This is where I am going. No seriously, when else will you ever get to go to a private club dressed in 1920's-19'30 (or strange japanese lolita) outfits, watch some Steamboat Punk music, drink some bloody wine, and meet a guy whos more obsessed with Johnny Depp than you are?
(click title for more information) or for those who are lazy here is a lil taste....
The Dances of Vice Festival II, to take place from August 22-24, 2008 in New York, will be held in the extraordinary context of a "time-travel" costume ballwith an 18th and 19th Century flair (all period costumes nevertheless welcome), inspired by the adventures of Baron Münchausen.
Included among the festivities and spectacles featured are:
- Performing headliners Voltaire (full band), The Deadfly Ensemble (CA),Fern Knight (PA), Desert Sin (NY/LA), Mistress of Harspichord and her Baroque quartet (NY), and Charites (NY).
- Two elaborate time travel "fashion theatre" shows featuring Victorian, Steampunk, Fantasy, 1920-30s and Baroque & Rococo inspired fashions by Kathleen Marie Couture, Azrael's Accomplice, La Metamorphose, &To Die for Designs.
- Additional special guests: Morella & The Wheels of If (NOLA), Starkall(GER), Pirate Brian, Adriano the Pitiless, Stumblebum Brass Band.
- An exhibition of fantastical inventions, fine art, & photography
- Sensational dance & performance art
- Live fencing demonstrations & instruction by the NY Fencer's Club
- Short plays inspired by the Marquis de Sade by Mr Burton
- VIP Absinthe Party and menu sponsored by LUCID Absinthe Superieure
- A Victorian Picnic & Meet-up at the New York Botanical Garden
- DJ music from the 18th to early 20th Century, New Romantic, Neofolk, New Wave, Neo-Classical, Avant Garde - by His Masters Voice and DJ Patrick (Salvation)
...with much more to be announced.
Festival dress code: 18th Century, Victorian, New Romantic, Elizabethan, Carnevale, Edwardian, 1920-30s, Steampunk, Decadent...
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