February 2012
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“This week has been amazing! taking my tired ballroom-burlesque-ballet-belly...”
– me!
I hate my feet!
Well I must hate my feet, given that I’ve chosen to torture them. Spent all weekend dancing ballroom (stepped on someone doing Bolero) and now I’ve opted at the last possible minute to do my pointe act tonight. Of course my feet hurt! Of course I should stop being stupid and pick a different routine. Of course, I love challenging myself and the thrill of success, so hears to hoping I...
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Fun PreValentine's Day Workshops
I’ll be doing 2 fun Pre-Valentine’s Day workshops on February 11th and February 12th.
February 11th is NYC.
February 12th will be in Sea Cliff, NY pending the number of interested students.
Classes are “Striptease for lovers” and “Belly Dance Striptease”. These classes are for women only and make a great Valentine’s Day gift(sorry boys, but you can...
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Slowly getting back into the swing of things
It’s amazing how many unopened letters, unfinished costumes, and half typed emails I’d accumulated over the past 6 months. Actually it’s more disgraceful than anything. It’s taken almost all of January just to make a bit of sense out of the whole mess. Delete this, toss that, mail this, sniff check that. Well, February should mean way more artstic merry making, and of...
January 2012
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“If I have a thought that will increase productivity, creativity, and profit, but...”
– Hour into web editing and not end in sight.
Gone baby, gone. The weekend that flew by.
Questionable art show in Brooklyn. Crappy customer service and tasteless food at Mary O’s (really a 35 minute wait for a cold salad). A slow day of dancing. And now all I want to do is take a nap so I can dance the night away with Sake Fevah, Tess Trueheart, Foxy Vermouth, Apathy Angel, and Bitty Bamboo at The Luvely Rae’s One Night Stand. The show has had over 120 performers in the...
December 2011
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“Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original...”
– Missy Elliot
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Wrapped up in the holidays
It seems that everyone I know is wrapped up in the holidays. For someone like me who doesn’t celebrate any one particular holiday this time of year can be slightly cringe inducing with all the crappy pop Christmas albums. The up side for me as that some of my favorite retailers are offering crazy discounts (come on, a year’s worth of quality postcards for about $100! That’s just...
November 2011
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Tonight I'm at Jimmy's No. 43
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I love dance and I love my dance friends. Sometimes my burlesque friends seem to only be able to talk about burlesque. Sometimes my pole friends only seem to think of dance in relation to pole. I’ve met countless contemporary dancers who have no appreciation for any style of dance that isn’t contemporary or ballet (they don’t even recognize burlesque...
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Burlesque tonight 11/15 at Sapphire Lounge
‘Tis the season to be thankful for life’s little blessings. We’re thankful for pasties and panties and the very big lineup planned on November 15th at our Tuesday night burlesque show. The Luvely Rae’s One Night Stand welcomes all the way from Boston, burlesque beauty Peril S. Curves. The super sexy Apathy Angel returns for one more sensational night of titillating shimmying (just wanted...
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“The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. ~Tommy...”
– With NYC police ousting Occupy Wall Street in a forceful manner, and the arrest made in Oakland, it makes me wonder how our country can send men and women over seas to fight for freedom, but deny it’s own citizens the freedom to protest.
I'm not dead, well, not yet anyways.
So I’ve been without a voice for 3 days, but you’d think that would mean I could do all kinds of writing and dancing right? Nope! I’ve been running around the last 2 days, and today is the first day where I’ve been home long enough to get something done (other than cooking and cleaning). Now I got enough done today, but I did manager to add this post. That’s right...
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Busy NYC
I always felt busy in California. While my friends were headed out to party, I was headed off to 1 of 3 jobs. Actually it became a joke amongst us. Instead of “how was work?”, it was “how many jobs do you have now?”. Once I got to NY, I seemed to keep busy, but it seems that everyone is busy (or at least faking it). When chatting with my New Jersey friends, the level of...
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“Grapevine. Move faster. Move like a stripper!”- My boss”
– My boss is the best. I couldn’t get the timing of this grapevine down, and he yelled at me to move like a stripper. Well, let’s just say, I fixed the timing on my grapevine and once he said pique turn I did my spins without any delay. That’s right if it ain’t css or html...
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“ the best support you can give to live art is to be a great audience...”
– Donations are grand, compliments are superb, but the best support given to an artists who specializes in live art is to be a great audience member. If there is no audience for our art, then we will either create something else or stop creating. Okay, there are quite a few artist who should really...
October 2011
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“…there will be kitties and, as always, there will be titties!!!”
– My good friend Ula Ubberbossom
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“ Two brainy babes are better than one.”
– The Luvely Rae
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“Dare to dream and may every action lead to creating a better reality.”
– Rae
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“You’ll never know unless you ask.”
– Somebody really smart
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Tuesday October 18th, I'll be at One Night Stand →
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“Giving out unsolicited advice is like giving out unsolicited take out menus. It...”
– Rae
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“Don’t ask what others can do for you, ask what you can do for yourself.”
– somebody really freaking smart!
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September 2011
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August 2011
7 posts
Sometimes you have to trust your gut. Sometimes it’s not just indigestion keeping you up, but fate pimp slapping you in the face, punching you in the belly and shouting, “wake up ho! Your life is waiting.” thanks fate for always taking hope by the hand when I least expect it.
Wait... Um how long is the bus ride?
Ok, so the commute sucks. I used to be able to walk to work in 30 min, be there in 15 min if I jogged. No I’m sitting on a bus looking at a 40 min ride headed to a job interview for a gig I applied for years ago. Not the same office of course but same position. The starting pay would probably be low. None of that really matters. I get the job then at least 3 days a week I’d be doing...
Shaking it in Brooklyn tonight!
It’s been almost a year since I’ve shimmied in Brooklyn. Come join me at The Brooklyn Speakeasy tonight starting at 10pm! No cover. Enjoy a 20’s inspired cocktail and tip the pretty ladies :-) oh and my gal pal Aparhy Angel will be there too so you know it’s going to be a good show.
Performing at Connie's Ric Rac →
When: Fri Aug 5, 2011 8pm to 2am EDT Where: Philly performance
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Joining Bouroir: a Phreak & Queer Speakeasy for one night only. Live music, burlesque,…
July 2011
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WatchSo part of my 60 day transformation, involves doing more. I realized the other day, that the list of songs, I want to dance to, is far longer than the list of songs I’ve danced to. Telling, myself not every song has to have fancy costumes and lavish props, I’m going to start ticking songs off my “To dance to” list and just get dancing. Hey, it might not be perfect, but it...