"Thinking about it from the point of view of a booker: Paying performers is also circumstanti
“Thinking about it from the point of view of a booker: Paying performers is also circumstantial - i.e. a) what budget is there in reality to offer (i.e. not an ideal hypothetical ‘commanded’ fee)? In addition to money, what is being offered? Opportunity? Experience? b) out of this money who is ideally selected/invited to perform? c) Is there a pecking order? i.e. do regular acts already attached to a brand get first refusal? Do the regular acts earn more than performers newly engaged? what about new performers themselves? Just like any business, those individual players who invest themselves in any project, brand or company will ‘climb the ladder’, g

"In the red corner, decorated tastefully with flashing rhinestones, is the Ministry of Burlesqu
“In the red corner, decorated tastefully with flashing rhinestones, is the Ministry of Burlesque, which puts on shows and club nights, runs workshops, provides performers for hen nights and other occasions. It focuses on the genre’s roots, going back to ancient Greece and culminating in Victorian music hall — a boisterous cavalcade of send-ups, parodies and satires shot through with gender ambiguities. “To me, burlesque is provocative performance art,” says co-founder Allan. “It exists in a straight line from Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales. It’s a rough, bawdy version of Carry On but with real glamour and gutsiness. There’s only so many pairs of twirli

Ex/Rotic - BITSFestival on Vimeo (via Vimeo) This piece was the...
Ex/Rotic - BITSFestival on Vimeo (via Vimeo) This piece was the one I developed with Vulcana Women’s Circus as part of the Aperture project. It was debuted at Island Vibe late October and there’s a better video of that performance coming soon. This one is from my BITSFestival showing at The Joynt on Saturday. A bit dark, but it gives a good idea of the piece.

Bring On The Men (with Lace for Lunch) - Star Rae Revue on Vimeo...
Bring On The Men (with Lace for Lunch) - Star Rae Revue on Vimeo (via Vimeo) Yay fresh new videos! This was performed with my friend Alyssa M (aka Lace for Lunch - listen to the song and you’ll figure it out) at the Star Rae Revue yesterday. We had only a rehearsal and a half to put it together, and it went over quite well!

What Advice Would You Give a Young Unemployed Dancer? - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
What Advice Would You Give a Young Unemployed Dancer? - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com: bridgettelizabeth: Eleven members of the New York City Ballet have lost their jobs, cut from the corps de ballet. Most are in their 20s and for some, it means the end of careers that took root in childhood, when they started on a long, intense, arduous road that left little room for normal high school lives or college. Their identities, the very essence of who they are, are defined by their jobs.