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Filmed performances
Barrel House Blues
Choreography
Film Director
Collection
Year of creation
1938
Year of production
2010
A lonely old woman enters a bar in Chicago, meets a young man, and fantasizes. Slowly seducing each other, their bodies draw closer, pelvis against pelvis, bumping together… One of the first vernacular artistic fusions, combining ideas and modern dance, Barrel House Blues was a shock at the time—and above all a driving force that delighted audiences and baffled critics.
Choreography
Film Director
Collection
Year of creation
1938
Year of production
2010
Duration
8′
Music
Jess Stacy
Recreation
James Carlès
/ Reconstruction according to the Laban partition: Sylvie Duchesne
Other collaboration
Coaching: Cleo Parker Robinson
/ Supervision: Marie-Christine Dunham-Pratt
