There's a moment in Elegance Bratton's illuminating documentary Move Ya Body: The Birth of House when Vince Lawrence, a key architect of the music genre, recounts his experience at Disco ...

"Move Ya Body" presents clear heroes in Lawrence and cohorts such as Jesse Saunders, with whom he formed Z Factory and recorded the first house record, "On and On." It also serves up villains ...

Also one of Move Ya Body’s executive producers and its primary narrator, Lawrence sat down with Chicago to talk about the new film. When you were a teenager, how did you relate to disco?

Lawrence serves as our guide in Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, recounting growing up in Chicago in the '60s and '70s and the racial tensions that existed throughout the city, as well as his ...

Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.

The Birth of House” is the opening night film for the Doc10 Film Festival. Vince Lawrence is credited as producing and marketing the first house music record, ever. The ...

CHICAGO — The 10th edition of Doc10, Chicago’s annual long weekend of nonfiction filmmaking from well, everywhere, opens with something from here: “Move Ya Body: The Birth of House,” a ...

they were treated to upbeat pop tunes like “Move Ya Body” and “Let’s Get It Started.” The two-hour show — broken into two 50-minute acts with a 20-minute intermission — opened up ...