New York City has hip-hop, and Chicago has house music. Although each genre became a global phenomenon, the latter still generates far less mainstream coverage. To this day, a cloud of mystery still ...

'The Inspection' director Elegance Bratton juxtaposes many elements, from interviews to reenactments, to inventively tell the origin story of a musical movement. The first few minutes of “Move Ya Body ...

In his latest feature, which premiered at Sundance, the 'Inspection' director asks who gets credited for their contributions to American culture. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic At a certain ...

House music typically thumps at 120-130 beats per minute, in 4/4 time. That’s an awfully clinical description of the sound that shakes the floor and the walls at dance clubs around the world. What’s ...

Elegance Bratton’s documentary “Move Ya Body,” which tracks both the artistic evolution of house music and its historical and sociopolitical impact, emerged from the unlikeliest of sources: Hillary ...

A Chicago tale beginning with the infamous Comiskey Park Disco Demolition night and ending with the global rise of house music as sweet revenge opens the 10th edition of the nonfiction film festival ...

The sounds from Chicago that would forever alter dance music get an overdue documentary treatment in Move Ya Body: The Birth of House. The film is directed by Elegance Bratton (The Inspection) and ...

Chicago house pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing Disco Demolition Night as a teenager, and later recognizing the racist undertones of the infamous incident, in a new clip from the fascinating ...

Elegance Bratton, whose documentary "Move Ya Body: The Birth of House" had its international premiere this week at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, speaks to Variety about the relevance of house ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New York City has hip-hop, and Chicago has house music. Although each genre became a global phenomenon, the latter still generates ...

House music typically thumps at 120-130 beats per minute, in 4/4 time. That's an awfully clinical description of the sound ...