For fifty years, the West Berlin cabaret Chez Nous was a star-studded dance club, visited by celebrities and featured in Hollywood films. Chez Nous celebrated the artistry of female impersonators and trans women, including Coccinelle, the first French trans woman to legally change her name following gender confirmation surgery; Ricky Reneé, a drag performer who played Elke in Cabaret (1972); and Chicagoâs own Marlow La Fantastique, an internationally acclaimed performer now residing in Bronzeville in her retirement. An Evening at Chez Nous brings that history alive with a cabaret-inspired event including clips of the cabaretâs revue from the 1970s, scenes from films set at the nightclub starring Michael Caine and Omar Sharif, Chicago dancer Darling Shear recreating Marlowâs fan dance, and Marlow La Fantastique herself, sharing her stories and memories of the famous dance club. The evening's emcee will be filmmaker and SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Chase Joynt.
Note: This event takes place in room 901 of the Logan Center.
Curated by Nicole Morse (CMS) as part of the Film Studies Centerâs Graduate Student Curatorial Program.
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, the Student Fine Arts Fund, the Department of Germanic Studies, and the Center for Theater and Performance Studies.
Date: November 18, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
See:https://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu/events/2017/evening-chez-nous
Date: November 18, 2017
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
See:https://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu/events/2017/evening-chez-nous