DESCRIBED as a mash-up of Paris Is Burning, Rent and Dreamgirls, the big-screen musical Leave It On The Floor vogues its way into London this week.
Peccadillo Pictures is holding a premiere on August 1 to launch an exclusive two-week theatrical run (August 1 to 16) at the Leicester Square Theatre. Leave It On The Floor then heads to DVD on September 10. The trailer is included below.
The film takes viewers into the world of the ball scene or ballroom community. This is an LGBT subculture in the USA in which people band together in groups called houses and compete at events known as balls, strutting their stuff in performances that include the voguing dance popularised by Madonna's 1990 hit single.
Leave It On The Floor stars Ephraim Sykes as Bradley Darnell Lyle, Phillip Evelyn as Princess Eminence, Andre Myers as Carter and Miss Barbie-Q as Queef Latina.
R&B star Beyonce acknowledged the ball culture with her stage persona and album Sasha Fierce, saying she had been inspired by the 'drag-house circuit.' Fittingly, the singer's music director and dance master are both involved with this new film, which shines a spotlight on this underground scene. It also features Beyonce's hit song Sweet Dreams.
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High flying and low down, Leave it on the Floor is a one of a kind celebration - a gay African-American musical about finding your true family.
Sheldon Larry's audacious, raunchy and big-hearted musical - with songs by Beyonce's music director Kim Burse and choreography by Beyonce's dance master Frank Gatson Jr - takes us into the fabulously funky world of voguing. Remember the documentary Paris is Burning? Here the setting is contemporary downtown L.A.
Our hunky, homeless hero Brad, discarded by his homophobic mom, falls in with the members of the House of Eminence, ruled by the stern ageing diva Queef Latina, who keeps a careful, loving watch over her makeshift family of runaways and throwaways. When two of her crew...
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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