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Tuesday, 21 December 2010
VOGUE BRAWL! in Manchester Jan 29th
IT'S ON! This January we're bringing VOGUE to Manchester, as a co-pro between Menergy and the House of Growler. There will be a bunch of people heading down from Glasgow to paint the village red, and some superstars of the Manchester drag scene shall be in attendance! Music comes from Menergy and Pumping Iron and there will be a burlesque bar out the front. So make a date for Saturday January 29th at the legendary venue Legends and BRING IT!
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Tuesday, 23 November 2010
FIERCE RULING DIVAS BALL - Garcons De Glasgow / Style Scanner
TRANARCHY part 7!
The final reportage on the Fierce Ruling Divas Ball is in, and this time it is more fashion focused than the previous coverage, coming as it does from Glasgow's two top style blogs, Les Garcons De Glasgow and Style Scanner. Both happen to be in black and white, giving them that extra classy touch. Thanks guys!
Above images, and more, from Les Garcons De Glasgow. Style Scanner has even supplied us with another video - excellent!
The final reportage on the Fierce Ruling Divas Ball is in, and this time it is more fashion focused than the previous coverage, coming as it does from Glasgow's two top style blogs, Les Garcons De Glasgow and Style Scanner. Both happen to be in black and white, giving them that extra classy touch. Thanks guys!
Above images, and more, from Les Garcons De Glasgow. Style Scanner has even supplied us with another video - excellent!
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
FIERCE RULING DIVAS BALL - Photos by Michael James
TRANARCHY in the UK - Part 6
And saving the best til last, here are some of the photos of Saturday's ball by our resident snapper Michael James, aka Alephnaught. More pics available on the Facebook album.
Lady Munter in full effect:
Christina from the House of LVB:
One of the judges, Miss Avon Starr:
Kitty Littah form the House of Chernobyl:
Lady Munter & Lydia Chlamydia:
Drag Virgin Yolwanda-Phil McKraken
The inimitable Peaches!
Gazelle form the House of Menergy:
Sauvage from the House of Menergy:
Lady Munter & The Niallist take a stroll:
Special guest judge & Lady Munter's drag mother, the legendary Jon of the Pleased Wimmin:
Overall winner Nigela Von Scrumptious:
And in second place it's Lady P:
Judges Avon Starr, Camille Lorigo and Rosetta Stone:
The Niallist MCing:
Vanity Von Glow performing live:
Miss Liza, House Mother of the House of Delmonicas:
Dame Burly Chassis from the House of Delmonicas:
Bella Houston from the House of Delmonicas:
Crystal from the House of Delmonicas:
Martina & Wildcard Kitty:
Lady Munter werqing it!
And saving the best til last, here are some of the photos of Saturday's ball by our resident snapper Michael James, aka Alephnaught. More pics available on the Facebook album.
Lady Munter in full effect:
Christina from the House of LVB:
One of the judges, Miss Avon Starr:
Kitty Littah form the House of Chernobyl:
Lady Munter & Lydia Chlamydia:
Drag Virgin Yolwanda-Phil McKraken
The inimitable Peaches!
Gazelle form the House of Menergy:
Sauvage from the House of Menergy:
Lady Munter & The Niallist take a stroll:
Special guest judge & Lady Munter's drag mother, the legendary Jon of the Pleased Wimmin:
Overall winner Nigela Von Scrumptious:
And in second place it's Lady P:
Judges Avon Starr, Camille Lorigo and Rosetta Stone:
The Niallist MCing:
Vanity Von Glow performing live:
Miss Liza, House Mother of the House of Delmonicas:
Dame Burly Chassis from the House of Delmonicas:
Bella Houston from the House of Delmonicas:
Crystal from the House of Delmonicas:
Martina & Wildcard Kitty:
Lady Munter werqing it!
FIERCE RULING DIVAS BALL - The Fashion
TRANARCHY Part 4
Let's not forget the wonderful fashion show put on by Che Camille and the models of the House of La Vrai Beauté, here's a video of Claire Ferguson's collection:
There have been a couple of blog write ups of the event too, one by The Nicest Kid In Town and another by Bee Waits For No One, featuring some great pictures:
Attention to Detail (http://attn2detail.blogspot.com) also has some great pictures up:
Let's not forget the wonderful fashion show put on by Che Camille and the models of the House of La Vrai Beauté, here's a video of Claire Ferguson's collection:
There have been a couple of blog write ups of the event too, one by The Nicest Kid In Town and another by Bee Waits For No One, featuring some great pictures:
Attention to Detail (http://attn2detail.blogspot.com) also has some great pictures up:
Monday, 15 November 2010
FIERCE RULING DIVAS BALL - Video by Marina Maclean
So the Fierce Ruling Diva's Ball was AMAZING!! Thanks to everyone who came down and to all the amazing children who walked - you were all FABULOUS!
We are still waiting on pictures from the night, but here's a wee video shot by Style Scanner that should give you a taste of what it was like - COMPLETE TRANARCHY!
Thursday, 11 November 2010
FIERCE RULING DIVAS BALL Music Pt 2
And now for some more voguing classics - consider this stuff "Vogue Music - New Way".
MASTERS AT WORK The Ha Dance
KENLOU The Bounce
STEVE POINDEXTER Work That Motherfucker
ROBIN S Show Me Love
yes, it's cheesy but it has to be done:
MADONNA Vogue
And even though he'll hate us for saying this, this is TOTALLY going on the list.
This is a produtcion by none other than Daniel Wang, and it's fucking fierce:
CHROMA OSCURA Glow Worms
Oh, and I left "Deep In Vogue" by Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra (William Orbit & Mark Moore Banjee Realness Mix) off this list because I posted about it below, but THAT is the ultimate vogue house track.
MASTERS AT WORK The Ha Dance
KENLOU The Bounce
STEVE POINDEXTER Work That Motherfucker
ROBIN S Show Me Love
yes, it's cheesy but it has to be done:
MADONNA Vogue
And even though he'll hate us for saying this, this is TOTALLY going on the list.
This is a produtcion by none other than Daniel Wang, and it's fucking fierce:
CHROMA OSCURA Glow Worms
Oh, and I left "Deep In Vogue" by Malcolm McLaren & The Bootzilla Orchestra (William Orbit & Mark Moore Banjee Realness Mix) off this list because I posted about it below, but THAT is the ultimate vogue house track.
FIERCE RULING DIVAS BALL Music Pt 1
Our good friend, legendary producer and DJ Daniel Wang says
"There are three anthems that you must have and play at a ball:
No.1 MFSB Love Is The Message
No.2 DIANA ROSS Love Hangover
No.3 LOOSE JOINTS Is IT All Over My Face (Female Vocal)
"
There's a few more we'd like to add to that list:
CHERYL LYNN Got To Be Real
THELMA HOUSTON Don't Leave Me This Way
SALSOUL ORCHESTRA Love Break (Ooh I Love It)
And that's JUST the disco stuff - more house on its way soon...
"There are three anthems that you must have and play at a ball:
No.1 MFSB Love Is The Message
No.2 DIANA ROSS Love Hangover
No.3 LOOSE JOINTS Is IT All Over My Face (Female Vocal)
"
There's a few more we'd like to add to that list:
CHERYL LYNN Got To Be Real
THELMA HOUSTON Don't Leave Me This Way
SALSOUL ORCHESTRA Love Break (Ooh I Love It)
And that's JUST the disco stuff - more house on its way soon...
VOGUING - House Of Ninja
Probably the most famous voguing house in the world is the House of Ninja, formed by the legendary Willi Ninja back (I'm guessing here) in the early 80's or late 70s. Even though drag balls already existed, as did the dance, Willi Ninja is regarded as the godfather of voguing, and is featured heavily in both the Paris Is Burning film and the "Deep In Vogue" video by Malcolm McLaren. In anticipation of our own Fierce Ruling Divas Ball on Saturday, here's a selection of some of the best moves by the house, that can also serve as a kind of introduction to how voguing (and "houses") work.
First here's "Overall Mother" Willi Ninja in Paris Is Burning. This is the perfect introduction to this dance style:
And here is the "Deep In Vogue" video, though I have to say, the quality of this upload sucks, and the extended 9 minute mix is much better (with more dancing in the video). Still, it's worth a watch as it's some of the best voguing on film, IMO:
Here's another clip of Willi doing his thing in a club, and the catwalk/fashion connections are more clear here (as are the clubby origins of the dance):
Unfortunately Willi died in 2006. Thankfully, the house is still going strong - here they are in a group performance, and this clip also gives some insight into the voguing scene and its participants.
There are three main types of voguing, "new way", "old way" and "femme". Here is Aus Ninja demonstrating old way vogue, the classic style as seen in the late 80's videos:
In a nutshell, new way is more athletic and faster, and came to prominence after 1990. Here is rising star Javier Ninja showing some new way moves:
The third type of voguing is "femme" and has to do with extreme posing (in a very feminine style), coupled with some more acrobatic moves. Here is a clip of Danielle Ninja at the House of Mizrahi's 2006 Willi Ninja-tribute Latex Ball. (Note the signature vogue "dip" move where the dancer falls on to her back but with her leg tucked up under her bum):
Voguing is also closely related to "waacking", in which hand and arm movements are the focus. Here is Javier Ninja again with an amazing performance from the same House of Mizrahi's Latex Ball. Note how the MC Selvin Mizrahi is left speechless - THAT is how you dig status:
Perhaps the most famous current memnber of the House of Ninja is Benny Ninja, after his appearnace on America's Next Top Model teaching the contestants how to pose. This clip makes explicit the links between voguing and modelling, and the dance and fashion scenes. Benny appears around three and a half minutes in (so skip to that if you're not interested in some serious mega-bitchery).
Benny was given the title of Father of the House of Ninja by Willi himself before he died. And as the saying goes, "boys learn, men teach". Here's Benny giving a demo at a workshop in Paris:
And here's one of my favourite clips of all - House of Ninja performing at a party thrown by the SoBe drinks company, with Benny Ninja dressed in a giant lizard outfit (after the company's logo). With him are Javier and (I think) Aus, and they work to Madonna's "Vogue". What starts off looking like just some people messing around soon turns into an incredible routine:
So, hopefully this will teach all you budding children what you need to know for Saturday - doors open at 9pm (fashion show at 10pm) and the voguing/drag ball takes place at midnight. So come down, look fierce, throw shade and BRING IT!
First here's "Overall Mother" Willi Ninja in Paris Is Burning. This is the perfect introduction to this dance style:
And here is the "Deep In Vogue" video, though I have to say, the quality of this upload sucks, and the extended 9 minute mix is much better (with more dancing in the video). Still, it's worth a watch as it's some of the best voguing on film, IMO:
Here's another clip of Willi doing his thing in a club, and the catwalk/fashion connections are more clear here (as are the clubby origins of the dance):
Unfortunately Willi died in 2006. Thankfully, the house is still going strong - here they are in a group performance, and this clip also gives some insight into the voguing scene and its participants.
There are three main types of voguing, "new way", "old way" and "femme". Here is Aus Ninja demonstrating old way vogue, the classic style as seen in the late 80's videos:
In a nutshell, new way is more athletic and faster, and came to prominence after 1990. Here is rising star Javier Ninja showing some new way moves:
The third type of voguing is "femme" and has to do with extreme posing (in a very feminine style), coupled with some more acrobatic moves. Here is a clip of Danielle Ninja at the House of Mizrahi's 2006 Willi Ninja-tribute Latex Ball. (Note the signature vogue "dip" move where the dancer falls on to her back but with her leg tucked up under her bum):
Voguing is also closely related to "waacking", in which hand and arm movements are the focus. Here is Javier Ninja again with an amazing performance from the same House of Mizrahi's Latex Ball. Note how the MC Selvin Mizrahi is left speechless - THAT is how you dig status:
Perhaps the most famous current memnber of the House of Ninja is Benny Ninja, after his appearnace on America's Next Top Model teaching the contestants how to pose. This clip makes explicit the links between voguing and modelling, and the dance and fashion scenes. Benny appears around three and a half minutes in (so skip to that if you're not interested in some serious mega-bitchery).
Benny was given the title of Father of the House of Ninja by Willi himself before he died. And as the saying goes, "boys learn, men teach". Here's Benny giving a demo at a workshop in Paris:
And here's one of my favourite clips of all - House of Ninja performing at a party thrown by the SoBe drinks company, with Benny Ninja dressed in a giant lizard outfit (after the company's logo). With him are Javier and (I think) Aus, and they work to Madonna's "Vogue". What starts off looking like just some people messing around soon turns into an incredible routine:
So, hopefully this will teach all you budding children what you need to know for Saturday - doors open at 9pm (fashion show at 10pm) and the voguing/drag ball takes place at midnight. So come down, look fierce, throw shade and BRING IT!
Friday, 15 October 2010
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Vauxhall is Gurning 2010
Horse Meat Disco's annual festival of shade and fierceness (aka the Vogue Ball) took place in London the weekend before last, and it was maje too. Menergy was in the house, there was a live PA by our favourite Hard Ton, and Glasgow even walked with Miss Chris from the House of La Vrai Beauté getting her banana out on the catwalk. Here's a video of the night, and stay tuned for news of a Vogue Ball in Glasgow pretty soon...
VAUXHALL IS GURNING 2010 by Chrissy Darling from Chrissy Darling on Vimeo.
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