I really can't say enough about this film. The way it so incredibly captured a scene and an era will be inspirational to any documentary filmmaker. Feelings that permeated what was so fresh about my first years living in N.Y.C. and the way ballroom culture had an effect on The Sound Factory the only club which could claim the title of carrying the torch after the closing of The Paradise Garage. So many quotes from the film are still used in street lingo today. And the ballroom scene never went away.
Deep in Vogue was clearly all about the ball scene when it came out in 1989 well before Madonna's Vogue mind you.
The documentary's release in 1990 inspired Madonna to invite voguers from the film to tour with her and to appear in her video for Vogue, which remains one of the biggest hits of her career.
The scene was also very much championed by Johnny Dynell who is still an incredibly popular and successful DJ in N.Y.C. usually featured at all of Suzanne Bartsch's events.
In 1987 a release out of Grove records in D.C. shook up the scene in a big way. Break 4 Love became a standard of the ballroom scene. Vaughan Mason the man responsible had done roller disco classics like Bounce, Skate, Roll. It even was covered by The Pet Shop Boys a few years later.
Here I provide you with a few versions of each to enjoy.
