Chicago Ball History, Pt. 1a
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Uploaded by fumamachu on Feb 7, 2010
A raw intro to Chicago House Ball History, starting from 1986. Prior to that, there were Drag Balls in Chicago and New York as early as the 1920s. We start from 1986, because this is when Chicago first started adopting the Harlem Ballroom Format, which included the dance "Vogueing" as a category at these functions, and the formation of family-oriented cliques called "houses". Another distinction is that the Harlem Vogue/House Ball Format of the 70s introduced the idea of many kinds of people competing in a wide range of categories, not just drag. Also, the idea of "Supermodels" came from the ballroom community, because prior to that, a model was one of the lowest jobs you could have on the fashion industry ladder: in essence, you were no more than a coat hanger or store mannequin displaying clothes. One of the prototype Harlem houses, the LaChanels, began exploring the mod looks of the 60s and 70s, a pared-down expression that was escaping from the beads, feathers and sequins of the cabaret/vaudeville theatrical influence represented by such groups as the Delightful Ladies of Brooklyn. Basically, balls have been around since Marie Antoinette, but this "raw-cumentary" concentrates on Chicago's transition from the Finnie Club/Jacques Cristion "Sissie" balls of the southside to incorporating Harlem NYC Ballroom format.
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boi where can i go to a vogueing ball in chicago? u know in 2011 but i am mexican-american hopelly it wont matter... i love vogueing!!!!!!!
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Wow I had forgotten about Tracey where is she now?
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thank you for this video , nice to see everyone from the eara that are still here
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love it kudos Aaron
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Fu, this is SOOO informative, but nobody touched on the second wave of houses (Delegate, Andromeda,Odin, Montgomery, etc.) or the third wave of houses (Fairmont, Couture, etc.). As I came to the scene between the second and third waves, I'd like to see more on that, please. Can I also get a history on the DJs before me as I got my start @ the Clubhouse in '95 and know (as well as made) history from there on? Hook a brother up, Fu.
STLHouseLegend 2 years ago
This is no way complete, but I just had this footage of key people from the early Avant-Garde days and decided to at least put this part together. It's going to take some time to get interviews of people from mid to late 90s, but it also is like a second job that doesn't pay coins. LOL
fumamachu 2 years ago