Exploding from the city that never sleeps comes Rouge Coquette, a sexy sophisticated new show brought to you by the hottest names in Burlesque!

Rouge Coquette is burlesque nouveau starring The Shimmering Chanteuse of Burlesque Melody Sweets, and featuring The World Famous Pontani Sisters!, Miss Exotic World 2008 Angie Pontani, The Tappin Tornado Helen Pontani,The Mystical Mistress of Tease MsTickle, The Bendable Beauty Harvest Moon,The Nubian Lucille Ball of Burlesque theMAINEattraction, and The Neked Girl Stormy Leather.

"Tease Queen" Melody Sweets "Is a dynamite little package ready to explode in a big way!" -Penthouse

...but don't let her petite stature fool you!

Her soulfully seductive voice packs a powerful punch, captivating audiences with a voice reminiscent of the Golden Era, but with a modern, eclectic edge rendering her sound timeless.

This sultry siren is one of the most sought after singers today bringing her arsenal of original music & signature burlesque acts around the world.

Melody is the first burlesque performer in history to write, produce and star in her own music video, and, is the first burlesque performer to sing in & appear in one of the biggest selling video-games of all time, Grand Theft Auto 4.

"The future of New York music" is how singer Tom Verlaine of the band Television described her sound after hearing her live.

Featured as one of the "15 top reasons to visit NYC" by VOGUE China & Australia!

You can hear some of her music featured on MTV, VH1, A&E & many more, or sneek a peek at Melody's portrait hanging nationwide in museums such as the Harvard Art Museum, MA & the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington, DC.

melodysweets.com


ANGIE PONTANI
Queen of Burlesque, Miss Exotic World 2008, Angie Pontani has been shaking her tail feathers for as long as she can remember. Founding member of The World Famous Pontani Sisters, she is one of the most recognized and respected names in burlesque and has been credited with helping to pioneer the new revival. Performing all over the world, Angie spreads the glamour gospel with every shimmy, bump n grind, high kick and eye trick. She has been featured at private events for ESQUIRE MAGAZINE, The Fox 5 Super Bowl Party, Virgin Records, The Guggenheim and many others, including STING’s private Halloween party. She strutted her rhinestone studded self multiple times on Late Night with Conan O Brien, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Gossip Girl. She was featured in the 2008 Italian MTV/Micropunta film, “The Poor Man’s Follies” which premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival and was the subject of the 2006 documentary “Showy and 5’2” which premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Not one to shy away from the camera, Angie has flashed her pearly whiles for renowned photographers like Ellen Von Unwerth and has been featured in countless prominent publication including The New Yorker, Glamour, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, L’Uomo Vogue, Page Six Magazine, TIME and even InTouch Weekly! This highly decorated Italian-Stallionette holds many crowns including Miss Cyclone 2007 – present, Miss Exotic World 2008 and has been awarded several Golden Pastie awards, including “Best Body in Burlesque”. Culminating pounds of plumage worth of exper-tease. Angie puts on a show unmatched in style, sass, class and costuming, wowing fans the likes of Hilary Duff, The Strokes, Bai Ling, Anthony Kiedas & Taryn Manning, and even having performed for Hugh Hefner at LA’s famous Orpheum Theatre. “Mind-boggling beauty Angie Pontani has elevated tease to an art form. She is Gypsy Rose Lee incarnate” – NYC EDGE

themaineattraction.com MaineAttraction on Myspace


Stormy Leather
Sweeping in from the the plains of Oklahoma, Stormy Leather has breezed through the ranks of the New York City burlesque scene to find herself both in demand and in the spotlight. A regular by request at top clubs, including The Slipper Room, Webster Hall, and The Box, Stormy has been blowing away audiences with a whirlwind of elegance, ingenuity, and seduction. Her repertoire of original material is a cyclone of genres: fan dancing, tassel twirling, sexually ambiguous drag, rock n' roll, and even rope bondage and hot wax fetishism. A Stormy Leather strip tease showers you with sex and talent, leaving you breathless, winded, and wet. Playing in a storm has never been so much fun...
stormyleathernyc.com


Melissa King is MsTickle. Trained in physical theatre, and dance she is an innovater and star in the burlesque scene. Crowned the “Queen of gags and gimmicks” for her sorceress-like ability to design and create gorgeous and unparalleled costumes.You can see her and her handy work featured in Esquire ,Italian Vogue and Vanity Fair ,the New York Times and The Village Voice. Her sensual genius has left audiences in, New York, London, San Francisco and The Bahamas clamoring for more.With appearances in long running shows that include”Broadway Bares ,“Mantasia”, ”Pink Rhino”, “Guilty Pleasues”, “Rouge Coquette”, “Big Night Out”,and Speigal tents’ ”Absynth”. MsTickle is also one of the designers with Anti Gravity that create the infamous Marc Jacobs Christmas spectaculars.
Ms. Tickle on Myspace


Harvest Moon
Started the San Francisco neo burlesque scene in 1995 with the advent of The Cantankerous Lollies. Trained at the SF circus school for 6 years. Performed with the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus in 2003, and with members of Cirque Du Soleil in the Love show that same year.

An International burlesque sensation, performed in Italy, Australia, Holland, France, and collaborated with the visual artist Matthew Barney in England and two National circus tours with Circus Nexxus, performing a trapeze duet.

MsHarvestMoon.com aerobellatrapeze.com


This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.
$15 student tickets are available at the door.

Ladies: free before midnight, $10 after
Men: $10 before 2:00am, $15 after

CAAL members receive reduced $10 admission all night; All students receive $5 admission with valid Student ID. Discount taken at the door.

LPR has a preferred parking rate at Washington Square Village Parking on Bleecker Street between Laguardia Place and Mercer Street. The rate is:

$10 for up to 4 hours
$21 for up to 6 hours
There is a one-time $10 additional fee for oversized vehicles.
Compact SUVs are not considered oversized.
Patrons will have to get their parking ticket validated at the club.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a general admission, standing event.

DJ Rekha presents the return of...
Bollywood Disco - retro filmi classics, eclectic disco grooves Featuring the debut live performance of "Disko Madame" - the sound and fury of the bollywood femme fatale.

DJ Rekha digs through her digital and actual crates, spinning a range of filmi songs from retro tunes to the latest dance floor hits and everything in between.

Bol•ly•wood, n. [Humorous blend of the names of Bombay and Hollywood.]

1. The Indian film industry, based in Bombay; Bombay regarded as the base of this industry.

Bollywood is shorthand for the Hindi-language film industry centered in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. It is the world's largest, yearly churning out hundreds of 3-hour musical epics that also drive South Asia's pop music industry. To the current generation of South Asian club-goers, Bollywood is synonymous with the 1970s golden age of masala films. This decade produced blockbusters like Don and Sholay (which still holds the record for most-viewed film ever made) not to mention "some of the fattest funk tunes that ever pimp-rolled their way down Music Street, Bombay."

Recently, Bollywood has lit up the cultural radar of the west, resulting in extensive press coverage, references in films like Moulin Rouge and Ghost World, and the nomination of Lagaan for best foreign film Oscar. Not surprisingly, classic Bollywood soundtracks from the 70s have been the focus of no less than 5 compilations in the past few years. (However, with the exception of Outcaste Records comp Bollywood Funk, these have been mostly compiled by and for outsiders to South Asian culture and often provide an uneven view of the genre.) Even the cutting edge of hiphop production has been shaped by the retro Bollywood sound, as producers like Dan the Automator, DJ Shadow, Timbaland and DJ Quik dip into Bollywood's back-catalog to widen their production palette.

Dis•co n. pl. dis•cos

1. A discotheque.

2. Popular dance music, especially of the late 1970s, characterized by strong repetitive bass rhythms.

In NY the rise of interest in Bollywood coincides with a general resurgence in the sounds of the city's own musical golden age: the progressive disco associated with legendary clubs like the Loft, the Paradise Garage and Studio 54. In addition to the numerous compilations & re-releases focusing on the producers and DJs of this era, the Garage ethos has inspired a new generation of happenings at clubs like Spa & APT, as well as a new generation of electronic musicians.

"Disko Madame" sonically reinterprets the technicolor underworld of Bollywood's past. The band's lead singer, Meetu Chilana, personifies the passion of Zeenat, Parveen, and Helen bridging the sound of fiery female icons from yesterday to today.

This is a general admission, standing event.

This is a general admission, standing event.

PROGRAM:
Dylan Glatthorn: Joy, (Piano, 3 Voices)

Eric Lemmon: Little Respite for flute and (lightly) Prepared Piano (Flute, Prepared Piano)

Conrad Winslow: Nearly Resolved Chords, (String Quintet & Electronics)

Pedro da Silva: Concertino Bulería, (Guitar and Strings)

Noam Faingold: A Knife in the Water, (Cello, Violin)

Angélica Negrón: "Drawings for Meyoko", (alto flute, viola/banjo, harp & electronics)

Lucía Caruso: Canção de Sintra, (4 Voices & Chamber Orchestra)

This is a first come, seated event. Seating is limited and a ticket does not guarantee a seat.

This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.

Join chef Dan Barber in a conversation on the food sustainability movement, and the way in which the arts can foster its presence. Barber’s philosophy combines old world farming wisdom with new agricultural technologies in order to create food that is at once delicious, innovative, healthy and environmentally responsible. Dan Barber now takes his sustainability advocation a step further by explaining the positive impact the arts can have on spreading these ideas to a wider audience. As Dan explains, “The issue of food and agriculture sustainability is currently attracting a tsunami of attention. Art can play a role in the next level of this movement.”

To demonstrate this unique collaboration, The Mirror Visions Ensemble performs sneak peek excerpts from know thy farmer™—a cantata by Richard Pearson Thomas set to a number of texts drawn from the menus of Blue Hill at Stone Barns Restaurant—which will receive its official world premiere on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at Merkin Concert Hall.

Dan Barber, Executive Chef and Co-owner

In May of 2000, Dan opened Blue Hill restaurant with family members David and Laureen Barber.

Since then, his writings on food and agricultural policy have appeared in the New York Times, along with articles in Gourmet, The Nation, Saveur and Food & Wine Magazine. Dan’s efforts to create a consciousness around our everyday food choices have led him to the World Economic Forum’s 2010 annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland as well as to TED2010, where he looked toward a new ecological approach to cuisine.

Appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, Dan continues the work that he began as a member of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture's board of directors: to blur the line between the dining experience and the educational, bringing the principles of good farming directly to the table.

As chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Dan has received the James Beard awards for Best Chef: New York City (2006) and for Outstanding Chef (2009). In 2009 he was named one of the world's most influential people in Time’s annual "Time 100".

Don't miss Dardashti's CD Release Party for "The Naming." With original live music modern dance, video art, and special guests, it promises to be an amazing night! Mycale (the all-female John Zorn Vocal Project) opens the set at 7 pm. THE NAMING is the new multi-disciplinary work created by the Persian Jewish vocal innovator, Galeet Dardashti--the driving force behind the popular all-woman Middle Eastern band, Divahn. In THE NAMING, Dardashti draws on the Eastern music deep in her bones to transform the ghostly outlines of Biblical women into full-blown flesh-and-blood personalities. She unites the Persian classical music that made her grandfather a musical icon in Iran, with a deep connection to Jewish poetry and song, to create lush electronica-edged Middle Eastern compositions in Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Persian. Her songs tell the stories of why the brilliant Queen of Sheba shaved her legs, how the stunning Vashti laid down the line for her drunken husband, and how a mysterious witch spoke King Saul’s doom and then served him a nice dinner. For Dardashti, the stories of some of the women in her songs also intertwine with her own Iranian family’s tales of women breaking the rules as well as those of women in the Middle East today fighting to have their voices heard; some also echo through her personal story, in her recent transition into motherhood.

"A heart-stopping effort" that will "make you fall hard in love" (The Huffington Post)



"The marriage of centuries is fully and passionately consummated, providing an enveloping sonic venue for Dardashti’s powerful voice and Talmudic wisdom" (Milwaukee Express).



Featuring:Galeet Dardashti (vocals),Matt Kilmer (percussion),Alan Kushan (santur),Jessie Reagan (cello),Skye Steele (violin),Bryan Noll (electronic soundscapes)

AND MORE!

SYREN Modern Dance, featuring:Lynn Peterson,Chanelle Lagace & Brigitte Mitchell This is a first come seated event. Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.