The New Orleans Society Of Dance, LLC.
Est. 2005, The New Orleans Society Of Dance "Baby Doll Ladies" is a culturally centered dance-company. The Baby Doll Ladies signature masking, chant and dance ensemble is committed to preserving and promoting women's arts in New Orleans. Our purpose is to identify, and help develop bourgeoning dance-talent while exposing New Orleans heritage and folk artistry throughout communities. Stage Performance credits & choreographic works include: The 88th Annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (2009, 2012, 2016) and the cultural legacy cabaret series "OH, Those Baby Doll Ladies" to name a few. As an "authentic" culture bearer and chosen keepers of heirloom artifacts (i.e. Batiste Family Dolls, ca.1930 & Ernie K-Doe Dolls ca.2003) the Baby Doll Ladies "Resurrection" efforts includes: More than a decade of ambassadorship, documentation & research, city/state endorsed Commemoration of the 100th Centennial-Year Anniversary of the "Babydolls" (2012), incorporating school & youth arts-integrated programs, co-curatorship of The LA State Museum's 100 years of New Orleans Baby Dolls Exhibit (2013-14) and the officially sanctioned, annual Baby Doll Ladies Mardi-Gras Day Walking Parade. Scholarly research documents that dance is instrumental to the development of New Orleans Jazz and its "Babydolls" customs, which is one of the first women's street masking practices in the U.S. The very first group of pioneer Babydolls formed their own Mardi Gras celebration in the year 1912, combining African exuberance and rhythm with French Creole style and toy dollish regalia. New Orleans Babydolls gained popularity thru the eras as social aide clubs, musical and family groups began to adopt doll-masquerading as a form of their own identity. The New Orleans Baby Doll Ladies carry on this endearing Mardi-Gras tradition of doll-masking AND Dancing with an elevated sense of aesthetics and purpose, performing year-round.
Visit: www.neworleanssocietyofdance.com & www.babydollladies.com
The New Orleans Society Of Dance, LLC.
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Past (4)
Krewe of New Orleans BabyDollLadies "Passing The Torch" Mardi Gras Gala
Sun, Feb 11 • 12:00 PM
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The New Orleans Baby Dolls' Virtual Culture Day/Dance Workshop!
Sat, Aug 14 • 12:00 PM CDT
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