At Last! They're Here on Club CCD

Ladies & Gentlemen,
My personal business is finally concluded, and I can now proceed with posting my pictures of the 2012 Santa Barbara French Festival to the Club.  I will be sure to post them in a separate album all together, and also see if I can post them in my future updates.  Before long, I will have 30 more up for the club.  Trust me, it's worth the wait
Enjoy!
Antonio

Ladies & Gentlemen, I have great news!

From July 14-15 the Santa Barbara, California French Festival will be happening and I am writing as we speak from a hotel room on the southern edge of town. Of course, the can-can is always the hottest number, and on this occasion, I will be there all day tomorrow with my camera in hand & a few tricks up my sleeve that will endear me into the hearts of the ladies and their ballet mistress.

Here is the link for anyone who wants to look into it: http://www.frenchfestival.com/

I have waited a long time to see a good can-can with my own eyes, and now my time has come! Besides pictures, I should have an interview with ballet mistress added to the future as well. If I may be granted permission, I would like to say to the teacher that I represent a small, but devoted group of people who consider themselves can-can connoisseurs. I would be quite interested in learning the details of how such a beautiful performance is put together so well year after year. 

As I've stated before, I have my own criteria for evaluating a can-can performance. There are, I believe, 5 components that I grade on a scale from 1 to 10.

1. Attention to Detail: How well are the costumes & accessories put together? I always notice details.

2. Authenticity of Costumes: How well are the ladies dressed? Are they well put-together and vintage-inspired?

3. Choreography: How much thought goes into the dance? Is it like the old days? Are there extra flourishes?

4. Length of the Music: How long does the performance last? What soundtrack?

5. Performance Enthusiasm: Are the ladies really into their craft?

I am looking forward to the festival, and will provide as much detail as possible in the very near future. Stay tuned, I have a feeling you will not be disappointed.

Salud!

Antonio

1930's Italian Newreels

I found some Italian newsreel archives on You Tube that contain interesting historical cancan footage from the 1930's. They aren't spectacular, but I think you'll find them interesting with some nice classic costuming.  

The one called "Il Can Can"  is from "La Boutique Fantasque".   Would a ballet troupe today costume this ballet with garter belts and stockings?  I doubt it.

The second one appears to be from a music hall and purports to be from Paris, but I couldn't discern where it was filmed. It looks more like a huge movie soundstage, but since it is a newsreel, I assume it was an actual place in Paris. I recognize the music as being the same as part of the music in "French Cancan", but I don't know what it is.

The fourth one says it is from Moulin de la Galette.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo0MsqT94dI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P8XxqmDy80
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvzSrwAmhsU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ZBICTvfYk&feature=plcp

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Se solicitan modelos

The cancan from the 1954 Mexican film, "Se solicitan modelos". The original was posted by SuperStanila at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MkWg6T5Jro
(The cancan appears late in the film at about 1:20.)

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Photos added to Additions 2012 folder

I've added 20 photos to the 2012 Additions folder.

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Abajo el telón

The cancan scene from Abajo el telón, a 1955 Mexican film starring Cantinflas. This is another new find for me. I wasn't aware of the film previously. It contains a very nice classic period cancan, with a lot of spinning. Cantinflas is up to his usual hijinks and grabs the best seat in the house.

For the full film, see the You Tube posting by cantinflasenlinea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_6AcNC5c1o

The cancan starts at about 1:20.

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2012 Additions

I've added an album called Additions 2012 to hold classic images that are located this year.

Additions 2012

Images discovered during 2012

Fernsehunterhaltung Silvester 1966

Don't touch that dial!

From a 1966 German holiday television program. I am not sure of the identity of the dance group and am not sure if this is from West Germany or the DDR. The atmosphere and costuming are definitely early 60's.

The original, along with various other segments of this program, can be seen at You Tube, where the poster was fritz51210.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYrIE2Iobc

The quality of the video is very good for the time period.

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La Casta Susana (Argentina 1944)

I am familiar with the 1963 French-Spanish film of this name that contains two very nice cancans, but finding this came as a very pleasant surprise.

It's a true spectacle with classic costumes and more dancers than you can count. I'd love to see a higher resolution version of this.

The full film is posted on You Tube. This is excerpted from part 2, which you can find at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIXJOKcvF6w (starts about 28.30, although there is a music hall scene earlier that doen't qualify as a cancan)

Part 1 is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tauv7dWHAuo

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Joan O'Meara's Can Can Girls - Circa 1965

I really have a fondness for amateur cancan performances. Here's a wonderful circa 1965 rehearsal in costume captured on super 8 or perhaps just 8mm. The dancing is suprisingly good for an outdoors rehearsal with non-professional dancers.

This was posted by Bucky315 at You Tube where you can read more about the dancers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aohYey8Ekqw

Al Osta Hassan 1952

A classic cancan from a very unlikely place - Egypt. Three cheers for King Farouk who I think was in charge in 1952.

The dancers are Liz and Lin, who apparently were belly dancers of some note. I'm happy they broadened their horizons.

See the original posted by lebdancer at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48tvv7OW5sA

Not so Innocent in Paris

Part of the circa 1950 Moulin Rouge show excerpted from the British comedy, "Innocents in Paris".

See the original posted by 47johnscott at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xaFPkWRNac
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L'Atlantide

This is a remarkably clear print of one of the most classic of classic cancans, from the French film, L'Atlantide, from 1932.

The costumes and choreography have rarely been surpassed. I've been waiting for this to show up on You Tube, and it finally did courtesy of kebekmac1 who posted this on You Tube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWret4Z88Rs

It make me wonder if there's a Blu-ray of this out there somewhere.

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2011 Additions

From the 1930's version of the film.

Photos discovered and/or added during 2011.

Mon vieux Bal Tabarin

This is a slideshow with some very nice still photos of the Bal Tabarin dancers of the 1950's in performance. The original was posted by flojeanflo at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1MumLndUjg

LA VIUDA ALEGRE

Adding to the Latin American collection is a fairly low impact cancan from The Merry Widow performed at a zarzuela festival in Lima circa 1972. Poor quality video, but interesting for the time and place. Extra points for the stockings.

The original posted by AIBEL1 can be found on You Tube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFgv679qAJo

The description given is: VOCES DE TRUJILLO, FESTIVAL DE LA ZARZUELA TEATRO SEGURA LIMA NOVIEMBRE 1972, DE LA VIUDA ALEGRE EL CANCAN INTERPRETADO POR ANITA VEGA DE GANOZA COROS Y CUERPO DE BAILE

Bailarinas Can Can

Here's a very short clip from the Cinex Fundacion archives, in Colombia, featuring some very shapely dancers in classic costumes. It's very poor quality, probably transcribed from 8MM, but it gives a novel look at the cancan South American style circa the Forties or Fiftes..

See the original at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X48KlD9PUMA

The Cinex Fundacion site is:

http://www.cinextv.com/fundacion/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1

Z Ceskych Mlynu (Czechoslovakia 1941)

The Czech affinity for the cancan seems to be nothing new.

See the original posted by SvrchovaneCechy at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKaLKtT5qmY

Operetta , Mondaini Mita Medici Pippo Baudo, 10 puntata canzonissima

A You Tube gem from Italian television entitled: "Operetta , Mondaini Mita Medici Pippo Baudo, 10 puntata canzonissima". Edited to show just the cancan. See the full version posted by by pescerosso10 at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfTo5RS-WLQ

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