Lady Saint Happiness: the Perfect Queen of Soul Spirit [...]

Shake Your Cumberbunz

After a year-long hiatus, DJ Cumberbun (aka Den Mother Kelly P.) was back in action for the first DDPP of the New Year!  I don’t know about you but 2011 was not prepared for the bass boomin’ beats that were thrown down.  Some old school, some new school, some oldies and some slow jams you [...]