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Friday, July 1, 2011

Vaduva Vesela (The Merry Widow - Romanian Style)

I thought this was a nicely costumed and danced Merry Widow, although we only get to see a representation of the cancan from this excerpt filmed at the curtain call. Unfortunately, this is all that is available of the cancan from the original video done and posted on You Tube by Vlad Bogdan. You can see the full original video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7nT50RonPM

Links 7-1-11 (Barbebleu)

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Video of The Merry Widow (1977 San Diego)

I originally saw this as a broadcast performance way too many years ago,
but I don't recall having seen the Maxim's scene from it posted online
before. The video is of the entire performance. The cancan scene is at
about 1 hour 25 minutes. The video probably won't be around for long, so
you might want to take a look while you can.

The quality is quite good for something from the dawn of the VCR era.
The costumes are sumptuous but modest and the dancing is - well - mostly
a little skirt waving, and there are some geriatric grisettes. Almost no
acrobatics. Beverly Sills has the Hannah part, and Glenys Fowles, who
performs the Valencienne role, has just the right sparkle in her eye
that she needs for that part. It's worth a look, and you'll be pleased
you did, as long as you don't expect too much.

The link is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izdB9Y0UYP4

Barbebleu

Monday, June 27, 2011

Thank You for your Consideration!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45317900@N02/5044557465/

The link to the above marked flickr photo is quite coincidental for me. That picture is one of mine!

Yes, that's right, I was lucky enough to buy that little beauty of a doll and order the can-can outfit as an added bonus! I posed her & took pictures as part of a short "movie preview" type photo set; check out the whole set if you want a little glimpse of my creativity. The set is about 50 percent typical can-can in appearance and can-can inspired appearance. But, that's not the only reason I'm notifying my fellow connoisseurs...

Turns out that I've found another golden opportunity to see plenty of really good can-can with my own eyes! For all who wish to know, please don't hesitate to ask!

Tony

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Cancan! (2d ed.)

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Books
Genre:	Entertainment
Author:	David Price

Many of our members are already familiar with the book, "Cancan!" authored by our member and friend David Price. I've just had the pleasure of reading the second edition of the book and can report that it's a great read again, with enough new material to merit your consideration. If you haven't had the pleasure yet, this is a must have for the cancan fan. Five stars!

This is the book on the cancan, covering all aspects of the dance in a delightfully readable way, while not sacrificing historical accuracy. David has made a detailed study of the cancan as it has evolved through the years from its shadowy beginnings as a strictly amateur participatory dance in which men dominated, to its development by the earliest female practitioners of the art, through the Second Empire to its flowering as an entertainment in the Belle Époque. The story continues with the evolution of the cancan in the Twenties into the form we know it today, through the Twentieth Century to the present day.

The book covers the treatment of the cancan as a dance, of course, but also in art, on the stage, in film and in amateur participatory settings too. The dramatis personae of the cancan are all here from Celeste Mogador, Finette and Rigolboche, to La Goulue, Jane Avril, Grille d'Egout and Nini-Patte-en-l'Air, all the way to present day dancers. David gives us a tour of the famous and not so famous venues where the cancan was performed - the Bal Mabille, the Moulin Rouge, the Bal Tabarin and a dozen more you've either not heard of or barely heard mentioned. He follows the ups and downs of the cancan’s popularity through its life as an art form. He shows how it has survived prudes, Prussians and the politically correct, to re-emerge to delight and excite new generations of dancers and audiences. The book also includes a number of entertaining and informative sidebars full of interesting facts about the cancan, and it dispels a number of myths and misconceptions (for example, sans culottes performances were largely, but not entirely, an urban legend - it depended upon when and where you saw it performed). As befits an authoritative book, it contains an extensive bibliography, a good index and a list of websites of interest.

The second edition has been enlivened by the addition of numerous photos of dancers, including those of a number of currently active dance groups, and includes a new section devoted to giving a view of the dance from a performer's perspective. One thing that emerges is that it is as exhilarating for the performers as for the audience. Maybe that accounts for its durability.

If you are fan of the cancan or just curious about it, you can't find a better source. You can enjoy it as a read, as a reference book, a picture book, and as a nice conversation piece for your coffee table, or you can give it as a present for someone who would enjoy it. It's definitely worth the fairly modest price.

It can be purchased through Amazon in the US at:

www.amazon.com/Cancan-David-Price/dp/0956671101/

or in the UK at:

www.amazon.co.uk/Cancan-David-Price/dp/0956671101

You can also obtain it directly from David (and preview a few of the pictures) at his site:

www.frenchcancan.co.uk

David has a Facebook page for the book, with pictures and comments from those who have read it, including
some of our own members. So, if you are interested, pay a visit and leave a comment. The link is:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cancan/162381090468804

Barbebleu

Collected Videos at You Tube, Daily Motion and Vimeo

The Video section of this site is a collection of the members' favorite videos. For a more comprehensive collection of cancan videos, visit the following links at You Tube, Daily Motion and Vimeo that collect most of the relevant videos posted there:

You Tube 1:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=barbebleu2001#g/f

You Tube 2:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=barbebleu2006#g/f

You Tube 3:
http://www.youtube.com/user/gardefeu?feature=mhsn#g/f

Daily Motion:
http://www.dailymotion.com/bookmarks/barbebleu2006

Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/user3471723/likes

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Links 6-22-11 (Barbebleu)

Friday, June 17, 2011

Links 6-17-11 (Barbebleu)

Czech links

I once made a joke about Estonia being a "hotbed or the cancan" after
finding several links there, but the real title belongs to the Czech
Republic, whose cancan per capita ratio must be off the charts. As
evidence I present the following, plus the many, many Czech links
previously posted (some of which may inadvertently be duplicated here).

http://abanico.kvalitne.cz/kostymy/kankan-small.jpg

http://jabre.rajce.idnes.cz/Kankan_v_Kozolupech_06_2010/

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5106878&id=101818505964

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5106879&id=101818505964&ref=fbx_al\
bum

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5118772&id=101818505964&ref=fbx_al\
bum

http://kockapsa.rajce.idnes.cz/egypt_listopad_2007/#DSC_0099.JPG

http://slecnanikdo.rajce.idnes.cz/kankan/

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

http://www.mix-cb.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/kankan/kankan/

http://www.domanin.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/zabava---brisni-tanecnice_-kank\
an/zabava-2010---brisni-tanecnice_-kankan

http://www.mazoretkytrebic.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/z-vystoupeni-2009/kanka

http://www.bailamos.cz/cz/nabidka-tanecni-show/kankan

(Some new photos added)

http://www.bailamos.cz/cz/nabidka-tanecni-show/kabaret-moulin-rouge

http://monikulas.blog.cz/0903/me-fotky-0-1-kankan

http://martyska.rajce.idnes.cz/Country_bal_2008/#P1270303.JPG

http://istar-orient-tance.rajce.idnes.cz/4.Charitativni_country_bal_v_Ra\
ntirove/

http://dk-ostrov.rajce.idnes.cz/COUNTRY_PLES_Domu_kultury_2010/#

http://www.ddmorion.cz/countrybal/index.php?nid=8251&lid=CZ&psi=48&pcc=P\
HOTOIMG&pos=48&fn=&oid=1586388

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2009/countrybal/full/051.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2009/countrybal/full/050.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2009/countrybal/full/052.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2009/countrybal/full/053.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2010/countrybal/full/033.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2010/countrybal/full/034.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2010/countrybal/full/035.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2011/countrybal/full/024.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2011/countrybal/full/025.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2011/countrybal/full/026.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2011/countrybal/full/027.jpg

http://www.countryradio.cz/fotogalerie/2011/countrybal/full/028.jpg

Honky Tonk:

http://www.honky-tonk.cz/images/200000047-df873e0813-public/17.jpg

(a wonderful photo)

http://www.honky-tonk.cz/fotogalerie/

http://www.honky-tonk.cz/products/a125-vyroci-sdh-hvezdlice/

http://www.honky-tonk.cz/products/country-bal-v-hrusovanech-u-brna/

http://www.honky-tonk.cz/products/ples-univerzity-obrany/

http://www.honky-tonk.cz/images/200000238-03449043fd/IMG_5098.jpg

http://www.honky-tonk.cz/images/200000219-2102921fc5/IMG_0098.jpg

http://www.honky-tonk.cz/images/200000215-963ff973a5/kankán.jpg

http://www.honky-tonk.cz/products/pyzamovy-bal-holstejn/?redirsuffix=%23\
strih-11-jpg

For future postings after 6-11-2011:

http://www.honky-tonk.cz/mohli-jste-nas-videt/

And there are a number of galleries on the rajce.idnes.cz photo site
with photos of Honky Tonk, like these:

http://sakine.rajce.idnes.cz/Country_bal_Bobrova_2010/

http://sakine.rajce.idnes.cz/Vyroci_svatby_-_Anicka/

http://sakine.rajce.idnes.cz/Texas_s_Druhou_mizou_2010/

http://sakine.rajce.idnes.cz/2011_01_29_PLES_HASICU_ZIDENICE/

http://sakine.rajce.idnes.cz/Country_bal_Velke_Pavlovice/

http://pratelecountry.rajce.idnes.cz/Country_bal_Velke_Pavlovice/

http://honky-tonk.rajce.idnes.cz/2011_02_18_ples_UO/

http://honky-tonk.rajce.idnes.cz/2011_03_05_Hrusovany/

Barbebleu

Monday, May 23, 2011

Links 5-23-11 (Barbebleu)

A grab bag of Links:

http://9d.img.v4.skyrock.net/9d1/peoplemania57/pics/2630296314_1.jpg

http://5a.img.v4.skyrock.net/5a2/musichall-source/pics/2237418473_1.jpg

http://musichall-source.skyrock.com/photo.html?id_article=2258086343

http://musichall-source.skyrock.com/

(This is in general a good source for French music hall material)

http://www.karencan.com/search?updated-max=2010-09-07T15%3A34%3A00%2B01%\
3A00&max-results=10

(21 Aug 2010 entry)

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/941429/0

http://www.houseofburlesque.com/whats_on_events_and_parties.html

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4908359462_291ae14323.jpg

http://www.wiehl.de/bilder/nachrichten/2008/2005neu5.jpg

http://www.wiehl.de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten/bilderserien/979-neujahrsempfa\
ng-der-stadt-wiehl-2005.html

(more)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2524/3781352179_bb2c85211e_m.jpg

http://www.az.com.na/images/Dinner_418-400x300.jpg

http://www.krimiwerkstatt.de/?tpl=moerderisches_menue.tpl

http://www.deladance.de/index_GS.htm

http://www.munich-swinging-bells.de/bilder/belles-sonnettes.png

http://www.kaenguru-online.de/media/veranstaltungen/tt-02.spotligt_voleu\
raparis.jpg

http://www.tvweil1884.de/Bilder/dans0601.jpg

http://www.magic-cardigans.de/pics/gg-ccan.jpg

http://www.tumbao.at/Fotogalerie/index.php?id=22048

(Two pages)

http://www.tumbao.at/Fotogalerie/index.php?id=24107

(Six pages)

http://www.tumbao.at/Fotogalerie/index.php?id=20966

(Two pages)

http://www.tumbao.at/Fotogalerie/index.php?id=21962

(Four pages)

http://www.tumbao.at/Fotogalerie/index.php?id=21618

http://www.tumbao.at/Fotogalerie/index.php?id=22227

(Five pages)

http://www.tumbao.at/Fotogalerie/index.php?id=232&page=2

(search for more)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WLtY4PQIYEI/TESiY-7PDCI/AAAAAAAAA8I/hcrcU7VIhM\
s/s1600/cancan2010.JPG

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50546819@N06/5038514468/sizes/o/in/photostr\
eam/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elizabethw/5038192810/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elizabethw/5037571427/in/photostream/

http://i.ebayimg.com/19/!BtMmpZgCWk~$(KGrHqUH-EEEvrZfMZ(ZBL69e8j1mQ~~_3.\
JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/20/!Bjip9lQ!2k~$(KGrHqIH-C4Es80VW0CGBLT8NovQcg~~_12\
.JPG

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A7SoYAKRUtH6lM:http://1.bp.blogspot.c\
om/_BZapcd1sPyU/TDUE9ad_7mI/AAAAAAAAAqU/4_U6hgB_Kug/s1600/LA+SCREENING+2\
010-NFP033.jpg&t=1

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BZapcd1sPyU/TFdXvSN1heI/AAAAAAAAAsA/cEh_v4flyY\
Y/s1600/LA+SCREENING+2010-NFP062.jpg

http://www.friendsinfocuscameraclub.com/uploads/Can_Can_Show___Tony_Mart\
in.jpg

http://intermezzo.typepad.com/intermezzo/offenbach/

http://portalganga.es/telas/images/can%20can%20b%20700.jpg

http://www.bodegar.es/img/productos/4299Burlesque%20cabaret%20can%20can.\
JPG

http://www.vestuario-paris.es/images/productos/western/can-can_01.jpg

http://www.vestuario-paris.es/images/productos/siglo_XIX/can_can.jpg

http://mural.uv.es/heracris/imagenes/espectaculo2.jpg

http://www.disfracescouture.com/?q=taxonomy/term/25

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xxCk4QMvziE/SacOTHy0SSI/AAAAAAAAROg/krps00FQyy\
U/s400/55066_view2.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xxCk4QMvziE/SacNNR2I1wI/AAAAAAAAROI/Ohv8SVNMvt\
M/s1600/000001255614.jpg

http://tododisfraz.com.ar/catalog/images/Nair%20142%20%5B%5D.jpg

http://site.vitamaker.com/amazon/sh-7686.jpg

http://www.derwesten.de/omg/534790-566671436/530_530_0022902062-00531439\
46.JPG.jpg

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Classic

Here's a special treat for those who, like me, have a soft spot for
classic period cancans. This is a unique bit of history. The posting
on You Tube gives no information about who the dancers were or the time
period, although it must have been the 40's 0r 50's. I'll try to do
some looking into the origins of this. Any information you have about
it would be appreciated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH-nSyk4fGQ

Barbebleu

Monday, May 16, 2011

Can Can by Olga Nuraliyeva

For fans of white undies and upside down spins. Performed at Saloon, Mirabilandia 2005.

Original posted by nurastile (the dancer?) at You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB0SZmAm8S4

Barbebleu

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Les Folles Jambettes

Here's another great set of photos. The dancers are from Les Folles
Jambettes of British Columbia, and they are performing at the Rock Creek
Fall Fair in 2010. The lucky (and very good) photographer was PO1
Ret'd. The originals are posted at the following link at Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeengeland/sets/72157624868475121/with/50\
06944814/

Les Folles Jambettes' site is:

http://www.lesfollesjambettes.webs.com/

Barbebleu

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Brighton Fringe and Festival

You should definitely take a look at the 100+ photo collection posted by
Peter Williams at Flickr of the cancan dancers performing at the
Brighton Fringe and Festival:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_williams/sets/72157626558356821/with/\
5699968635/

Kudos to Mr. Williams and the dancers. Right now I'm not sure of the
name of the group, but I will add that later if I can find it out.
Their costumes feature a very nice classic look.

Barbebleu

Monday, May 9, 2011

Links 5-9-11 (Barbebleu)

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Links 5-3-11 (Barbebleu)