Classic Moulin Rouge

Another classic photo from the Moulin Rouge's site which, along with a number of other photos from the Moulin Rouge's long history, can be seen at:

http://www.moulinrouge.fr/history/periods?lang=en

Forsaking the Hula

Ballroom dancers from Hawaii put on a cancan show.  My guess is that this photo is from the 1960s although it is not dated.  I cheated a bit and turned the original brightly colored photo into black and white to keep with the rules of this blog.  You can see the technicolor version and a nice write up about the occasion at the That's Dancing blog:

http://localstyle.blogspot.com/

The relevant article:

http://localstyle.blogspot.com/2013/08/da-gals-of-can-can-dancing.html

Classic Moulin Rouge

Another classic photo from the Moulin Rouge's site which, along with a number of other photos from the Moulin Rouge's long history, can be seen at:

http://www.moulinrouge.fr/history/periods?lang=en

Burlesque - Can Can Follies

A still photo of the cancan dancers from an old burlesque show.  This can be had at an EBay auction:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-8X10-BURLESQUE-CAN-CAN-UP-SKIRT-STAGE-REVUE-/171113098712?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item27d722add8

There are a couple of videos of this - very similar to each other.   It is clear from them that the performers are showgirls rather than dancers.  Still, they are worth seeing for the classic look and the nostalgic value.

One called "Can Can Follies" can be seen on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UovQ1ybovEU

I think the other is a routine called "Folliettes" from a video called "Love Moods".

Both videos have been available from Something Weird Videos in the past.  Something Weird has a large collection of B (or C)-movies and burlesque, horror, sex-ploitation and stag films from the Thirties through the Seventies.

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

Life Imitates Art

... not too successfully.   There is no information about the dancer or the occasion.  The original can be had on EBay at:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unknown-Leggy-Dancer-Orig-8x10-photo-G9906-/400549077639?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item5d4295e287

Soaring

Rose Markowiak and Louise Muse rehearse for their number, "Soaring" from the 1971 "Night in Monte Carlo" show in Baltimore.  This is from The Baltimaore Sun photos that are being offered on EBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BS-PHOTO-bda-411-Baltimore-Sun-Photo-Ballet-Dancers-1971-/390641298215?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item5af4092b27

Classic Moulin Rouge

One of the best classic photos I have seen, this recently appeared on the Moulin Rouge's own site along with a number of other photos from the Moulin Rouge's long history.

The collection can be seen at:

http://www.moulinrouge.fr/history/periods?lang=en

I'll probably repost the best of them from the relevant time period here at Classic Cancan if you want to stay tuned.

Cheesecake

The model for this 1960s cheesecake photo is Claudette Fourcroix in a cancanesque pose.  The publisher was Exertier.  This is offered in an EBay auction by ChambreClose, which has a large selection of vintage nude and risque photos available:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Exertier-Nude-stripper-Pinup-Dancer-french-old-1960s-original-vintage-photo-0n06-/360640048135?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item53f7d26c07ore

ChambreClose's EBay store is at:

http://stores.ebay.com/CHAMBRECLOSE-Photo-Nude-postcards?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Rich, Young and Pretty

The cancan from the first few minutes of "Rich, Young and Pretty" from 1951.  Having seen the film, the cancan isn't that great despite the promise offered by this still photo.

This is available at an EBay sale:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/JANE-POWELL-in-Rich-Young-and-Pretty-Original-Vintage-1951-DANCING-CAN-CAN-/310381329828?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48442b3da4

Surrealism

An example of surrealism I think you will like can be found at:

http://blog.jedroot.com/.a/6a00d8341cbefd53ef0128772f7d79970c-500wi

This is a photo by Georges Hugnet entitled,  "Paris by Night", which is part of a show entitled, "'Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, a portrait of a city in transition as seen through the eyes of Brassaï, André Kertész, Ilse Bing, Man Ray, and others'.  The show is at the International Center of Photography from January 29th through May 9th, 2010. Organized by guest curator Therese Lichtenstein, Twilight Visions offered a unique insight into the impact of the Surrealist aesthetic on those photographers working in Paris in the 1920's and '30s. Presenting over 150 photographs, magazines, films, and ephemera of the period, the exhibition highlights the visionary role that photographers played in both the avant-garde art world of Paris and in the rise of a new mass-media culture."

You can see more at the Jed Root Blog:

http://blog.jedroot.com/jri/2010/01/twilight-visions-surrealism-photography-and-paris.html

The Harvest

Most of us have seen the videos of the Moulin Rouge dancers "harvesting" the grapes grown in Montmartre.  Here are some still photos from several of the those occasions:

These are from auctions on the French EBay site by photovintagefrance:

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Les-danseuses-du-Moulin-Rouge-font-les-vendanges-de-la-vigne-de-Montmartre-V-/370844051207?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item5658072707

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Les-danseuses-du-Moulin-Rouge-font-les-vendanges-de-la-vigne-de-Montmartre-/350840014986?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item51afb1c88a

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Les-danseuses-du-Moulin-Rouge-font-les-vendanges-de-la-vigne-de-Montmartre-/350832580020?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item51af4055b4

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Les-danseuses-du-Moulin-Rouge-font-les-vendanges-de-la-vigne-de-Montmartre-/350832631293?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item51af411dfd

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Les-danseuses-du-Moulin-Rouge-font-les-vendanges-de-la-vigne-de-Montmartre-/390627031336?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item5af32f7928

photovintagefrance's EBay store features many period photographs, primarily from France:

http://stores.ebay.fr/photovintagefrance

The videos:

http://www.ina.fr/video/CAF94062703/vendanges-a-montmartre-video.html

http://www.ina.fr/video/CAF94062700/vendanges-sur-la-butte-montmartre-video.html

http://www.ina.fr/video/CAF91022241/vendanges-a-montmartre-video.html

Florelle

Florelle, the lead cancan dancer in L'Atlantide, in a couple of poses from another unidentified film, plus a repeat from L'Atlantide.  She had an amazingly long film career spanning the years from 1912-1956.

See the originals at allstarpicsnet:

http://www.allstarpics.net/0243052/010606905/florelle-pic.html

http://www.allstarpics.net/0243052/010606904/florelle-pic.html

More:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0282653/

http://cinema.encyclopedie.personnalites.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=64025

Magnum

See this page at the Magnum Photos website for a very nice photo taken by Guy Le Querrec:

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult_VPage&VBID=2K1HZOQVYDI1XO&SMLS=1&RW=1055&RH=512

and one by by Bruno Barbey:

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult_VPage&VBID=2K1HZOQVYDI1XO&SMLS=1&RW=1055&RH=512

Unfortunately, the dancers are not identified in either case.

Other links of interest within the Magnum site:

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&STID=2S5RYDI9FTU8

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&STID=2S5RYDW9E31O

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&STID=2S5RYDW9E31O#/SearchResult&STID=2S5RYDW9E31O&VBID=2K1HZSGGIYZRQ&PN=3

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&STID=2S5RYDW9E31O#/SearchResult&STID=2S5RYDW9E31O&VBID=2K1HZSGGIYZRQ&PN=3

Or do your own search.

Magnum is a photographers' co-operative, and its main site is:

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_2_VForm

"Magnum Photos is a photographic co-operative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer-members. With powerful individual vision, Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities. Through its four editorial offices in New York, London, Paris and Tokyo, and a network of fifteen sub-agents, Magnum Photos provides photographs to the press, publishers, advertising, television, galleries and museums across the world.

The Magnum Photos library is a living archive updated daily with new work from across the globe. The library houses all the work produced by Magnum photographers and some special collections by non-members. There are approximately one million photographs in both print and transparency in the physical library, with over 500,000 images available online.

Within the library, most of the major world events and personalities from the Spanish Civil War to the present day are covered. There are constantly updated profiles on most countries of the world, covering industry, society and people, places of interest, politics and news events, disasters and conflict. The Magnum Photos library reflects all aspects of life throughout the world and the unparalleled sense of vision, imagination and brilliance of the greatest collective of documentary photographers. In short, when you picture an iconic image, but can't think who took it or where it can be found, it probably came from Magnum."

Folies Bergère 1955 - Empress of the Night

This great photo by Studio Bernand, Paris is available at auction on EBay:

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Studio-Bernand-Folies-Bergere-1955-vintage-silver-print-provenance-les-archiv-/370703150992?pt=FR_SK_dvd_Photo&hash=item564fa12f90

The description at the auctions reads in part:

"provenance les archives des Folies Bergère; from the collection of Hélène Martini. Surnommée "L’Impératrice de la nuit"

The Seller is photovintagefrance whose EBay store features many period photographs, primarily from France:

http://stores.ebay.fr/photovintagefrance

Officers' Wives Club

A nifty little newspaper clipping of an amateur show from the classic period can be seen at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96873224@N07/9176261185/in/faves-22748577@N05/

The ladies are being pretty daring for a newpaper photo from that period.  Wish I'd seen the show.