Vietnamese Cancan

Photographer Yan Lerval has taken a nice set of photos of Vietnamese dancers doing a cancan performance.  A sample is:

http://yanlerval.wordpress.com/#jp-carousel-2387

The entire set of cancan photos can be seen by using the arrows to navigate between photos.

You can also visit the photographer's site, which has quite a large collection of very good photographs about Vietnam,  at:

www.yanlerval.com

Two by Alice Huertas

These are two uncommonly seen illustrations by Alice Huertas, a prolific artist who made quite a number of very nice, idealized renderings of the mid-20th Century cancan.  These are captioned, "Casino de Paris" and "Folies Bergere", and perhaps the costuming of the dancers follows what was then on offer at those two establishments.

For some additional Alice Huertas works, click on the label, "Alice Huertas", at the bottom of this post and check the Photo Albums here (look  for the Illustrations page). You may also wish to go to:

http://barbebleu.tumblr.com/search/alice+huertas

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2013/01/alice-huertas.html

Party Planet

These are from a spectacular set of photos taken at the V.I.P. Cinema City Christmas party - program of the Prague Club Hany Bany (ex Ocko) (translation by Google). The event was put on by Party Planet. The dance troupe is not identified.  Photographs are by Ondra and the Party Planet Team - see their links at the site below.

For the entire collection of photos see:

http://www.partyplanet.cz/report/7928/v-i-p-vecirek-cinema-city/vse/#f141

Party Planet's sites are:

http://www.partyplanet.cz/

https://www.facebook.com/PartyPlanet.cz

Postscript:

In cancanfavorites@yahoogroups.com, Antoine Du Chasse wrote:

Hi BB

Unless I am much mistaken, these are our old 'friends' Crash Dance:
certainly the routine looks familiar as well as the costumes. A wonderful
find.
Thanks
Antoine

Reply:

Antoine,

You are correct.  I checked at Crash Dance's site (http://www.crashdance.cz), and they list an event at Ocko Praha that coincides with the party in the original posting.  I had noticed the similarity in the petticoats/skirts too, but was thrown off by the underpinnings they wore on this occasion.  Their usual outfits can be seen at:

http://barbebleu.tumblr.com/search/crash+dance

I guess the explanation is that they were apparently doing a Moulin Rouge routine in bustiers, panties and stockings that required some individuality in costuming.  They must have either just put on the skirts for the cancan number or taken them off for the Moulin Rouge number, depending on the sequence.

In any event, Crash Dance is a long time favorite, and this just adds to my appreciation of them.

Barbebleu

The France Show

Our member, Antoine Du Chasse, has kindly made available this additional video of the cancan at The French Show, which was posted on the web.

The France Show

The Dynamic Dancers performed at the 2013 edition of The France Show held in Earl's Court last weekend during what I understand was a major snowstorm in the UK.

I haven't seen as many photos or videos as I would have expected - perhaps the weather discouraged camera toting people from attending.  This photo is from the Dynamic Dancers web page, where you can find a few other cancan photos:

http://dynamicdancers.co.uk/our-can-can-dancers-perform-at-the-france-show-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-can-can-dancers-perform-at-the-france-show-2013

There are also a few at this Flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51973840@N08/sets/72157632560243910/with/8394082277/

The web page for The France Show is:


http://www.thefranceshow.com/

There were two videos I found, neither of which is outstanding:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTek25HIc5w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsrR7x_P_pM

Perhaps some more things will turn up.

Salute to the Golden Horseshoe Revue

There have been a lot of photos and videos posted of this limited time show at Disneyland, but I thought these were two of the best videos and deserved recognition.  Both are available at You Tube in 1080p.

The first was posted by disneygeek.com and can be viewed at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6hUO4yA9Ng

The second was posted by disneylandlive and is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK5qAtPJC_Q

Le Cancan Bijou at the Edwardian Ball

LCCB does a rip roaring encore show at the Edwardian Ball.  Videographer markdayresponse has taken this very nice performance video of their performance.  You can see the original at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjyMa6iWqtI

Also, LCCB member Lindsay Geektron Nerdson has posted a video of her visit to the ball, which is fun to watch and gives a sense of the dancers' personalities:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI9CKxLmcCo

LCCB's Facebook page is:

http://www.facebook.com/LeCancanBijou

The Edwardian Ball's page is:

http://edwardianball.com/

If I can find some photos from the show, I'll post links later.

Postscript to Salute to the Golden Horseshoe Revue (message of January 13))

To see some additional very high quality photos of the Salute to the Golden Horseshoe Revue  be sure to visit the Daveland website, where you can purchase hi-res prints of the photos:

http://davelandblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/limited-time-magic-salute-to-golden.html

http://davelandweb.com/goldenhorseshoe/salute.html

And you can also find some very nice photos at the Flickr pages of Insidethemagic (Ricky Brigante), which can be accessed at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/insidethemagic/sets/72157632564383836/with/8395699023/

Wild-West-Girls

The Wild-West-Girls in performance at the Faschingsfrühschoppen des Faschingsclub Laim am 13.01.2013 im Hacker Pschorr Bräuhaus.  They are sporting some updated costumes that are very nice and in the classic style.

These delightful photos are the work of photographers, Ingrid Grossmann and Martin Schmitz.  They are only a sampling of the many excellent photos they took that can be found through links at the Ganz Muenchen site:

http://www.ganz-muenchen.de/fasching/vereine/faschingsclub_laim_fcl/2013/faschings_fruehschoppen.html

Ms. Grossmann's photos can be accessed directly at:

http://www.ganz-muenchen.de/phpgraphy/?dir=fasching%2F2013%2Ffc_laim%2Ffaschingsfruehschoppen%2Fig

Mr. Schmitz's photos can be seen at:

http://www.ganz-muenchen.de/phpgraphy/?dir=fasching%2F2013%2Ffc_laim%2Ffaschingsfruehschoppen%2Fms%2F&startpic=36

You may be able to purchase prints by contacting them.

Also there are two videos of the event that give a better idea of the flow of the performance and are definite "must-sees":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RBEsKU1GncE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB7TdNVA_ik

For links to photos of the Wild-West-Girls in their older costumes go to:

http://barbebleu.tumblr.com/search/wild-west-girls

And for some older videos go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVAPnU_HxFw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WUd30DbL5A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzTKkhKpA4
(Background only)

Krakow Event

This photo is from a collection showing the various kinds of events and entertainments that Krakow Event has done, including cancan shows by several other groups:

https://picasaweb.google.com/110418438558133805777/IntegracjaWieczornaGaleBale?noredirect=1#

More can be found at Krakow Event's home page:

http://www.krakowevent.eu/

including the following photo album pages:

http://www.krakowevent.eu/pl_casino-royale-wieczor-w-kasynie,165.html

http://www.krakowevent.eu/pl_zlote-lata-bal-firmowy,54.html

None of the dance groups is identified by name.

DDM Strakonice

As best I can determine, these dancers are from a Czech social club called, DDM Strakonice.  The shiny white bloomers may be of biblical proportions, but you have to admit they are also strikingly cute and make for a very pleasing performance.  The dancers also sometimes perform in plain black, and, to me at least, the contrast favors the white bloomers.  See for yourself at the following Picasa Web pages of photographer Zbyněk Mařík who has created an amazing collection of photos, including those reviewed above:

https://picasaweb.google.com/114615067114967485119/7122012VecirekVojenskeLesynKajov#

https://picasaweb.google.com/114615067114967485119/1412013SoukromaOslavaStrakonice#

https://picasaweb.google.com/114615067114967485119/15122012PyzamovaPartyZalesi#

(best skip to the bottom of the page on this one)

https://picasaweb.google.com/114615067114967485119/1912013KonskyBalVolyne#

https://picasaweb.google.com/114615067114967485119/23112012VenecekTanecniTrhoveSviny#

https://picasaweb.google.com/114615067114967485119/23112012CountryTanecniLekceVimperk02#

https://picasaweb.google.com/114615067114967485119/16112012CountryBalTrhoveSviny#

DDM Strakonice's page is:

http://www.ddmstrakonice.cz/

Join and Post Messages and Comments

You have to be a member (author) to post comments and messages.  If you would like to join, send me an email at Yahoo (barbebleu2006).

This is a group, not a solo blog, and we'd all benefit from some other points of view and commentary.

Barbebleu

Paillettes et cancans

La troupe de Nathalie Marcillac, la Voie des Arts performs in "Paillettes et cancans" in Bouzic, Perigord, France.  See the original and other cancan photos at:

http://www.bouzic-perigord.fr/spip.php?article99

Pretty girls; nice costumes

Eco-Cancan - Mother Nature Lifts Her Skirts

Looks like the snowman shouldn't have fooled with Mother Nature.  Not sure what is supposed to be going on here, but it is a fun image anyway.

Original at:

http://www.mixcrate.com/img/ugc/covers/2/4/241790_l.jpg?v=1212201220

Pariser Leben (La Vie Parisienne)

A striking image from the cover of a souvenir book about Oper Frankfurt's 1978 production of Pariser Leben (La Vie Parisienne)..

This is from the site of a German bookseller offering it for sale:

http://www.buchfreund.de/Pariser-Leben-Buffo-Oper-in-fuenf-Akten-von-Henri-Meilhac-Musik-von-Jacques-Offenbach-Frankfurter-Fassung-von-Jér-me-Savary-Deutsch-von-Frank-Wilms-Meilhac-Henri-und-Jacques-Offenbach,47112296-buch

Learn from the Pros

An interesting news item.   What to do in Paris for exercise instead of a jog along the Seine.

http://www.doitinparis.com/en/news/art-de-vivre/art-de-vivre/danser-le-french-cancan-au-paradis-latin-13741

http://blog.doitinparis.fr/jai-teste/15865/

Broadway Revival of "Can-Can"?

There's hope:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118064747/

More from later articles:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-cancan-broadway-pasadena-playhouse-20130117,0,7384250.story

http://www.broadway.com/buzz/166693/revival-of-cole-porters-can-can-headed-for-broadway-in-2014/

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/174089-Revival-of-Cole-Porters-Can-Can-Aiming-for-Broadway-in-Spring-2014-David-Lee-Will-Direct

http://broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-CAN-CAN-Headed-Back-to-Broadway-in-Spring-2014-with-Revised-Book-Workshop-to-be-Held-in-Oct-2013-20130117

Le Cancan Bijou - Dickens Fair

Now that the 2012 Dickens Fair is history you should pay a visit to Le Cancan Bijou's Facebook page where you can find a lot of information about LCCB, photos from the Fair and links to other sites that have fair photos.

LCCB's site is:

http://www.facebook.com/LeCancanBijou

In addition to the previous reports about Le Flatline's pilgrimage to see the 2012 Fair and the Flickr pages linked in them:


http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2012/12/dickens-fair-report-by-le-flatline_29.html

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2012/12/dickens-fair-report-by-le-flatline.html

you should also visit his Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/stiffshots

and the Facebook pages of two other photographers of the event, Raymond Van Tassel and Rosemary Guglielmelli:

http://www.facebook.com/RaymondVanTasselPhotography
(I believe the great photo above is his)

http://www.facebook.com/FaireFacesByRosemary

Note from Le Flatline:

"Don't neglect the work of Chris Cochems!

http://www.facebook.com/christopher.cochems

Even though he was AWOL from Dickens this year, there's plenty of pictures from previous Fairs - not to mention his bird photography, which is quite stunning in and of itself.

Le Flatline"

La Casta Susana/La Chaste Suzanne - the Second Cancan

A copy of the second cancan from La Casta Susana/La Chaste Suzanne has been now also been posted at You Tube.  Many thanks to SpanishBizarro3 for making the posting.  The original is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUm53TJgj5U

This is a hard to find Spanish-French film and stars Marujita Diaz, the dancer wearing a lavender costume this time.

Cancan by cpafait

A simple line art drawing can convey a lot, as this one by cpafait does.  See cpafait's work at:

http://cpafait.deviantart.com/

this drawing can be seen at:

http://cpafait.deviantart.com/#/d5pmzec

La Casta Susana/La Chaste Suzanne - the First Cancan

A copy of the first cancan from la Casta Susana/La Chaste Suzanne has been posted at You Tube courtesy of SpanishBizarro3.  The original is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a17WkI7h3YU

There is a second cancan in different costumes that is just as good.  Here's hoping it will be posted also.

This is a hard to find Spanish-French film and stars Marujita Diaz, the dancer in the green costume.

Here is a link to a second cancan film, Abuelita Charleston (Granny Charleston) featuring Ms. Diaz.  I expected Esther Williams to make an appearance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBqsZ-JYfg

From a Chinese Travel Site

I thought this was a nice photo.  The dancers may be French, but the costumes are a little different than those worn by the Moulin Rouge troupe, so I don't think it is them.

The photo was found at:

.http://fight.qq.com/act/a20120329dream/ozhou/index.shtml

Rachel K

Two views of a very pretty dancer who is probably publicizing an event promoting Rachel Kum's cosmetics   Ms. Kum is a beauty pageant winner who parlayed that into a successful cosmetics business in Singapore.

See her story at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Kum

https://www.facebook.com/rachel.janice.kum

And her company's site at:

https://www.rachelkcosmetics.com/

I no longer have the link to the location of these photos.

POPART Festival CAN-CAN

See a very nice set of cancan photos taken by Dutch photographer, pappadonleone (Leon F. Galle), at a POPART Festival in De Boerderij, Zoetermeer in 2009, including the above two photos:

https://picasaweb.google.com/101292033052334319983/POPARTFestivalCANCAN051209DeBoerderijZoetermeer#

The dancers are not identified.

Salute to the Golden Horseshoe Revue

This photo is from the very nice collection of still photos by DAPS (Tyler Epperson) taken at the Salute to the Golden Horseshoe Revue currently playing at Disneyland.  See the full collection and a video at::


http://dapsmagic.com/news/2013/01/10/a-salute-to-the-golden-horseshoe-revue-a-rip-roarin-good-time-in-frontierland/?show=gallery


For additional articles and videos see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6hUO4yA9Ng

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0mCk_hlfag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMb10o_iVnE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr2lkSvpPxQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qziUWA7uQ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLshHG7fCLE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK5qAtPJC_Q

http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/dancers-382946-bozikis-original.\
html

Paradis Show - Revue de Music Hall

The artistes of Paradis Show - Revue de Music Hall

See their site at:

http://paradis.show.over-blog.fr/

More photos at:

http://paradis.show.over-blog.fr/album-1011376.html

L'HISTOIRE DU "FRENCH CANCAN" .

This You Tube clip contains footage from the current Moulin Rouge show, but more interestingly has some vintage material I had not seen previously.

The You Tube link posted by Allogenique is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_GWuoTAe4

Alice Huertas

Four cancan dancers from the artist, Alice Huertas, one of the best cancan illustrators of the mid-20th Century.  Some of her work, like these, found their way on to post cards and others can be found as full-sized prints.

These are from EBay auctions, which can be seen at:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121047111798?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121047113238?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110996742563?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110996743639?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648

More of her work can be seen at:

http://barbebleu.tumblr.com/search/alice+huertas

and at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/104846132216450819098/Illustrations?authkey=Gv1sRgCPzSrKjGiPee_QE

or just Google "Alice Huertas" under images.

Dancemania

It's karneval season, and, if we are lucky, there will be some cancan performances showing up at You Tube and at the karneval group sites.  This is a performance by Dancemania at the Brunnebutzer Worschoben in 2011.

See the Dancemania site at:

http://www.dancemania-online.de/

This photo and other cancan photos are at:

http://www.dancemania-online.de/worscht11.html

http://www.dancemania-online.de/fastnacht11.html

Czech Dancers

A group of unidentified Czech dancers performs a high kick.  A little white trim adds a lot of interest.  This image is from the site of Rozalie Zdenek:

http://rozaliezdenek.rajce.idnes.cz/spolecne_fotky-_soubor_Rozalie_se_predvadi../

An earlier posting by Ms Zdenek of the same dancers can be found at:

http://rozaliezdenek.rajce.idnes.cz/kankan-kdo_by_odolal/#

Spolek Elegantnich Dam

Here are several new photos of the Czech dance group Spolek Elegantnich Dam from their rajce.idnes.cz picture site:

http://spoleldam.rajce.idnes.cz/

Spolek Elegantnich Dam's home page is:

http://spolek-elegantnich-dam.cz/

See another great set of photos located by Scott and posted at:

http://stanava.rajce.idnes.cz/2010.03.27.Country_bal_Mikulcice/#album

Also, see the older photos at:

http://koum.rajce.idnes.cz/Kantrybal_Mikulcice/

To see them in action wearing red and black outfits go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_EBhd_TENQ

Gone with the Wind

The cancan scene in GWTW lasts only a few seconds and is seen from the balcony, but courtesy of Dave DeCaro's Davelandweb.com you can see some stills from the film.  The relevant page at  his site is:

http://davelandweb.com/celebs/vivienleigh.html

You can also find a history of the Golden Horseshoe Saloon at Disneyland and a number of photos from that show at his site at:

http://davelandweb.com/goldenhorseshoe/

Antre Show Ballet

Distinctively Russian, from the split skirts to the picture hats to the vibrant colors.  This is a photo of Antre Show Ballet.  Their site, with an additional cancan photo, is:

http://antrespb.ru/photo-gallery.html

Happy New Year! Bonne Annee - 2013

Original posted by Axel Derycke at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2x0YPbJO74

Patrick Sébastien and company entertain.

A prior New Year's performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Q5Im4Zp3A

Bize Lizu - Ballet of Life

The St. Petersburg troupe Bize Lizu performs.  The video posted posted by Ilya Nikiforov at You Tube shows the dancers from the wings of the stage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLgF8ZEdjA

See more about Bize Lizu at their web page:

http://showbar.ru/en/about/

Other web pages with photos and information:

http://showbar.ru/en/performances/kankan/

http://showbar.ru/en/2011/11/17/kabare-eto-zhizn-zhurnal-dve-stolitsyi-2011/

http://www.casinobius.ru/r_artists/balet-bize-lizu.html

http://www.novafisha.ru/theater/2177.html

http://afisha.novgorod.ru/event/?id=965

http://mydim.ua/events/music/?id=2417