New Orleans Cajun Dancing

[@EileenBeniest]

This is a favorite of mine as well. Great movie. I have relocated to South West Louisiana and just love the people and the music!

[@swinginkatz]

The Big Easy. One of my all time favorites. I love New Orleans. Will be there in June, as I have in the past. Ellen Barkin, one of my favorite ladies.

[@archjen]

No movie can illustrate the Cajun culture, for it is as rich and as complicated as all cultures. That is what makes it special...

[@g.alistar7798]

I love happy people.....what could be a more wonderful expression of that happiness than Cajun Dancing....

[@tomsmith5216]

Seems no one noticed that's Dewey Balfa, his brother, and the beautiful Christine Balfa, Dewey's daughter, playing with Quaid. Christine carries on the legacy of her dad with Balfa Toujour and Bonsoir Catin, 2 cajun bands

[@davanmani556]

Is she the one with a red long sleeve shirt?

[@tomsmith5216]

@@davanmani556 Yes

[@bmcclain1]

I noticed…. Dewey Balfa might have been the best known of all Cajun musicians. I think that brother’s name was Ralph, if I am not wrong. He had another brother who sang with him, who was killed in a car accident not many years before this, I believe. I thought that Christine was Ralph‘s daughter, rather than Dewey’s. And I thought the young man playing with them, not Dennis Quaid, the stocky and very young man, was also related somehow, Like Dewey’s nephew.

[@ronvandoorneveld3213]

@@bmcclain1 Two brothers of Dewey Balfa died in a car accident. Will Balfa and Rodney Balfa, They were together the Balfa Brothers with Dewey and Will playing fiddle and Rodney played the guitar. The accordionist in the movie is Robert Jardell, but in the Balfa Brothers played lots of accordion players like Hadley Fontenot, Nathan Abshire, Ray Abshire, Allie Young and ..... Maybe the stocky young man is Tony Balfa.

[@AlvahGoldbrook]

I just did - wearing glasses. I want to see that Les Blank film " J’ai Ete au Bal (I Went to the Dance)".

[@UncaDave]

Own this movie and watch it often. The music is the best, the story really good. Ellen.....? Amazing!

[@jrgentobies2510]

Great movie. She is Beautiful. She trusted him. He took the bribe. Now he is a bad cop. Lost it all. Lost her respect. She stand tall- i love this film clip

[@sharon102645]

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this movie!

[@1stSaintsFan]

I agree totally, I am born and live in Louisiana and this movie is a comedy of sorts. Dennis Quaid is not Cajun, but you can find the Cajun culture within 90 miles of NOLA. Creole is NOLA, Cajun is some of the country and much of La. is just typical South. Enjoy and come on down.

[@dougmyers6013]

Damn i miss South Louisiana & New Orleans...not the same after the storm.

[@minniesmomma6374]

Agree. I do believe that Katrina washed away the soul of New Orleans. And the new mayor Cantrell is finishing it off. She actuall banned go cups in the Quarter because of Covid. You would think they would want go cups and no one inside but people have no common sense anymore. Hope you are doing well.

[@bjuggy1]

Visited the "Big Easy" again last Sept.. Can't get enough of it.......

[@davidharris6581]

Ellen Barkin never looked better than in this movie!

[@sharon102645]

I was madly in love with Dennis when this movie came out.

[@mamatibborscassady9388]

Sharon H I think he is a super actor.

[@pishquet]

Watch Belizaire the Cajun . It was filmed in the heart of Cajun country . But I really enjoyed this video and movie. What a cutie Dennis Quaid is. ;)

[@rogerpr364]

Love this music! If I could, I'd move to Baton Rouge!

[@JESUSCHRIST-ck6ug]

my child's dont argue about it, cajun it's in the soul of the beholder,be u,him,her ,them or us..love u all...

[@davidalen9279]

Love it...first a swing, then a waltz...

[@michaellicavoli3921]

...now you don’t call me anymore...awesome!

[@markthatcher6844]

Martin D41 Sunburst guitar he is playing is a rare and expensive guitar. Niiiiiice! Especially in the mid 80's.

[@overout429]

Congratulations on your move to Louisiana. Life is good. Enjoy.

[@ednaperhach2769]

I so remember this movie , wow I'm getting old . 🇺🇸😘✌️

[@michaelsix9684]

it seems like everyone in Louisiana can sing or play music, amazing place, food is amazing , I live in Houston, so it's not too far to go

[@overout429]

They know how to have a real good time.

[@davanmani556]

Dennis Quaid is from Houston.

[@michaelsix9684]

@@davanmani556 so is Randy his brother

[@sharon102645]

Also, when I went to New Orleans, some friends took us to this house, It was abandoned but recognizled.

[@swinginkatz]

I have this DVD and love the movie and background. Ellen Barkin is a Babe. Many times there, my favorite destination.

[@Breely93]

Absolutely. I grew up around French Settlement/Maurepas and I knew people who were -genuine- Cajuns, mostly the elderly folks. Cajun/French was actually their first language. New Orleans is far from Cajun...

[@grantbratrud4949]

Before my children arrived I was way off-grid. I had to mail-order my copy of "Wind" (1992), although I'd seen "Waterworld" in the theatre. Oh! Fille! Si j'avais su que tu étais là, je n'aurais jamais conduit vers le nord jusqu'à Bentonville. S'il te plaît. Femme.

[@foxibot]

I have no idea why Zachary Richard wasn’t asked to be in this movie, pas bon, pas bon, pas bon. One of the most prolific Cajun writers and singers we have and he still lives in Louisiana.

[@Alienshadow5]

That's a YOUNG Dennis Quaid! Wow... I think I need to see this movie.

[@sonjasmith4677]

loved that movie!

[@deejannemeiurffnicht1791]

i recognise that first tune from my teen in the 80s when swallow records were all re-issued in UK by Ace records! (compilations known as "louisiana cajun special vo1, and vol 2)

[@swinginkatz]

Thank You. from France.

[@ThatsTheWayWeRoll]

Lighten up people! Love this movie! One of my all time favorite "Cheesiest Movies" ever! (You have to love "bad" movies from the 1980's, like "They Live", in order to appreciate it.) But, MAKE NOTE! There is an actual plot!! The entire movie just draws you in: good plot, bad accents, 80's clothes and hairstyles, Zydeco dancing, etc! If you have never seen it, and love New Orleans, sit down on your couch, crack open a beer or two, and relax for an hour or so. (It actually has a surprise ending.) Just relax and enjoy yourself!

[@davidgerald133]

People bitch about this movie?

[@2410jrod]

@@davidgerald133 It’s 2022 people whine about everything these days.

[@lucretciaseven4873]

I don't care what a man had done if he could dance a decent waltz I'd dance with him for two or three hours. LOL

[@cazrelda169]

Oh my golly gosh ness, my favourite dance scene

[@bernardchenal5376]

Je découvre un peu par hasard les cajuns de Louisiane sur cette vidéo. J'ai un peu appris à l'école primaire il y a 60 ans déjà épopée fantastique des cajuns, ces français qui se sont rendus en Louisiane. Malheureusement aujourd'hui l'histoire des cajuns n'est plus guère enseigné en France. Aussi je découvre la langue cajun qui est le vieux français parlé du temps du roi Louis XIV et qui se perpétue en Louisiane. Mais ne vous en faites pas en tant que français on vous comprend quand même avec maintenant l'accent américain en.olus, ce qui fait tout son charme. J'ai un fils de mon arrière grand père qui est parti en Louisiane vers 1856, à Saint Louis précisément et y est décédé à l'âge de 46 ans d'une dissenterie. Il a eu un fils, Joseph, sans doute décédé depuis. Mais je n'ai pas d'informations sur sa descendance qui sans doute ne permet plus le français.

[@dustydustymiller]

This scene was filmed out near Breaux Bridge, that's Bayou Teche in the background

[@superdreadi]

T B , I lived in Breaux Bridge in the early 80’s , my Dad is from St. Martinville , I would fish the Bayou at the bottom of the street ( Hardy Street ) , had some good times .

[@1962egl]

No it wasn't! That was filmed at the west end New Orleans lake front.

[@MichaelSmith-jw8qw]

great film, should have made a sequel--Cajun folks like to eat and party--food is really good

[@michaelbenge985]

Michael Smith So where do people not want to eat good food and party? Besides the Midwest?

[@MichaelSmith-jw8qw]

+Michael Benge given all the bad restaurants I've seen that's a great question

[@sergioabib3216]

The Big Easy! Dennys Quaid, Ellen Barkin. Good movie.

[@moccasinlanding]

Hey, this is from BIG EASY, and it is still a HOT MOVIE.

[@paulray9327]

moccasinlanding xxx

[@LJH70122]

Cajun country is west, and southwest of New Orleans. If you’re looking for Cajun dancing, that’s more in Lafayette than New Orleans. The real, authentic Cajun music, though will be found in the small towns in the Atchafalaya basin. New Orleans is Creole. Southwest Louisiana is Cajun. Cajun is country Creole is urban.

[@michaelmurphy7177]

My boys mothers family was from the Appolosa area. PRETTY GIRL, damn pretty blue eyed girl. I really loved her.

[@glitterbag]

I have the soundtrack from that film, best ever.

[@sportbootjo]

Since the first time I watched this movie I am looking for the Soundtrack, never found it here in Germany :-(

[@NoWayOut55]

Take this show west to within 20 miles of the Texas Border...right up I-10, to Crowley and Welsh, La. That's my family and where CAJUN was born. God Bless my Great ×20 uncle, Joseph Broussard. He fought for everyone. Not like today....He'd be sad at the sight of RACISM.

[@TheSaneHatter]

0:54 - It took me until that moment, on about the 9th viewing of this movie, to fully realize just how beautiful Ellen Barkin was . . . (Sue me: I was a kid.)

[@sulatlalaki]

And DAMNED sexy!!! I always liked her kind of crooked grin out the one side of her sexy lips!

[@hansouth2355]

attractive young ellen

[@k9crazyfamily318]

She didn’t need makeup to look beautiful. I have this movie on DVD and watch it every few months. Great movie!

[@ronalds.658]

I saw Marilyn Monroe when I was a kid and what came to my mind was what beautiful woman she was.

[@JacobBecomesIsrael]

Brought to you in the best potato cam sound technology.

[@jbyrd655]

Thought that background looked familiar...anyone remember Augie's de Lago (before Katrina blew it away?)

[@billylebraillard]

hello !! j'aime beaucoup ce film !! j'apprécie l'histoire et les acteurs ( et actrices !). Et vive les Cajuns !

[@ComeauRacingEnterprises]

..Also Cajuns are from southwest louisiana , NOT over commercialized New Orleans.

[@susansimons5577]

Cajuns came from Canada, They were kicked out of Canada. We like them much more than our french Canadian's, that's for sure.

[@PzTV]

Ya..love this movie..wonder if Dennis Quaid was really singing...sounds like him....

[@Biggsnet]

Yes this movie is silly if you are from NOLA. We have more of a New England, New Jersey accent than Cajun. Actually there are many different accents in and around the city, but the Cajun accent is from the west towards Lafayette. We refer to the city as the Cresent City, never heard Big Easy until this movie. The scene is in Bucktown, which was at the mouth of the 17th St Canal that busted during Katrina. Starting at 51 seconds you see the West End clubs and restaurantswith Augies Delago

[@susyward6978]

Love this film

[@jacquelinerichardson9591]

Baby, your luck is about to change!

[@anthonymiller9579]

Makes me "hawngri fuh some balled crawfish"!

[@swinginkatz]

I am aware of that. Have it and watched many times, one of my favorite destinations.

[@braingain1]

I love Cajuns great people

[@guitarraflamenca8810]

Cajuns : French Culture and French Roots...

[@williamoleschoolarendt7016]

Absolutely! My great great great grandparents went the rout through Canada and down to Louisiana in the early 1700s! There are a lot of Cajuns throughout Louisiana and most no nothing about their Cajuns roots or how to even speak the language! Cajun traditions are slowly becoming a thing of the past and it's pretty sad! My family is a perfect example. My family moved into the city and their accents disappeared and my parents didn't even learn how to speak the language from their parents! Now most of us are still hunters and fishermen but we don't live in the bayou's of Louisiana! And the food is to die for!!! Nobody cooks like Cajuns!!!

[@Mixedbastard31]

@@williamoleschoolarendt7016 i recelty learned of my Cajun roots and i def plan on learning the language and the culture

[@vlvijczf]

J’aimerais voyager en Louisiane un jour. Vive les cajun!

[@antoniopastore5094]

Giuro, mi sono messo a ballare da solo: ritmo irrefrenabile.... Favolosi........

[@vernsmith7821]

A Great song from a really good movie!!

[@sergiosalomon9307]

I forgot the name of that movie= please help to remember,

[@beautifulsenga]

Loving this

[@michaelsix9684]

they should have made sequel to this film

[@petemangum4542]

There is no such thing as 'New Orleans' Cajun dancing. First of all, 'Cajun' country ends where New Orleans starts. Any true Louisianian knows this.

[@jaugustinauzout]

Pete Mangum Creole

[@bengemeister]

Well-almost , but you got Algiers and the projects and others that are in between!!

[@JessicaF-t4w]

Pete Mangum I was just coming to the comments to write this exact thing lol 😂

[@deejannemeiurffnicht1791]

true. the styles influenced by it in new orleans tend to be lazy formula shit trying to tidy it up (like all those god awful jambalya zydeco tunes and toot toot! yeugh!)

[@redgingerbreadpam]

My exact thoughts when I saw this title 😂 I'm a Cajun from SW Louisiana & I love New Orleans but Cajun Country is a good ways from there. Acadiana it where Cajun is.

[@dareisnogod5711]

Did not want to see a movie clip !!!

[@kaytiabrox33]

my favorite movie: a love story: "Big Easy" , Christine Balfa sings !

[@Justen1980]

those are real shorts from Lafayatte Wal-Mart

[@wacotx2-bx8ve]

If we all live with the attitude that occasion to enjoy life everyday we all be better off

[@Whodatangel45]

I love this!

[@clarkewi]

Love it.

[@cyndilenz9158]

a fav of mine also

[@martinlueck745]

Wellcome in my and xours House off rising Sun, Luke Gangsterbanker.

[@jonijenkins8006]

Dewey Balfa = Legend!

[@shlmel]

🇺🇸 'bout as American as it gets | 🤝 #VoteTRUMP2020 🗳

[@Kinch1965]

Nobody talks like that in New Orleans. New Orleans has a Creole culture, not a Cajun culture. Both have French roots but quite different.

[@Gustavo-nl5yk]

wich one practice the voodoo?

[@Kinch1965]

@@Gustavo-nl5yk Creole. Cajuns practice traditional Catholicism. Creoles have their roots in Haiti.

[@colby774]

This is taken from the movie "The Big Easy" (1986)

[@lostcar26]

It's spelled Cher but pronounced like "Sha" not Cher (share) like the pop singers name. I hate how Hollywood can never get it right.

[@LJH70122]

willem mccormick I hate how they think New Orleans is Cajun. It’s not. New Orleans culture is Creole.

[@haltmusic]

Remember that little dwelling well. Katrina took it away.

[@lauraarcher1730]

haltmusic very sad.

[@LarryStAmant-jc2xj]

I'm Cajun proud

[@swinginkatz]

Yes, i am aware of that, and appreciate your viewing. This is a clip from The Big Easy, referring to it,. the movie is great and lets enjoy it, especially the beautiful Ellen Barkin.I am in New Orleans freqently.

[@williamwalker1540]

What a bunch of whingers we have in some of the previous comments, it was a good movie with good music, just enjoy it.

[@dlrunner]

It might have helped if someone had shown Dennis Quaid how to waltz. It was still a good movie though.

[@markr5182]

She's the same girl from the movie Pink Floyd The Wall I recognize that gorgeous face anywhere

[@jaydee1532]

Cajun ..... acadian of Louisiana

[@travholiday1241]

New Orleans is not a Cajun City and not a part of Cajun Country... They are two different histories... and two different populations... and two different cultures. It's still a thumbs up anyway.

[@caviper1]

Ellen Barkin was indeed a beautiful woman

[@joeasmythe]

Swell music and cooking, I guarantee.

[@paulthomson8824]

FOUND A TELEPHONE SONG; FROM THE MOVIE = ; THE BIG EASY; BUT, THIS SONG IS NOT ON THE CD ALBUM; PROBABLY MOST OF IT IS SUNG IN FRENCH;

[@bengemeister]

Pickin' and grinin" with a mic???!!! Dimestore Nwalns style!!

[@charlesleblanc3825]

New orleans isn't cajun...

[@TheNoLoss]

@RighteousWilly, my family is Old French (white Creole) and Cajun on my mother's father's side. I think it's true, what your friend told you, but it's a lot more complicated today then it was back then.

[@paulmc3457]

Damn, Ellen Barkin was a screaming hot little kitty cat in this!

[@michelforet4790]

Bordel, ça c'est de la bonne musique .Mais j'aime votre vieux Français comme : Allons danser

[@michaelmatthews3051]

Louisiana Creole people are those who are descended from the colonial settlers in Louisiana, especially those of French, Spanish, and African descent. The term was first used during colonial times by the early French settlers to distinguish between those locally born American Slaves of at least partial African descent,slave and free and those born in Africa when they were listed on slave inventories. It was a term used for "native-born".[3][4] The most precise current definition of a creole is a person of non- American ancestry, whether African or European, who was born in the Americas. Louisiana Creoles have common European heritage and share cultural ties, such as the traditional use of the French language and the continuing practice of Catholicism.[3] Some Creole people have African and sometimes Native American ancestry.[5] Later immigrants to New Orleans, such as Irish, Germans and Italians, also married into the Creole groups, though most remain of French ancestry. Most modern Creoles have family ties to Louisiana, particularly New Orleans. They are mostly Catholic in religion. Through the 19th century, most spoke French and were strongly connected to French colonial culture. They have had a major impact on the state's culture, hence the reason Louisiana is known as the Creole State [6] While the sophisticated Creole society of New Orleans has historically received much attention, the Cane River area developed its own strong mixed-race Creole culture, as did Frilot Cove, the Rideau Settlement, Bois Mallet, Grand Marais, and other enclaves in south Louisiana. These Creole enclaves have had a long history of cultural independence.

[@michaelmatthews3051]

Louisiana French (LF) is the regional variety of the French language spoken throughout contemporary Louisiana by individuals who today identify ethno-racially as Creole, Cajun or French, as well as some who identify as African-American,white, Irish, or other origins. Individuals and groups of individuals through innovation, adaptation and contact, continually enrich the French language spoken in Louisiana, seasoning it with linguistic features that can sometimes only be found in Louisiana.[13][14][15][16][17] Tulane University's Department of French and Italian's website prominently declares "In Louisiana, French is not a foreign language".[18] Figures from U.S. decennial censuses report that roughly 250,000 Louisianans claimed to use or speak French in their homes.[19] Louisiana Creole (Kréyol La Lwizyàn) is a French Creole [20]language spoken by the Louisiana Creole people and sometimes Cajuns and whites of the state of Louisiana. The language consists of elements of French, Spanish, African, and Native American roots. Among the eighteen governors of Louisiana between 1803-1865, six were French Creoles and spoke French: Jacques Villeré, Pierre Derbigny, Armand Beauvais, Jacques Dupré, Andre B. Roman, and Alexandre Mouton. According to the historian Paul Lachance, "the addition of white immigrants to the white creole population enabled French-speakers to remain a majority of the white population [in New Orleans] until almost 1830. If a substantial proportion of free persons of color and slaves had not also spoken French, however, the Gallic community would have become a minority of the total population as early as 1820."[21] In the 1850s, white Francophones remained an intact and vibrant community; they maintained instruction in French in two of the city's four school districts.[22] In 1862, the Union general Ben Butler abolished French instruction in New Orleans schools, and statewide measures in 1864 and 1868 further cemented the policy.[22] By the end of the 19th century, French usage in the city had faded significantly.[23] However, as late as 1902 "one-fourth of the population of the city spoke French in ordinary daily intercourse, while another two-fourths was able to understand the language perfectly,"[24] and as late as 1945, one still encountered elderly Creole women who spoke no English.[25] The last major French-language newspaper in New Orleans, L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans, ceased publication on December 27, 1923, after ninety-six years;[26] according to some sources Le Courrier de la Nouvelle Orleans continued until 1955.[27] Today, it is generally in more rural areas that people continue to speak Louisiana French or Louisiana Creole. Also during the '40s and '50s many Creoles left Louisiana to find work in Texas, mostly in Houston and East Texas. The language and music is widely spoken there; the 5th ward of Houston was originally called Frenchtown due to the reason mentioned above. There were also Zydeco clubs started in Houston,like the famed Silver Slipper owned by a Creole named Alfred Cormier that has hosted the likes of Clifton Chenier and Boozoo Chavais.

[@diannantexas1]

No.. Cajuns are the French who settled in central Louisiana around Lafayette, Lake Charles the swamp area.. not New Orleans. Creole are from the freed slaves in the French Quarters..

[@diannantexas1]

Michael Matthews the Language was not Creole.. it was cajun french.. Cajuns had their own music and culture different from creole..

[@ThomasNessman]

Just curious.one of New Orleans most colorful figures was Jean Lafitte. Was he Creole, or Cajun?

[@mamatibborscassady9388]

neither

[@aliciapalmer3937]

Not very many real cajuns in nola ...this has some great cajun musicians on it( ive sang with dewey balfa)but normally cajuns reside more in eunice..mamou..ville platte area not nola

[@michelvansteenberge571]

J'aime beaucoup

[@johnnysalter7072]

What movie?

[@josephbrevelle533]

what is that song he was singing?

[@mikelamothesr.8998]

+Joseph Brevelle, depending on to whom you speak it is "Why, oh why don't you call me anymore" or "How come you don't call me anymore". Add to this Cajuns ad-lib as they go and God knows what it can be called.

[@73gmiller]

laissez le bon temps rouler

[@meganluminais3586]

I’m from Louisiana

[@mamatibborscassady9388]

Cajuns (Acadiana) came to La. at least 250 years ago. Ousted from Canada.......Creole was not even on the radar screen. You are so wrong on every score...................I am a Cajun, from original ancestors.

[@carmenjones2520]

Now on trying to remember the name of that movie with Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin. What is Zydeco?

[@mamatibborscassady9388]

***** THE BIG EASY and I really thought it was the only movie ever made where Quaid actually affected a Cajun accent.... Zydeco came along way after the 'old' Cajun music, it's actually relatively new, as time goes....Based on the same old music, they added other elements, more 'instruments', ha ha, but it's retained some of the flavor.........The 'the old squeeze box, and of course a fiddle' was the original.....Two Step is the old dance.............Fais Do Dos were dances when people gathered at homes, or barns, etc. to have fun and dance, they brought their children, babies, and put them down to sleep, then the adults would have music and dance. Fais Do Do became an expression for 'babies/children to go to happy sleep... here is a good link. here is a link that has basic good info. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun_music

[@jeanlaine6572]

***** Zydeco come from the french " haricot" which mean "bean".

[@9thGenerationCajun]

+mamatibbors cassady You might be a little off also,,I've traced my roots back to before they lived in Nova Scotia,At the time of the Exile in 1755 My Great grandmother was listed as the daughter of a "Half Breed" Many Acadian men inter married Mi'kmaq natives,,I'am not saying all Acadians were mixed,,But mine were.

[@cayogator]

movies live on "suspended belief"

[@paulthomson8824]

THIS SONG WAS NOT ON THE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM