Girl Talk Movie and Dance Party at Neumos
It’s hard not to be charmed by Girl Walk // All Day, the feature-length music video that follows Anne Marsen (“the Girl”), Dai Omiya (“the Gentleman”), and John Doyle (“the Creep”) as they dance their way through New York City with Girl Talk album All Day as a soundtrack. Hints of formal dance training shine through, but the really good moments are very informal—Omiya and Marsen get jiggy on Dance Dance Revolution, three women dressed as flowers break it down with Doyle in a cemetery, Omiya chases a thief in a high-speed parkour pursuit, and a man in his briefs pole-dances on the subway. It takes Christopher Walken’s Fat Boy Slim video and blows it out of the water.
The film is about dance as a “personal expression of ecstasy,” says director Jacob Krupnick, but also about people living in their own little worlds. “When you see the film you realize it’s unbelievable how little people care that we’re doing this in public,” he told The New York Times. It’s true. In one ironic scene, the music demands “everybody pay attention” as Omiya dances in front of a cafe, but only two people watch before returning to their menus.
Kicking off a West Coast tour, Girl Walk // All Day premieres in Seattle this Saturday at Neumos, in a film screening and dance-along with Marsen, Krupnick, and producer Youngna Park in attendance. Greg Gillis’s (Girl Talk) eclectic-but-always-kickin’ mashups ensure it’ll jump off right. After the film, the party continues with DJs Tigerbeat and Radjaw.
Girl Walk // All Day
Feb 11, 8pm, Neumos, $12 advance, $15 at the door. 21+