Posts in the “DANCE” category
Excesses + Torn Dresses
by angeliska on May 29, 2009
Hello Mister Bobcat! I love your face. It looks a bit like my face when I’ve had my snoot to the grindstone for far too long, and am yearnin’ to don some tattered finery and tear it up. Oh, and (…)
Happymaking
by angeliska on April 16, 2009
These are some things making me extremely happy right now: I saw this taxidermied fetal miniature horse out at the antiques fair. He was hiding behind a fan and some other junk because the lady who had him didn’t want (…)
Parades II.
by angeliska on April 7, 2009
Ahem! I will now turn back the calendar pages to February and continue revisiting my marvelous Mardi Gras visit.. Bear with me, faithful readers- it make take several installments, but I promise it will be worth the wait in juiciness (…)
GADJO DISKO – BALKAN BOOTY BOUNCE BLOC PARTY!
by angeliska on March 12, 2009
SX GADJO DISKO – BALKAN BOOTY BOUNCE BLOC PARTY! Minor Mishap Marching Band – Brass Attacks! – ATX Golem – Balkan Mayhem – NYC Big Freedia – Sissy Bounce Queen – NOLA DJ Rusty Lazer – NOLA DJ Chicken Kiev (…)
Disko Dancing!
by angeliska on February 4, 2009
Once again, Gadjo Disko swallowed me up in its glittering maw, only to spit me back up days later- dazed and wondering how to get this surgical adhesive off of my face.. Well, it’s really mostly off now- after many (…)
Crimson Meteors
by angeliska on December 15, 2008
Last night we went to see the Golden Dragon Acrobats at the Paramount Theatre. Oh heavens, they were so incredible! I have rarely seen such feats of daring, grace and strength performed so playfully and (apparently) effortlessly. I want to (…)
Salomé + Yma Sumac
by angeliska on November 7, 2008
I was Salomé for Halloween this year, as in Dance of the Seven Veils, daughter of Herodias, and all that. I suppose I oughtn’t have been surprised at how many people I met had no idea who Salomé was.. All (…)
Black Magic + Disko
by angeliska on September 17, 2008
The recent full moon and sudden turn in the weather has made everything extra witchy and strange.. I’m burning xoxoa incense I found in Barcelona (that inexplicably survived the hurricane three years ago..) and listening to Tones on Tail and (…)
Who are the Mardi Gras Indians?
by angeliska on April 5, 2006
I recently became aware that many people I’ve met here have never heard of the Mardi Gras Indians. Blank stares and misconceptions run rampant when the subject comes up, sadly – as this is a major part of New Orleans (…)
