Showgirl
A showgirl or vedette (South America) is a dancer or entertainer who focuses on the representation of physical attributes and beauty. They also appear topless or naked. The term is also used for models who are used for advertising at trade fairs .
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Showgirls were already performing in Parisian music halls and cabarets such as the Moulin Rouge , the Lido and the Folies Bergère in the late 19th century . One of the most famous show dances at the performances is the Cancan Jacques Offenbach , who brought the dance to the operetta stage.
In the USA , showgirls and dance performances in saloons and dance halls were part of the local red light districts , which at the beginning - such as Venus Alley in Butte (Montana) - were often the social center of cities at that time. With the Prohibition and increasing prudishness was prostitution difficult. The still popular number girls , grid girls and cheerleaders take this into account insofar as they still demonstrate female beauty for a predominantly male audience, but no longer offer sex for sale. Nevada was one of the few exceptions. It was not until 1951 that prostitution was banned in both Reno and Las Vegas , but it is still allowed in individual brothels in the surrounding area.
Las Vegas
1952 began in Las Vegas, first in the Sands Casino at a revue with Danny Thomas , to use showgirls before and after the performances of the headliners . In 1957 the first topless performances began in Vegas with the Minskys Follies at the Desert Inn , the most successful being The Lido de Paris at the Stardust Casino . The first black showgirls appeared in Vegas as early as the 1950s. One of them, Alice Key , was involved in the civil rights and women's movement and is considered one of the major pioneers for the rights of the black community in Nevada.
Showgirls (1995) and Heavy Boys - Easy Girls are like Gold Diggers (1923), Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), Gold Diggers of 1933 , The Gold Diggers of 1935 , Gold Diggers of 1937 , Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) and The Golddiggers in the Dean Martin Show from 1968 examples of a large number of corresponding film and music theater productions.
The New Burlesque takes on the aspect in a self-deprecating and less sexist way and in that sense is also more geared towards a mixed audience. Jubilee! is a strip show originally produced by Donn Arden in Vegas since 1981 and has been running to the present day (2013). It is based on traditional costumes by Bob Mackie and Pete Menefee. The associated historical collections are kept and scientifically documented at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and its Special Collection .
Well-known show girl revues
Irish-born Margaret Kelly Leibovici (1910-2004) is considered one of the most famous producers and trainers of showgirls, if not the inventor of the format. In 1939 she married Marcel Leibovici, a Romanian Jew who worked as a pianist for the Folies Bergère. During the German occupation she managed to hide her husband in the basement. The film The Last Metro by François Truffaut based on their experiences. After the war she started working with producer Donn Arden at Paris Lido. Their revue troupe, the Bluebell Girls , had become internationally recognized stars since 1947 and were active around the world as early as the late 1950s. In 1974 they put on shows like Hallelujah Hollywood and Jubilee! After the death of her husband in 1961, their children Patrick, Francis, Florence and Jean-Paul joined the business. From 1970 topless was also danced.
Other well-known dance troupes and revues are listed below:
- Calypso Cabaret (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Folies Bergère ( Paris , Las Vegas )
- Folies du Lac (Paris)
- La Nouvelle Eve (Paris)
- Lido (Varieté) (Paris) and Las Vegas
- Moulin Rouge (Paris)
- Paradis Latin (Paris)
- Roderick Palazuelos 'Platinum Stars' (Mexico)
- Splash (Hotel Casino Riviera, Las Vegas) (Frank Marino Show - La Cage)
- The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies , Palm Springs , here also with women over the age of 20
- The Francis Show (Trasvestieshow) (Mexico)
- Tihany Spectacular Circus (Brazil-Mexico)
- Tropicana Club ( Havana , Cuba)
- Cabaret Red Light (Philadelphia, USA)
- VIVA Cabaret Showbar ( Blackpool , UK)
Well-known show girls
- Jayne Mansfield
- Nélida Lobato
- Graciela Alfano
- Beyoncé Knowles
- Kelly Key
- Andrea Ghidone
- Adabel Guerrero
- Tina Ferreira
- Vanessa L. Williams
- Susana Giménez
- Moria Casán
- Dita Von Teese
- Kylie Minogue
- Pussycat Dolls
- Holly Madison
- Mara Carfagna
- Maria Ford
- Christine Keeler
- Barbara Blakely Marx
- Valerie Perrine
- Dorothy Kloss
- Pamela Anderson
- Jenna Jameson
- Bobby Gentry
- Cassandra Peterson
- Luciana Salazar
- Silvina Luna
See also
- Showgirls - film by Paul Verhoeven
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History of Showgirls . Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ↑ Albert, Alexa, " Brothel. Mustang Ranch and its Women ". Random House 2001. ISBN 0-375-50331-5
- ↑ LAS VEGAS AN UNCONVENTIONAL HISTORY . In: PBS . Retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ^ Mary Manning: Las Vegas Showgirls: Show and (a lot to) tell . In: Las Vegas Sun , May 15, 2008. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
- ↑ Short biography of Alice Key at the UNLV ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Bracey, Earnest N. The Moulin Rouge and Black Rights in Las Vegas: A History of the First Racially Integrated Hotel-Casino. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2009.
- ↑ UNLV Libraries: Jubilee! . In: Showgirls . UNLV Libraries Digital Collections. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ^ Obituary in The Independent
- ↑ Poynter Online ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Article in the Time
