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On April 21, 1991 at The Sports Arena in Los Angeles - where a year earlier Madonna did 5 nights of her Blond Ambition Tour (and yes, I was there every night) - Madonna hosted the 3rd annual APLA Dance-A-Thon. She brought along her friends Herb Ritts, Juliette Hohnen and the Blond Ambition dancers and back up singers.
3 years earlier she had done the first ever APLA Dance-A-Thon with her mentor Christopher Flynn who died of AIDS shortly after in 1990. At a time when the consensus was that AIDS was only a homosexual disease, Madonna - the biggest star in the world - not only crusaded for but also tried to convey to the public that it could affect anyone and had been doing so since the beginning of her career.
Don't know who filmed that fabulous footage but I'm glad they did. Madonna visibly clocks at the end but she knew that camera was on her the entire night. Trust. Ha! xo
I always loved this day - so cool and beautiful here. Just Sex Sex Sex - great outfit, great hair, great Madonna.
Love this footage, always great to see her cut loose and dance! I still love early 90s house music, so great for dancing. They even had on the song from the 'coitus interruptus' scene from Truth Or Dare!
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing footage! Thanks for sharing lover!
ReplyDeleteAmazing stuff. She looks great. This must be right before she went brunette for Truth or Dare. Some of the clothes look very dated but Madonna is ageless.
ReplyDeleteOMG love the footage!
ReplyDeletesexy shots! madonna supported the gay community when gays were to blame for the AIDS disease. every artist now plays it safe.
ReplyDeleteshe was , is and will always be a pioneer, the rest just follow
ReplyDeleteactually, what is that song playing during that 'coitus interruptus' scene in TorD? have been trying to track that down for ages. anyone?
ReplyDeletefucking great footage! Madonna was always ahead of her time as far as supporting gay rights and HIV/AIDS awareness. She didn't use it as a publicity stunt. She was doing what she knew was the right thing to do.
ReplyDeletecoitus interruptus scene song: mixmasters- in the mix
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this.Very interesting information.
But does anybody know the names of that songs playing when Madonna's dancing except "Mix masters-in the mix"?Cause this is amazing!Thanks.