Your chance to hear David Price speak

Our fellow member and the leading expert of the history of the cancan, David Price. will be giving a lecture on the "Naughty French Cancan" on May 8 in Towcester at the Towcester and District Local History Society. The local About My Area webzine has a feature piece about it, complete with a photo of a local "historian" at:

http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Northamptonshire/Towcester/NN12/News/Whats-On/246770-Towcester-History-Society-Naughty-French-Cancan

David's book "Cancan!" is the definitive work on the subject and is a great and entertaining read as well as a valuable reference book. See more about it and how to acquire a copy at:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?clk_loc=5#!/pages/Cancan/162381090468804?fref=ts

http://www.cancanbook.com/

See my review of the book at:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/p/reviews.html

Phoenix Entertainment

These charming dancers are from Phoenix Entertainment, Australian entertainment creators, producers and consultants.  See their site at:

http://phoenixentertainment.com.au/?

The photo was found on this page:

http://phoenixentertainment.com.au/?p=610

Even more interesting are these two videos that show the Phoenix dancers in performance in their very nice classically inspired costumes:

http://vimeo.com/64537975

http://vimeo.com/59957023

I found some other links to these dancers through a different booking agency and in different costumes.  I think it is the same dance group.

http://www.entertainoz.com.au/entertainers/shows/phoenix-dancers-and-showgirls

http://www.alancaseyentertainment.com.au/Dancers_CanCan.htm

C'est la Vie Parisienne (It's a Paris Life)

A new discovery of a cancan film, "C'est la Vie Parisienne" (released in the US as "It's the Paris Life").  This 1954 film stars Claudine Dupuis who is featured in a couple of the photos above.  The still shots show a lot of promise for a nice classic cancan performance.

I've never seen it, and it isn't available through Amazon or on EBay or You Tube.  I don't know if it can be had elsewhere or not.  If anyone knows more about it or has seen it, please comment.

The IMDB page is:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155580/

Another description:

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/movies/reviews/0,,2228346,00.html

Spirit of Paris

Another really nice photo of a dancer from the Spirit of Paris revue that is playing at the Palace in Paris.

This photo is from the Who When Where Photo blog of Olivier Corsan at the online news magazine, Le Parisien:

http://who-when-where-photo.blog.leparisien.fr/archive/2013/03/18/la-troupe-de-french-cancan-18-03-2013-paris-france.html

See the prior posting of March 31 for more photos and information:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2013/03/spirit-of-paris.html

Motif Dance Productions

 Motif Dance Productions is based in Australia and can provide performers in a number of dance styles, including the cancan as depicted above.  Purists can quibble about the costumes, but the dancers are certainly very attractive.

See more at:

http://www.motifdance.com.au/#!shows/clhv

There are also some non-cancan videos on the site that show the dancers in action.

Worldwide Appeal

The cancan has a following the world over, including in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where these dancers are based.  The Troupe is KL Dance Performance, and they can be booked through RhythmUP:

http://kualalumpurcity.olx.com.my/show-performance-by-rhythmup-for-booking-iid-419870559

“Silence, ça Tourne”

There are some outstanding photos, including those above, at the Yes I Cannes site advertising a new show in Nice by Studios Reviera called, “Silence, ça Tourne”.  The  costumes appear to be based on those from the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film.  Variety adds interest, don't you think?

The Yes I Cannes site, where you can read more about the production,  is at:

http://yesicannes.com/studios-riviera-present-their-show-silence-ca-tourne/

The Five Honey Bunnies

Winnie, Candy, Claire, Madlen and Nataly of the Honey Bunnies flirt for the camera in reclining poses.  These were recently posted on their Facebook page, where you can find out more about the group and see more photos.  It is updated frequently and is well worth a visit:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Honey-Bunnies/133395160174343

They are also developing a new web page:

http://honey-bunnies.webnode.cz/

Their You Tube channel is:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjrdB_YJr0hVLyYTAaly95g/videos

For some additional recent photos see:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=honey+bunnies

and these from a Western party posted by Janickaz at rajce.idnes.cz:

http://janickaz.rajce.idnes.cz/Ratbor_Kankan_Honey_Bunnies_6.4.2013/

For more about their predecessor group, Les Bonbons de Paris, see:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2013/03/bonbonky-z-parize-les-bonbons-de-paris.html

http://barbebleu.tumblr.com/search/le+bonbons+de+paris

Zoe London

Zoe London offers cancan dancers and other acts for parties and shows and also sells and rents costumes.  See her site for the orignals of these and a number of other exceptional photos:

  http://www.zoe-dance.co.uk/themes/can-can-french-theme-costume-hire/

Main page:

http://www.zoe-dance.co.uk/

The France Show - Earl's Court

An especially nice posed photo of the dancers at The France Show held annually at Earl's Court.  This is from the Earl's Court Facebook page, where you can find another cancan photo in the timeline and photo albums:

http://www.facebook.com/earlscourtvenue?group_id=0#!/photo.php?fbid=465672786823427&set=pb.144846318906077.-2207520000.1366566065.&type=3&theater

Main site:
http://www.facebook.com/earlscourtvenue?group_id=0#!/earlscourtvenue

Light up my Life

More often than not fancy lighting spoils a cancan performance - think strobe lights, colored lights or dim "mood" lights, but I'll have to say that the lighting here really enhances this photo. 

The photo is from the site of Jenn Campbell, "Diary of a Social Gal": 

http://diaryofasocialgal.com/white/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSC_3689-470-wplok.jpg

The main site is:

http://diaryofasocialgal.com/

A Moveable Feast 2

I liked the previously posted/linked photos from The Washington Ballet's performance at the Hemingway in Paris Ball so much that I went looking for more.  These are from the cover of "Washington Life Magazine" and from the site of Revamp.com.  The Revamp photos were taken by Daniel Swartz.  The name of the photographer for Washington Life does not appear in the online material.

See the originals and more at:

http://www.washingtonlife.com/

https://www.facebook.com/washingtonlife

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152753248335249&set=pb.128080375248.-2207520000.1366391217.&type=3&theater

http://www.revamp.com/events.php?EventID=915

Other photos of the event can be seen at:

http://washingtonlife.smugmug.com/2013photos/The-Washington-Ballets-A/28967063_sKK4VN#!i=2462884440&k=mvS2GdS

http://www.caroljoynt.com/my-blog/2013/04/a-parisian-ball-for-the-ballet-at-the-library-of-congress.html

In the future, you may be able to see some photos at The Washington Ballet's site:

http://www.washingtonballet.org/news-media/photo-gallery/default.htm

Information about a possible future performance at:

http://www.washingtonballet.org/season-performances/inthewings-hemingway-man-ballet

Festival Ballet Providence

These modestly attired dancers from the School of the Festival Ballet Providence perform at a Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra Moves concert.  

See the FBP website at:

http://www.festivalballet.com/blog/

and this photo at:

http://www.festivalballet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/BHgES-NCIAA5asl.jpeg

The original of the video on You Tube, posted by Raymond Larson, is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gZmMRp1X7E

A Moveable Feast

This exciting cancan was performed by The Washington Ballet at, of all places, the Library of Congress, for an event called "Moveable Feast - Hemingway in Paris Ball".  This was to celebrate the opening of Septime Webre’s "Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises".

See the full report by Robert Devaney and more photos, which I think were taken by him, at The Georgetowner's site:

http://www.georgetowner.com/articles/2013/apr/15/ballets-moveable-feast-gala-gets-everyone-moving/

Elodie - Miss Bourgogne

These photos are of Elodie, who was chosen as Miss Burgundy.  The petticoat is the work of La Couture de Laetis on whose site these photos and a number of others of Elodie appear:

http://laetiscollection.canalblog.com/archives/2013/02/11/26384763.html

No posting today

In light of the events in Boston, it would be inappropriate to post something frivolous.  My deepest sympathy to the victims and their families.

Diamonds

The Diamonds MG, a Polish dance troupe provided through the MG Agencja.

Their web page, where a number of other cancan images are available, is:

http://www.rewia.rzeszow.pl/galeria/cancan.html

NewsPhotos.com.au

NewsPhotos.com.au has a number of cancan photos you can access with appropriate search terms - cancan, can-can, merry widow, moulin rouge, etc.  Unfortunately, all are defaced with watermarks.  If you can tolerate that, there is quite a bit to be seen at the site:

http://www.newsphotos.com.au/SearchResults.asp?PageAction=SimpleSearch&QueryText=cancan

http://www.newsphotos.com.au/SearchResults.asp?PageAction=SimpleSearch&QueryText=can+can

http://www.newsphotos.com.au/SearchResults.asp?PageAction=SimpleSearch&QueryText=merry+widow

http://www.newsphotos.com.au/SearchResults.asp?PageAction=SimpleSearch&QueryText=moulin+rouge

Satin Glove Entertainment

Satin Glove Entertainment seems to be the name this Los Angeles-based troupe operates under these days.  Their website is:

http://www.satingloveentertainment.com/

Their Facebook page is:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Satin-Glove-Entertainment/223423552662

We formerly knew them as Nicolette's Cancan Cabaret.  These photos are from their old My Space site, which has not been updated for a long time:

http://www.myspace.com/nicoletteselectronica/photos/34084570#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A13748962%7D

Very nice, whatever their name is.

Trupa Vogue

Trupa Vogue is a Romanian dance company that performs in a variety of of dance styles and costumes, including the cancan .  See Trupa Vogue's Facebook page at:

https://www.facebook.com/TrupaVogue

Cancan photos at:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.193088220731314.42604.192590274114442&type=3

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/527593_475683029138497_1221116719_n.jpg

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/199137_435212033221555_1438903954_n.jpg

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/p480x480/482738_435212063221552_1875702996_n.jpg

K&K Philharmoniker

This Viennese philharmonic orchestra knows how to liven up a concert.

See the K&K (Kaiser und Koenig = Emperor and King) website at:

http://www.dacapo.at/

and the photogallery at:

http://www.dacapo.at/Bildergalerie/DaCapo%20Fotogalerie/index.html

Sadly, these are the only two cancan photos, but they are very nicely done, particularly the first one.  I do not have the photographer's or dancers' names.

Swango

This is the Russian troupe of Школа танцев "SWANGO" Ярославль.  Whether you like split skirts or not, they've got something for you.

See their web page at:

http://swango.narod.ru/index.html

Photos at:

http://swango.narod.ru/20110521/20110521-F.htm

and their VK (Facebook clone) page at:

http://vk.com/photo-4269832_269547124#/swango

Photos:

http://vk.com/photo-4269832_269547124#/album-4269832_143232092

Gold or White? (SDOM)

Fortunately, you don't have to choose.  The dancers of Sdružení dechového orchestru mladých Zlín, o.s. (Brass Youth Orchestra) sport both at this performance at the Ball of Vizovice.  See both costumes on display at:

http://www.sdom.cz/fotogalerie/?album=1&gallery=13

Photos by Tomáš Ševčík, www.vyzj-art.cz

Other photos can be found in the Gallery;

http://www.sdom.cz/fotogalerie/

And there is an older video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU0y3KihUeM

Diamonds Dance Group

Diamonds Dance Group is from the Czech Republic and performs the cancan as well as other dances.  Eyecatching costumes, aren't they?  You can visit DDg's site at:

http://www.dominikastara.wbs.cz/

These photos are from a collection at:

http://www.dominikastara.wbs.cz/Galerie.html

Folies Bergere?

That's what the meager description at the Del Campe auction in which this slide was offered says:

http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,163896606,var,OLD-35mm-DIAPOSITIVE-SLIDE-PHOTO-ARTIST-THEATRE-EROTIC-FRENCH-CANCAN-FOLIES-BERGERE-PARIS-FRANCE,language,E.html

The description also says the 1950s, but this has more of a Sixties look.  Sorry about the Watermark.

Шоу-балет "Грация"

A Russian cancan performed by Show Ballet Grazia with some nice smiles, but thankfully done without the split skirts.  See Grazia's site and more photos at:

http://grazia.p.ht/gal.html

Mini Hollywood Saloon

Dancers entertaining at the Saloon at the Mini Hollywood amusement park in Spain.

From the blog, Les MPI en Espagne, which you can see at:

http://loloenespagne.blogspot.com/2007/10/spectacle-de-french-cancan-au-saloon.html

Majorettes Girls Magimo

This exceptional photo is from a Del Campe auction.  The only description given is, "Montceau-les-Mines - Majorettes Girls Magimo."

See the auction listing at:

http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,140616766,var,Montceau-les-Mines--Majorettes-Girls-Magimo-French-cancan,language,E.html

And the original of the photo at:

http://images-02.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/140/616/766_001.jpg

Has anyone ever heard of this group before?

The Five Honey Bunnies

A new photo of the Honey Bunnies having a little fun for the camera.  There are more photos including some nice portraits of the members of the group, as well as some new videos, which are all accessible at the Honey Bunnies' Facebook page:


http://www.facebook.com/pages/Honey-Bunnies/133395160174343

The Facebook page is being frequently updated and bears visiting from time to time, and they are developing a new web page:

http://honey-bunnies.webnode.cz/

Their You Tube channel is:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjrdB_YJr0hVLyYTAaly95g/videos

For more about their predecessor group, Les Bonbons de Paris, see:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2013/03/bonbonky-z-parize-les-bonbons-de-paris.html

http://barbebleu.tumblr.com/search/le+bonbons+de+paris

A Priceless Expression

This dancer, photographed by Geoff Livingston, taunts the crowd at a performance in Marseilles.  See the original, a companion cancan photo and many more of his photographs of Marseilles at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoliv/sets/72157629959238903/with/7182119998/