|
Event
Burlesco Notturno POP!
Burlesco Notturno has been delighting Vashon audiences with world-class burlesque and varieté talent and exquisitely fabulous evenings. Each Burlesco installment gets bigger and sexier and Burlesco Notturno POP will leap off the stage and have audiences positively popping with glee! Inspired by delectable POP images like Andy Warhols work, this show takes Burlesco to its highest point yet, with artists both tantalizing and hilarious. Pop culture will truly never be the same!
Madame X has gathered extraordinary artists, both past favorites and brand new faces
The One The Only Inga will grace our stage, along with gorgeous island flower Ruby Mimosa, the dangerously fabulous Luminous Pariah, the gender-blending performance-art sensation Waxie Moon, along with the stunning Terry Crane & Erica Rubinstein of Acrobatic Conundrum and the beautiful Marina Mezzogiorno-Brown!
Our musical crushes the extravagant and incomparable Love Markets return, and Madame X and her Lawyer will be your tart & touching tour guides.
Treat yourself to the VIP Experience! Tables in the first 2 rows, plus food & wine!
A select number of VIP tables will be available for groups of 4 or 8. The Burlesco VIP experience is truly sumptuous, including tantalizing food from The Hardware Store, wine, and reserved seating right up front to enjoy the show!
We are also offering TWO new seating options!
THE VIP PARTY TABLE! The complete VIP experience, with a front-row table for 8 and fabulous food & wine PLUS a special, personally-crafted surprise from Mme X. Celebrate your birthday or anniversary or anything you like with Burlesco!
If youd like great seats, but not the VIP food and wine, we are offering a select number of Reserved Tables for 4. You will have a table on the floor waiting for you, no need to rush to get a great seat. (No VIP food or drink included in this tier.)
And now, for a more intimate peak at the talent who will soon be visiting your dreams at Open Space
Miss(ter) Waxie Moon is a gender-blending queer lady boylesque performance-art solo stripping sensation. He has headlined burlesque festivals in Vienna Austria, Vancouver and Edmonton Canada, Helsinki Finland, San Antonio Texas, New York, and Seattle. Performance highlights include competing in the Best Boylesque category at The Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas (2013, 2015) being featured in Land of the Sweets, A Burlesque Nutcracker; performing in and choreographing House of Thee Unholy #2, 3, 4 and 5; and being presented by numerous performance organizations including On The Boards (Northwest New Works Festival and 12 Minutes Max), Bumbershoot and The Seattle Erotic Arts Festival. He is featured in the documentary films Waxie Moon (directed by Wes Hurley, I Ate My Eye Films) and A Wink and a Smile (directed by Deirdre Timmons, Golden Echo Films). In 2009 he was voted Best Burlesque Performer by The Seattle Weekly (Readers Poll). He is 1/3 of the pop dance trio, Dance Belt, which was voted Seattle's Sexiest Dance Company by The Stranger. He is on faculty at Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque and has taught and lectured about burlesque worldwide. He was nominated for a 2010 Gregory Award (Excellence in Theater, Washington State) and is featured in the web series Capitol Hill. http://www.waxiemoon.com/
Island Flower Ruby Mimosa is the 4th generation in her family to be born and raised in Hawaii. Brought up on hula, ballet, and gymnastics, Ruby has been dancing since she was three years old. She moved to Seattle in 2006, where she was quickly recruited as seventh member of the International Super-troupe, The Atomic Bombshells. In 2007 Ruby became an instructor at Miss Indigo Blues Academy of Burlesque, teaching Burlesque Bump & Grind to women and men of all shapes and sizes. These days, Ruby shimmies up rock and roll stages throughout Seattle and SXSW 2011 with cowboy band Brent Amaker & the Rodeo, and she performs and travels Internationally with The Atomic Bombshells Burlesque. She is also the proprietress of everyones favorite Burlesque retail shoppe, The Burlesque Boutique.
The One The Only Inga was born and raised in Seattle, WA, where she began taking dance lessons at age three. In 1999, Inga attended Oberlin College, where she studied modern dance and performed with the Oberlin Dance Company and VIBE Jazz/Tap Company. Since joining the Seattle burlesque community in 2005, Inga has become an international burlesque star. She has headlined in shows all over the world, including the 2013 and 2014 Fringe World Festival in Australia. In 2010, she was the lead choreographer for the U.S. run of SHINE: A Burlesque Musical, written and composed by Canadian duo The Wet Spots, and directed by Roger Bennington. In 2011, Inga won the title of Miss Viva Las Vegas at the 2011 Viva Las Vegas Burlesque Competition, and joined The Atomic Bombshells, one of the world's most successful and respected burlesque troupes. Inga was also voted one of the Top 50 Burlesque Performers in the World by the readers of 21stCenturyBurlesque.com in 2011 and 2012. Inga is an instructor for Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque, and is featured in the award-winning documentary A Wink and a Smile. Website: www.theonetheonlyinga.com
The Luminous Pariah is a Seattle-based, international interdisciplinary boylesque character, model, fitness enthusiast, and performance artist. Luminous has been sharing his effervescent style since early 2009. He tours extensively and has performed in over 100 international productions throughout Europe and Australia. Lumi performs as a soloist and as producer of boylesque troupe Mod Carousel. His burlesque work draws extensively on his years of experience and training in physical theatre and dance. Learn more at http://www.theluminouspariah.com/
Terry Crane & Erica Rubinstein / Retro Verso: Artistic Director and Co-founder of Acrobatic Conundrum, Terry Crane surrendered to restless urges that led him to walk calmly away with the circus at the tender age of 20. Since then, his search for movement and performance mentoring has generated a zigzag constellation of off-the-beaten path destinations, taking him to the San Francisco Circus Center, Montreal's National Circus School (of Cirque du Soleil fame), and the Beijing International Acrobatics School. He has now performed in countless countries, on 3 continents, with various groups such as Circus Syzygy, Circus Monti and Teatro ZinZanni. AC Company member Erica Rubinstein first discovered circus while studying neuroscience and dance at Oberlin College. With a background of eight years in competitive gymnastics, circus seemed a natural fit. Past performances include the Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival, Teatro Zinzannis Mezzo Lunatico, Circus Bella, the Moisture Festival and Backstreet Festival in Alexandria, Egypt. Erica and Terry perform as duo Retro Verso, a genre and gender challenging partner acrobatics duet that flips our preconceptions on their head. Visit them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Retro-Verso-201264766673510/ or at www.acrobaticconundrum to learn more about their work.
Marina Mezzogiorno-Brown discovered circus in New York in 2009 where she hosted and performed in cabarets at The Red Rhino, The House of Yes and Tiny, Dangerous, Fun. She studied aerial arts at The Circus Warehouse while finishing her bachelors degree in Ethnography at The Evergreen State College. In 2011 she moved to Europe for advanced training at FLIC Contemporary Circus School, where she focused on aerial rope. She has performed in streets and theatres in Italy, Spain and The Czech Republic, and worked with Pat Graney, Maria Pia Di Mauro and Petr Forman. Visit http://www.catalystcircus.wix.com/catalyst
THE LOVE MARKETS create songs for a world in which we are all on the market, looking for love against a backdrop of loss, greed and political corruption. Fronted by singer-songwriter Angie Louise, the Weimar-inspired band has been gracing and disgracing the stages of Seattle's arts scene since 2008, whether packing folks into ACT Theatre, bringing the slip-and-beret look to City Arts Fest and Seattle Art Museum, or performing as special guests of Seattle Men's Chorus, Sandbox Radio, and TV's ArtZone with Nancy Guppy. POP marks their eighth appearance at the enchanting Burlesco Notturno. In 2013, The Love Markets released their debut album World Of Your Dreams ("Irresistible... A deliciously dark carnival" - Seattle Magazine). Join them August 13 at ACT Theatre for the release of their second album, Beauty Factory! The Love Markets are: Angie Louise (vocals, keys, songs); Robertson Witmer (accordion); David Marriott, Jr. (trombone); Dave Pascal (bass); Chris Monroe (drums). Drop into their musical boudoir at
www.the-love-markets.com.
Janet McAlpin (Mme X, Founder of Open Space, Artistic Director & Producer of Burlesco Notturno): Janet co-founded UMO Ensemble and has been teaching, directing and performing physical theater for over 23 years, working with UMO and Circus Contraption and other small groups. She has performed various characters on different apparatus (hoops, trapeze, globes and stilts) at Teatro Zinzani, Cirque du Flambe, the Moisture Festival and with UMO Ensemble. Her most recent creative endeavors have included performing in UMO's acclaimed FAIL BETTER: Beckett Moves UMO, writing and performing Red Tiger Tales with UMO, and creating a duet clown trapeze act with David Godsey and an apple.
David Godsey (Her Lawyer, Founder of Open Space): Since co-founding UMO in 1987, the Ensemble has been the primary focus and outlet for his performance work. David performs in UMO's most recent work, FAIL BETTER: Beckett Moves UMO, as well as Red Tiger Tales. David was lead artist for UMO's Final Broadcast (2007) and he also directed the creation of UMO's Millennium Circus (1999) as well as Birth, Love, Death and Re-Birth (1996), a collaboration with the Seattle Men's Chorus. Outside of UMO, David works with his partner Janet to create and perform original character clown pieces, including some on aerial apparatus.
|
|
 |
LocationOpen Space for Arts & Community (View)
18870 103rd Ave SW
Vashon, WA 98070
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
|
Contact
|
