Founded in 2005, Bad Boys of Dance is a dance company comprised of the most versatile young male dancers crossing all genres of the dance industry. Each Bad Boy is hand selected based on their extraordinary physical talents and artistry. BBD debuted on July 26-29, 2007 to rave reviews and sold out audiences at the 75th Anniversary Season at Jacobs Pillow. The twins were part of the Pillow performance as guest artist.

Here are the boys answering questions I sent them:

1) What is like to work together and how the dynamic is being all men together?

We have too much fun working together. We make jokes all the time. We enjoy watching all the performances.

2) How did you meet Rasta and what do you think you bring to the company as an individual?

We met Rasta when he came to New York to audition for the movie Center Stage back in 1999. We were cleaning the mirrors at Broadaway Dance Center. It is so funny because, we chose to clean the mirrors, studios and bathrooms just to be able to hang out at the school. We heard that the owner said that she did not want us there because we don't take classes.

It was around 9:30pm when we saw Rasta coming in. And I said to Martin that's the guy we saw performing at the Oscars a month ago. So we stopped him and we told him that we really liked his performance. So we shake hands and he said, "I have to go but i'm coming back in a hour".  We thought that he was not going to come back but he did.

We show him some choreographies and because he said that he loves Michael Jackson, we showed him Dangerous. Then we walked him to Penn station to take the train back to maryland. He did not want to leave so he stay with us for a couple more hours, It was around 3:00 am.  So we started to talk about movies, dancing, dreams. And we realized that we have many things in common. We even sang a song for him. Before he left we told him that we thought that he was not going to come back to the school. And he said that when we shook hands he felt our energy right away.  

What do we bring to the company as an individual? We bring to the company ourselves, our lives, our souls by using Tap dancing (hoofing) and Hip-Hop (we call it Lombard's way)      

3) How do you think the company has matured from the Pillow shows compared to the performance you just had (if you were part of both)?

The whole company is more focused. And Rasta is finding a particular look for the show.

4) How do you define a Bad Boy and how bad can you be?

A bad boy...to us is the artist that don't give to the audience what they expect and he let you knows that. How bad can we be? We can be too bad... but good.  

Here is a little history on the twins for you:

Martin and Facundo Lombard started dancing at the age of 7 in their native Buenos Aires, Argentina.  By 13 they made their sensational TV debut in one of Argentina's most popular shows, Rhythm of the Night.  

Their unparalleled synchronized dance style in hip-hop and high-energy tap soon caught the eye of legend James Brown and Tito Puente.  Mr. Brown, in awe of their talent, dubbed them "The Soul Boys".  

In 1998, Martin and Facundo moved to New York City, a city that embraced them immediately. While in the US they have appeared at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, the Saratoga Jazz Festival and BB King's, to name but a few.  

Choreographer Maurice Hines incorporated them in his workshop production of Yo' Alice, slated for Broadway.  

Their many credits include featured appearances with Whitney Houston and George Michael ("If I Told You That" video) a Tribute to The Nicholas Brothers (Lincoln Center) the jazz musician Winton Marsalis (Gran Rex Theatre, Argentina) and Stomp (Luna Park Staduim, Argentina)

In print, they have been seen in Vogue, shot by Steven Meisel for Versace.
They also have been cover featured of the New York dance magazines Dance Spirit, and New York Dance Fax.  

AntiGravity, New York's premiere aerial dance company featured them in performances for George Lucas,  Bill Gates, and The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, among others.

In 2001, The Lombard Twins returned to Argentina to focus on their theatrical and filmmaking projects.  While developing their acting, composition and directorial skills, they still found time to tour to Thailand, Korea and The Philippines, performing for Louis Vuitton and Spain with flamenco dancer, Rafael Amargo.  

They regularly were VJ's for MTV South America.

Finally, in 2004, their first full length theatrical show Dreamers was ready to be mounted.  They wrote, directed, composed and produced the show which was picked up and toured in Barcelona, the Edinburgh Festival, Dublin, and finally, in Argentina.

Currently, The Lombard Twins reside in New York where they regularly work with AntiGravity and Rasta Thomas' Bad Boys of dance. They are also working on a documentary film, a tribute to the argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla and on their latest project, The HipHopKestra, combining Hip-Hop with classical music.

 http://www.myspace.com/lombardtwins  

Hip Hop, Tap, Enthusiast, Performance, Bad Boys of Dance, Lombard Twins (all tags)

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