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Paris Is Burning

'Strike a Pose' Choreographer's Chat with Karole Armitage and Benny Ninja

Phil Chan | Posted 03.30.2013 | Arts
Read More: Americas Next Top Model, Karole Armitage, Paris Is Burning, Benny Ninja, Madonna Vogue Choreography, Armitrage Gone Now, Arts News
Phil Chan

When I first came on board with Armitage Gone! Dance, I asked Karole Armitage about her gay following. Surely being the choreographer of Madonna's iconic "Vogue" was enough to catapult you to queer diva icon status?

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Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson

Beyond Voguing: 'Paris Is Burning' Ball Scene Offers New Insight In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 06.20.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Ball House Community, Ballroom, Ball Community, AIDs Epidemic, Paris Is Burning Film, Ball House Scene, Gay Men, AIDS Prevention, Drag, Drag-Queens, HIV/AIDS, Paris Is Burning, HIV Prevention, Aids, Hiv-Prevention, Drag Queens, Gay Issues, Black Voices News

"A house? Let's see if we can put it down sharply. They're family," Dorian Corey says, 25 minutes into the iconic 1990 film "Paris Is Burning." "This ...

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'Paris Is Burning' Updated: What's Happening with Ballroom Today? An Interview with DJ MikeQ

Network Awesome | Posted 03.05.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Dj MikeQ, Paris Is Burning, Ballroom, Ballroom Scene, Music, Paris Is Burning Film, DJ MikeQ Music, Ballroom Dance, DJ MikeQ Ballroom, Ball Scene, DJ MikeQ Interview, Video, Gay Voices News
Network Awesome

When I started to hear rumblings of a new music genre called "ballroom," I got really excited. No matter whom I talked to about the subject, one name came up over and over: DJ MikeQ.

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Q&A: Morgan Spurlock Celebrates on Current TV 50 Greatest Documentaries

Brad Balfour | Posted 10.29.2011 | Media
Read More: When the Levees Broke, Rachel Grady, Hoop Dreams, A Day in the Life, Spike Lee, Entrepreneur and Virgin Group CEO Richard Branson, Mr. Brainwash, 30 Days, 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die, Five-Part Celebration, Bowling for Columbine, Supersize Me, Exit Through the Gift Shop, International Documentary Association, Errol Morris, Current TV, Heidi Wing, Comic Book Legend Stan Lee, Sundance Film Festival, Morgan Spurlock, The Fog of War, AintItCool.Com Founder Harry Knowles, The 50 Best Documentaries, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Paris Is Burning, Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan's Hope, What Would Jesus Buy?, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Hulu, Creator Joss Whedon, Michael Moore, Jesus Camp, Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Docuweeks, Media News
Brad Balfour

On the heels of Docuweeks' annual August kickoff, Current TV launched a five-part celebration, 50 Documentaries To See Before You Die, on August 2 hosted by energetic documentarian Morgan Spurlock.

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The Top 10 Alternative Art Songs of 2001-2010

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Slidepollajax, The Lotus Eaters, Untitled 8, Alternative Art Song, Classical, St. Vincent, Gabriel Kahane, Shara Worden, My Brightest Diamond, Opera, Sigur Ros, Dirty Projectors, Rock, Ice and the Storm, Annie Clark, Two Doves, Joanna Newsom, Paris Is Burning, Neurotic and Lonely, All Delighted People, Indie Classical, Matt Marks, I Don't Have Any Fun, Jonsi, Sufjan Stevens, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Pop, Tornado, Cosmia, Arts News
Daniel J. Kushner

With the absurd distinction between serious and non-serious musics largely eradicated, it's time to take stock of some of the best alternative art songs of 2001-2010.

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A Fashion Foreign Policy

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Auto Industry, Sporting Goods, Vivienne Westwood, Punk Rock, How Luxury Lost Its Luster, Bailouts, President Obama, Target, Globalization, California, Paris, Bernard Arnault, Luxury, Fashion Foreign Policy, Foreign Commercial Policy, Guilds, Trade Agreements, Rules of Origin, What Not to Wear, Export-Import Bank, Bailing Out Luxury, Carla Behrle, Loomstate, Private Equity, Artisans, America's Next Model, Nafta, Jennie Livingston, Outsourcing, Labor, Paris Is Burning, Worker Rights, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, LVMH Moet Hennessy, Dana Thomas, Culture Industry, Wto, Business News
Michael Likosky

To protect American workers, in the luxury sector and elsewhere, our government trade negotiators should revisit outsourcing rules.

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