SelenaVarius
A Great Creatrix was bored with her old toys and became determined
to sculpt/build a hellacious submissive, not a weak-willed, solicitous
creature, but one of rare substance -- one worth her skill. To challenge
herself, she created a fine instrument, a Stradivarius, that could only
be exploited by the hands of a masterful mistress. But alas, the perfect
submissive demands the perfect dominant: The Creatrix could not contain
her creature. Thus, SelenaVarius was forced to seek her fate. Her work
has escaped in literary, visual, and performance media at such venues as
Collective:Unconscious, Cooper Square Theatre, Surf Reality, and
Manhattan Neighborhood Network.
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Mia Theodoratus (Contributing Producer)
Mia Theodoratus is at work on emerging, burlesque standards for
Arcadia! and cutting-edge performance projects around NYC. She is
interested in vetting campy versions of the I Dream of Genie theme into
standard rock tunes while maintaining her own "North Indian classical
thang." Ever the professional, Mia is at home with the novice vocalist
as well as prima donna master musicians. "I did a version of Henry
Jones's Animation shows with DJ Spooky." Aside from playing private
events for over ten years, Mia also plays jazz/rock/progressive venues
like the Knitting Factory and Tonic in NYC and Caesar's Palace in
Atlantic City, Tonic. Mia tours nationally with her electric harp and
tabla (Indian drums), promoting the CD and music of her band, Jah-La.
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Sarah Vasilas
Sarah Vasilas recently moved from Santa Fe, New Mexico to NYC after earning a
degree in multimedia performance art. At the
Weckesser Theater in Santa Fe, she directed and produced "Converge," a
piece that combined interactive dance sculptures, live painting and
music. After an extensive training in dance, cultural studies in
Zimbabwe and a structured education in interdisciplinary art, she is
embarking on yet another journey in the Big Apple. Presently, she
assists Jamel Gaines, artistic director and choreographer of the
Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn, teaches dance and costuming
to children, and works at HEREArt, an artist-run, nonprofit organization
showcasing visual and performing
artists.
Leonardo Smith (Dancer/Choreographer/Video Artist) performed with Jennifer
Muller/The Works as a company member and soloist for several years. He has
created several dance videos and video projections for dance, some of which
premiered with "Leonardo Smith and Dancers" at Triskelion Arts this past
spring.
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Chi Chi Valenti (Producer at Large) and Johnny Dynell
She's the Utopian nightlife producer (Jackie 60, Click + Drag,
Cabaret Magique,) journalist (Details, Village Voice, Skin Two,
Interview, NY Observer,) clubowner (MOTHER) and spoken word artiste
(Verbal Abuse reading series and literary zine.) A long-time virtual
communitarian, Valenti founded The Motherboards in 2001 to encourage
nightlife alternatives in a difficult club climate. She also edits the
nightlife site Mothernyc.com. Valenti is currently collaborating with
Patricia Field on a book about fashion and nightclubs, to be published
in 2004.
He's the legendary New York City DJ and impresario who has practiced
his craft for two decades at nightclubs including The Mudd Club,
Danceteria, Area, Boybar and Jackie 60 as well as exotic locales like a Roman
ampitheater and the closing night of the Folies Bergere. As a
dance music writer and producer he has collaborated with Malcolm McLaren,
Club 69, Arthur Baker and The House of Xtravaganza. Dynell conceived and
designed the venue MOTHER (1996-2000) with Valenti, and the pair (with
creative team The Jackie Factory) produce dozens of special events every
year. Their newest series, Cabaret Magique, is reinventing the Incoherent
performance tradition weekly on Wednesday nights.
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Ana Vice
For more than five years, AnaVice has been spinning
Experimental, New Wave, Electronic, Industrial Punk
and Goth. Always receptive to new music, Ana is in the
process of learning to compose electronica. She was
involved with the free and innovative dance party,
Wonderland at Brooklyn's Pourhouse and is currently
working on a new photo portrait series about
technology enthusiasts and one day, she hopes to
compile her ideas about people, places and technology
into an ethnological essay. In addition to being a
staff member at Moloch Industries, the "hacker
collective," she enjoys painting, drawing and
photography. Her recent series of black and white
portraits show the mutability of current photographic
processes by referencing methods typically used in
19th-century photography.
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Zazoo and Satori
Zazoo and Satori are more gaudy and obnoxious than a
two-for-one display at your local K-Mart store. Zazoo
was an un-Cincinnatian, opening closed minds and
stomping his way through Cincinnati nightlife. He
developed a following that culminated in his own club
night, Zazoo's Freakfest, a convention for the
unconventional. At first, he was alone. But in time,
Satori began donning some freaky fashions of his own
and became Zazoo's partner in crime. Today, the Club
Creatures are recognized the world over as some of the
freakiest fashion designers in clubland. Their
outrageous costumes and platform shoes will be
featured in Fenton Bailey's Party Monster, the true
story of Michael Alig, starring Macaulay Culkin,
Marilyn Manson and Natasha Lyonne. Zazoo now
moonlights as an ad agency writer and Satori is an
account executive at a design studio, where he
specializes in promoting beauty products.
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