#american in paris

[lovelyballetandmore]

#dead pointe shoes #pointe shoes #leanne cope #american in paris #bloch #bloch pointe shoes

[somanywords]

watching a good musical really will have you out there breathing heavily. like yeah. men sure can dance

#musicals #this is specifically about my brain damage in regards to #west side story #newsies #american in paris #yeah i'm having issues it's a real problem *starts the show again* #cass rambles

[thatnerdyqueer]

convincing my classical music brother that musical theatre is good by showing him all the classical musicians who contributed to it

(I'm both a theatre kid and classical musician so this is fun research for me)

Gerswin (American in Paris)

Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story)

Dudamel (West Side Story)

please reblog and if you have stuff to add to the list I'm trying to win an argument here

#classical music #musical theatre #theatre kid #dudamel #gustavo dudamel #gershwin #leonard bernstein #american in paris #west side story #musicals

[profecional-dreamer]

I don’t mean to be elitist but I just don’t think ballets should be designed by abstract artists

#Does anyone get this reference? #Wish talks #its from a musical #American in Paris

[zoe-oneesama]

Some "Special" Girls! And the late girls.

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#you don't even know how long I've held onto the Zoe one I made her with the quickness #I still haven't seen the Shanghai or New York Special I went in mostly blind on their looks #all the 'Specials' girls did get a redesign from me so the version where their mimicking their render pose is the redesign #though I kept Jess's hair wraps even though I don't love them #I know Native American people DO wrap their hair sometimes but I think it was to cop-out of animating her braids #my art #fashion #ml paris special #emonette #jess #aeon #new york special #fei #shanghai special #socqueline #zoe #socqueline wang #zoe lee #marinette #marinette dupain-cheng #ml art #miraculous ladybug

[random-brushstrokes]

John Howard Appleton - Display of Fireworks on the Seine, Paris (1884)

#John Howard Appleton #american art #paris #1880s

[velvet4510]

Note: this list references the 1961 version of West Side Story and the 1954 version of A Star Is Born.

#american film institute #afi #musical film #movie musical #old hollywood #old films #old movies #vintage movies #technicolor #classic film #classic cinema #singin in the rain #west side story #west side story 1961 #the wizard of oz #the sound of music #cabaret #mary poppins #cabaret 1972 #my fair lady #an american in paris #meet me in st. louis #1930s movies #1940s movies #1950s movies #1960s movies #1970s movies #movie polls #a star is born #a star is born 1954

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres: werewolf

#horror sub-genres #horror #horror movies #horroredit #moviesedit #filmedit #cinema #horror cinema #horror aesthetic #an american werewolf in london #the wolf man #the howling #ginger snaps #the beast must die #trick 'r treat #wolfen #the wolfman #wolfcop #the curse of the werewolf #american werewolf in paris #the company of wolves #silver bullet #the wolf of snow hollow #dog soldiers #late phases #teddy #bad moon #when animals dream #howl #the monster squad

[lionofchaeronea]

Place de Rome at Night, Theodore Earl Butler, 1905

#art #art history #Theodore Earl Butler #cityscape #night scene #street scene #Place de Rome #Paris #France #Impressionism #Impressionist art #American Impressionism #American art #20th century art #oil on canvas #Terra Foundation for American Art

[thurstongrey]

#harpo paris #native american jewelry #zuni #navajo #native american #style #vintage jewellery #silver jewelry #south western #silver #turquoise #mens style

[jaggedjot]

Louis and Claudia are not just identifiable as American by way of their speech (“American? Your French is ugly.”) and movement (“You could tell from his walk, he was an American.”), but are posited by the narrative to be symbolic representations of postwar America itself (“The American vampires appeared to be as dull and plain as their tourists and soldiers were.”, “Do American vampiresses all wear pastels?”, “And are all American vampires as alluring as you?”). The pair set themselves up in France as “moneyed Americans”, described by Armand as having a “velvet-heeled arrival” despite the pair coming to the city on the back of a truck. That Paris has been left by the war with deep physical and societal wounds is treated as an inconvenience that they have to impatiently endure. Santiago picks at these stitches during the performative execution of the pointedly foreign Annika, invoking the paranoia of occupation with his line “[...] the next time you're in the pew, you turn to your neighbour and say, ‘Peace be unto you.’ They'll give you up... in a wink!”. It is telling that the only explanation Armand gives for his choice of victims to the coven is that they are profiteering from the suffering of postwar France (“Whilst their countrymen clutch ration cards, they've made quite a killing manipulating the black markets.”), a statement which seems to deepen their appetite for the ensuing slaughter. These are not resentments and histories however shared by Claudia, who may revel in the massacre but has already knowingly associated with a woman branded as a collaborator, or Louis, whose attempts to engage with the world through photography only further positions him as an outsider. This detachment is what causes Louis and Claudia to be regarded as interlopers, suspected to believe themselves to be too important to heed traditions, manners (“It's custom and practice for traveling vampires to make themselves known”) or the welfare of their temporary home (“We were constantly cleaning up for them.”). Though American soldiers played a role in the later stages of the liberation of Paris, the increasing presence of Americans in the city is framed as another more insidious occupation (“[...] our Anglican friends now invading Paris postwar”, “My dear American friend [...] who has dominated my mind”). As Americans, Louis and Claudia are granted more privileges in society than other black ethnics groups (“But I wasn't an Algerian. I was an American”). It is not just that the French theatre troupe composed of multinational actors now has “five out of every seven” of their performances in English, but the coven has been instructed by Armand to remake itself as “an English company” and speak the language offstage too. Armand’s welcoming attitude to increasing American influence in the city, how it creates a “more receptive” and “optimistic” audience, is not a simple or universal one. There is a distinct bitterness belying the fanfare accompanying Louis and Claudia’s arrival, particularly from Santiago (“I ask you, Maitre, was it worth the wait?”), but it is also notably still present in Armand’s lighthearted teasing (“Seventy-seven years and it still feels like a slight.”, “Five months removed [...] the Americans were finally coming to Pigalle.”). At least during these early months, Louis and Claudia seem to view Paris more as a static backdrop against which they can discover themselves and heal their relationship. This is a mistake that they will likely only realise when it is already too late, for this fragile and volatile setting is entwined with the tragedy that awaits them.

#working title v1: an American vampire in Paris #(two references for the price of one!) #working title v2: take a drink everytime someone says 'American' in this episode #this really is a continuation of @saintarmand's points about parallels between countries and characters #the line about Louis and Claudia's irresponsible disposing of bodies made me think about discussions of the ecological impact of tourism #Louis' line about how they frequently move cities I'm sure will come up again #it would be really interesting if one of the tensions the coven have with Madeleine is their perception of her as a traitor #Louis de Pointe du Lac #Claudia #Armand #Santiago #Interview with the Vampire #Jagged Jottings

[twixnmix]

Josephine Baker rehearsing for her show at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris on April 30, 1959 . 

Photos by Philippe Le Tellier

#josephine baker #1959 #1950s fashion #1950s #olympia #paris #african american #glamour #dance

[gorgynei]

loving monsters 𓁢 𓁢

'Start Here' by Caitlyn Siehl / 'Wolf Like Me' by TV On The Radio / Wolf Children (2012) / The Shape of Water (2017) / Beauty and the Beast (1991) / 'Suck the Blood from My Wound' by Ezra Furman / An American Werewolf In London (1981) / A Monster in Paris (2011)

#hi sorry to webweave hehe but its what i do when my brain has too many thoughts that i cant verbalize properly. grrh monsters!!!! #not a monsterfucker but i agree with their beliefs. basically #werewolfisms #monster #monsters #wolf children #a monster in paris #an american werewolf in london #the shape of water #beauty and the beast #long post #web weave

[t-800]

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS — 1997, dir. Anthony Waller

#an american werewolf in paris #horroredit #horrorfilmgifs #junkfooddaily #filmedit #filmgifs #usergiles #userscary #phil buckman #chris #gifs

[kundst]

Edward Hopper (US 1882–1967) Le bistro / The Wine Shop Paris (1909) Oil on canvas (61 × 73,5 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

#edward hopper #whitney museum #1909 #river seine #paris #american art

[silverscreencaps]

An American in Paris (1951) dir. Vincente Minnelli

#An American In Paris #Vincente Minnelli #technicolor