Bastille Day NYC 2017 Update

It's happening on Sunday, July 9th this year - after some rumors surfaced that FIAF might not even hold it, due to lack of police due to the Cheeto-in-Chief's in-town security detail.

But the show must got on...and GUESS WHO THE DANCE TROUPE IS THIS YEAR?

I guess they didn't want to spring for Sarah O'Dwyer two years in a row.

Speaking of Ms. O'Dwyer, here's my post from last year:
http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2016/07/sarah-odwyer-dances-at-2016-bastille.html

And if you're so inclined, my photos of KPD from 2013:
https://stiffshots.smugmug.com/Events/Bastille-Day/Bastille-Day-NYC-2013-Karen/

And a video of their 2014 performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIRxINy8jTs

Compare and contrast with 2009, and the ladies from Barynya Entertainment:
https://vimeo.com/5601837
(more info on them here)

The Bastille Day NYC home page:
http://bastilledayny.org/

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Vũ Đoàn Grammy - Moulin Rouge Show- Can Can

From  a Vietnamese televsion show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59VQRgdIFeY

Prior Vũ Đoàn post:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=vu+doan

Le Revest les Eaux Festival US 2017

A side-on perspective of the cancan at Le Revest les Eaux Festival US 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rFXjR5d67M

The festival's site:

http://www.lerevest83.fr/fr/information/52600/festival-us-revest

JM JAZZ STUDIO DE DANÇA

JM JAZZ STUDIO DE DANÇA  of Boa Vista Do Rio Branco, Brazil

The video is a little blurry, especially at first, but the spirited performance is very nice.  Unfortunately, their web page does not have many photos and none of the cancan.


The video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJLaDZamo3A

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/JM-Jazz-Studio-De-Dan%C3%A7a/435095656657883

OZ Can-Can - Class Act Creative

A new video, some new photos and an old favorite from Brisbane's Class Act Creative.  They've wisely added some garter belts to their wardrobe.  Nice touch.

The video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_7YolHf9o4

Their sites:

http://www.classactcreative.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/classactcreativeau/

Prior post with more photos and another video;

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/search?q=class+act

12. Avancées classique - Cancan 1 - 1ère partie

Third Part of a triple play.

An unknown dance school in recital

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1HKmxUrdpQ

Part 1:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2017/06/groupe-18-avancees-jazz-cancan.html

Part 2:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2017/06/12-avancees-classique-cancan-1-2eme.html

12. Avancées classique - Cancan 1 - 2ème partie

Second Part of a triple play.

An unknown dance school in recital

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGyxKrdaTCo

Part 1:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2017/06/groupe-18-avancees-jazz-cancan.html

Dancehall Darlins

 

Tucson's Dancehall Darlins entertain.  The video has some nice segments.  I'd love to see the unedited version. Unfortunately, a lot of their photos are on the blurry side.

The penultimate photo puts me in mind of this old photo, which as best I recall was also from Tucson.  A later generation of the same group carrying on?  It's been too long for me to resurrect the provenance of this one to try an establish a connection.

The video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF4ppLEdvc4

Their sites:

http://www.dancehalldarlins.com/Dancehall_Darlins/Home.html

https://www.facebook.com/dancehalldarlins/

Club CCD Album (with more photos):

https://goo.gl/photos/dQSQWfx4ZxLSyXq6A

Perry Como's Christmas in Paris (1982)

IT'S BACK ONLINE!

A rare treat from my early days with a Sony Betamax (!) VCR. 480p resolution (but remember: back then, EVERYTHING on American TV was 480p) and a decent, not great, capture, but it's still one for the collectors and traditionalists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMehp3K_ciE

Action starts around 8:30.

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In the Courtyard

The dancers are not identified.

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_pSkLU_lis

Why the Cheap Seats Aren't a Bargain

You can tell from the projected images what a nice show this was.  Now, if the guy who shot those videos would only  post them ...

The dancers are not identified, but deserve to be on the classic cancan A-List.

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhGyvYdfKtU

Monika Knap: "No, the French cancan is not dead!"

And honestly, who should know better than the former Moulin Rouge cancaneuse-turned-teacher?

And some choice quotes about Our Favorite Dance:

"At the Moulin-Rouge, the cancan represents five minutes of the show only, and it's the same choreography for years, and then, in these big houses, the physical criteria are drastic, the girls are all identical. Competition, it loses the free and rogue side that makes the charm of this art. It's a pity," sighed Monika.

"It's not easy for everyone to raise their legs to the ear," she laughs, "but I always find the strength of each morphology and each girl has her solo in my choreography."

Original post (en Francaise)

Google Translate (English version)

Mlle. Knap on Facebook

Official website


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Painted Ladies - New Instagram Video

Direct link to video:
http://scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com/t50.2886-16/19423681_1329409937107861_3303700599408689152_n.mp4

Original I'gram link:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVpmgwKliww/

The Painted Ladies on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/paintedladiesnyc/

...and Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/paintedladiesnyc/

Founder Jenny Rocha's website:
http://jennyrocha.com/

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Blue n' Bizarre - Punk is not Dead!

Blue n' Bizarre (Lorelai Blue - a Bettie Page look-alike under all that make-up - and Honey B'Zarre) in a punk-cancan-striptease mashup that graphically demonstrates that punk is not dead.  (There is topless nudity at the end of the performance - an advisory for those who might be offended.)

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFIJ6GaR93w

Their Facebook pages:

https://www.facebook.com/bluenbizarre/

https://www.facebook.com/lorelaiblue

https://www.facebook.com/honeybzarre

Club CCD Album:

https://goo.gl/photos/qM2PN5DXGd8yAjZU6

Show U Fleků - jak se tančí kankán

A very energetic cabaret style cancan from Show U Fleků based at a Prague restaurant.

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfMmnIawsqk

Sites:

http://www.showufleku.cz/

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

https://www.instagram.com/showufleku/

Club CCD Album

https://goo.gl/photos/Wr8AWpMV5XdAkpvH6

Well Covered

In costumes appropriate for The Merry Widow.  For the pantalets fans.  Dancers provided by Scream Entertainment of Dubai.

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwKrHEZCkOQ

Sites (no relevant photos):

www.enterscream.com

https://www.facebook.com/screamentertainment

French Cancan - Luna Moka

A flash (or four) of red, courtesy of the Luna Moka Burlesque School of Strasbourg, France.  the cancan dancers are under the direction of Daniela Fournadjeva.

"L'effeuillage burlesque est l'art de se dévêtir avec humour et glamour. Les filles, sortez vos bas-résilles, vos culottes à froufrou et vos corsets affriolants ... L'école de Luna Moka ouvre ses portes!"

The videoed performance is recent.  At present there is only one additional blurry photo.  If I discover that some have been uploaded later I will add them to this post.

From:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwuKsRbI7BA

Practicing:

https://www.facebook.com/172961382909488/videos/584144805124475/

The sites:

http://www.lunamokaschool.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Luna-Moka-School-La-Clandestine-172961382909488/

Tabarin (1958)

These dancers are from the Moulin Rouge, circa late 1950s and the familiar photos are very nice, but if you want to see them in action in these very costumes in an extended performance get the DVD of "Tabarin" a French film from 1958.  (Don't ask me to explain why the Moulin Rouge dancers are in a film entitled Tabarin.)  The DVD is generally available on French EBay.  If you are in the US, you'll need a worldwide or multi-region DVD player to play it, however.

The images, originally from Life magazine, were found at:

http://weheartvintage.co/2015/11/04/the-can-can-dancers-at-the-moulin-rouge-1950s/

An EBay.fr sale of the DVD (there are others):

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Tabarin-1958-Sylvia-Lopez-Michel-Piccoli-Annie-CORDY-DVD-NEUF-NEW-/151981757653?hash=item2362d194d5:g:eBMAAOSwG-1Wvgi~

The Club CCD Album, also with more photos of them in different costumes:

https://goo.gl/photos/dhmFvqxp2BaZHumM9