Paris is Voguing
- Director: Gabrielle Culand
- Producer: Pascal Barneville; Clémentine Duzer
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Born in Harlem between the ‘70s and’ 80s, Voguing is a dance inspired by the models that appeared on Vogue magazine. At the time of its birth, young homosexuals, transgender and drag queen were Afro-American and Latino and they would confront themselves in improvised parades, to which Madonna and other popular singer-songwriters would later refer to. In the Paris of the years 2000s, Lasseindra Ninja is one of the most popular dancers, having learned in her youth all the tricks from the historic New York House of Ninja crew. Together with Stéphane Mizrahi the two initiate a new generation of drag queen and Parisian trans into Voguing.
Comme en témoigne brillamment ce film documentaire de Gabrielle Culand, ses personnages, Lasseindra Ninja et Stéphane Mizrahi, les « Mothers » de la flamboyante scène du voguing à Paris, ont bel et bien mis le feu à la capitale. Pour qui était à la première édition du festival en 1994, le titre « Paris Is Voguing » rappellera bien sûr un merveilleux souvenir : la projection du film documentaire, depuis devenu culte, « Paris Is Burning », de Jennie Livingston (1990).
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