{"product_id":"voguing-and-the-ballroom-scene-of-new-york-1989-92","title":"Voguing and the Ballroom Scene of New York 1989-92","description":"\u003cp\u003eVoguing came dut of the extraordinary house ballroom scene that emerged in Harlem, New Yark in the 1980s in which African-American and Latino gay and transgender communities competed against one another for their dancing skills, the verisimilitude of their drag and their ability to walk down the runway like a model. Voguing erupted into the mainstream in 1990 when Madonna's song Vogue became number one in over 30 countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe year before ex-Sex Pistols’ svengali Malcolm McClaren first brought voguing into the cultural milieu with his song \u003cem\u003eDeep in Vogue\u003c\/em\u003e, which featured the dancer Willi Ninja. In 1990 Jennie Livingstone's film \u003cem\u003eParis is Buming\u003c\/em\u003e documented the house ballroom scene in its ascendant, the filma runaway success grossing over $4,000,000. As voguing entered into the mainstream the house ballrooms of Harlem came downtown, mixing with the fashion crowd of Manhattan, before the onslaught of the Aids epidemic ravaged the ballroom community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese wild years of voguing and the house ballroom scene are vividly captured at its height in hundreds of amazing, previously unpublished photographs. A visual riot of fashion, gender, polysexuality and subversive style, \u003cem\u003eVoguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York 1989-92\u003c\/em\u003e is also a fascinating document on sexuality and race. Photographer Chantal Regnault captured the scene at its height. The legendary houses: House of LaBeija, House of Xtravaganza, House of Pendavis, House of Dupree; and their legendary “mothers”: Peppa LaBeija, Avis Pendavis, Angie Xtravaganza, Dorian Corey and Paris Dupree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty years afterwards Regnault revisited the ballroom community to interview veterans of a scene that continues to evolve, mutate and redefine itself in the 21st century. [publisher's note]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soul Jazz Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357613957460,"sku":"A8B-28740","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/voguingandtheballroomscene.jpg?v=1790812432","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/voguing-and-the-ballroom-scene-of-new-york-1989-92","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}