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'Stud Country'
12 August 2024 11 mins 06s
The end of the line... for now.
by Andrew MacGregor

In 2023, Lina Abascal wrote for the Los Angeles Times about 'Stud Country', a queer line dancing class run by Bailey Salisbury and Sean Monaghan. Now she's teamed with Alexandra Kern to direct a documentary about the patrons of Club Bahia.

When the previous home of queer line dancing in LA, Oil Can Harry's, closed in 2021, veterans like Anthony Ivancich were at a loose end. New blood like Salisbury, Monaghan, and Zach Solomon (a man who's scuffed the floor of his rented apartment so hard, he may need to dance for his security deposit) keep the dream alive.

Is line dancing as important as food or shelter? No, but Ivancich does suggest people dance in the street. It’s a joke, of course, but you can tell how much it means to dance at his age and pass on what he knows. He's found the right people in that respect ("When there's all these people doing it together, it sounds fucking incredible!").

The film does end on a cliffhanger of sorts—a reminder of the cutthroat nature of real estate in Los Angeles—but if anyone can hold the line, it's people like Salisbury and Monaghan.

Shot in: Los Angeles, California

Product Category: Short Films

Territory: USA



Editor: Zoe Kraft / Jill Sarao
Colourist: Roy Sun
Sound: William McGuigan
Audio Mix: Sandra Joen Pérez-Tejeda
Supervisor: Ella May Sahlman
Composer: Peter Colombo

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Short Films
'Stud Country'
12 August 2024 11 mins 06s

The end of the line... for now.

In 2023, Lina Abascal wrote for the Los Angeles Times about 'Stud Country', a queer line dancing class run by Bailey Salisbury and Sean Monaghan. Now she's teamed with Alexandra Kern to direct a documentary about the patrons of Club Bahia.

When the previous home of queer line dancing in LA, Oil Can Harry's, closed in 2021, veterans like Anthony Ivancich were at a loose end. New blood like Salisbury, Monaghan, and Zach Solomon (a man who's scuffed the floor of his rented apartment so hard, he may need to dance for his security deposit) keep the dream alive.

Is line dancing as important as food or shelter? No, but Ivancich does suggest people dance in the street. It’s a joke, of course, but you can tell how much it means to dance at his age and pass on what he knows. He's found the right people in that respect ("When there's all these people doing it together, it sounds fucking incredible!").

The film does end on a cliffhanger of sorts—a reminder of the cutthroat nature of real estate in Los Angeles—but if anyone can hold the line, it's people like Salisbury and Monaghan.

Shot in: Los Angeles, California

Product Category: Short Films

Territory: USA



Editor: Zoe Kraft / Jill Sarao
Colourist: Roy Sun
Sound: William McGuigan
Audio Mix: Sandra Joen Pérez-Tejeda
Supervisor: Ella May Sahlman
Composer: Peter Colombo

Short Films 12 August 2024
'Stud Country' 11 mins 06s

The end of the line... for now.

by Andrew MacGregor

In 2023, Lina Abascal wrote for the Los Angeles Times about 'Stud Country', a queer line dancing class run by Bailey Salisbury and Sean Monaghan. Now she's teamed with Alexandra Kern to direct a documentary about the patrons of Club Bahia.

When the previous home of queer line dancing in LA, Oil Can Harry's, closed in 2021, veterans like Anthony Ivancich were at a loose end. New blood like Salisbury, Monaghan, and Zach Solomon (a man who's scuffed the floor of his rented apartment so hard, he may need to dance for his security deposit) keep the dream alive.

Is line dancing as important as food or shelter? No, but Ivancich does suggest people dance in the street. It’s a joke, of course, but you can tell how much it means to dance at his age and pass on what he knows. He's found the right people in that respect ("When there's all these people doing it together, it sounds fucking incredible!").

The film does end on a cliffhanger of sorts—a reminder of the cutthroat nature of real estate in Los Angeles—but if anyone can hold the line, it's people like Salisbury and Monaghan.

Shot in: Los Angeles, California

Product Category: Short Films

Territory: USA



Editor: Zoe Kraft / Jill Sarao
Colourist: Roy Sun
Sound: William McGuigan
Audio Mix: Sandra Joen Pérez-Tejeda
Supervisor: Ella May Sahlman
Composer: Peter Colombo