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< back							March 23-29 > Monday, March 23rd, 8pm $25 / $50 Glamour Bash -- A Benefit for the Rocha Dance Theater ~ A Galapagos Art Space Resident Artist ~ This "glamour-inspired" costume party includes a 7pm reception with a cheese/wine tasting and an 8pm bash with live performances by some of NYC's hottest acts: Jenny Rocha & The Painted Ladies, Lady Rizo's Caburlesque, The Vickie & Nickie Show, Aerialist Rachel Salzman, DJ Joseph Rivas and more! Costumes encouraged but optional. Buy tickets here! > Wednesday, March 25th, 8pm, $5 PSST! 3 PSST! 3 is a brand-new series of 17 original collaborative short films made over the last year by over 175 participants in cities worldwide, including: New York, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Atlanta, Knoxville, London, Glasgow, Paris, Vilnius, Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, and Copenhagen. The films are each made in three parts, with different teams working consecutively on the beginning, middle and end. Taking the inspiration for its process from the Surrealist technique of Exquisite Corpse and the children's game of Telephone, the PSST! films bring together diverse Artists, Directors, Designers and Animators to combine their work in an experimental format that encourages creativity and rewards the sharing and mixing of ideas. Buy tickets here! > Thursday, March 26th, 6:30pm, $15 / $20 Propel-her Dance Collective presents Step Right Up! A Benefit party for The Balancing Act Step Right Up and support emerging female dance artists at this circus-themed event. Enjoy tunes from DJs Oskar Mann and Winslow Porter, a live set from Brooklyn's own Pass Kontrol, live dance performances, and snacks from Hell's Kitchen. Hear from the innovators behind TrustArt.org and enter the raffle to win prizes from Lupa Osteria, Bike the Big Apple, and more. Cash bar, recession friendly ticket prices: $15 advance purchase @ www.propelherdance.com or $20 at the door. Join the pre-party/pre-show conversation on our blog www.propelherdance.wordpress.com The Balancing Act will premiere May 28 & 29 at 9pm and May 30 at 8pm at the Merce Cunningham Studio Theater. Contact propelherdance@gmail.com for tickets. > Friday, March 27th, 9pm, Free Floating Kabarette This week at the free springtime Floating Kabarette: Berlin / Moscow / Japan / USA / Sweden Presenting: . Berlin: the very handsome Jan Manke - trapeze and parallel ropes . Moscow: Alexi Merinov - Russian clown and physical comedian . USA: Kelli Rae Powell - American Ukulele Chanteuse extraordinaire! . USA: Slutty Puppets (galapagos resident artist) sends Freud and the little girl . USA: Z Briggs (we can't say what it is) . USA: BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND the star of last week's show: Aerialist Lisa Natoli (pictured) . Japan: free haircuts from DUMBO's best hairstylist Soonji > Saturday, March 28th, 9pm, $10 The Return of Rococo Party: A Baroque Bash The extravagance of 1770 rococo Paris, meets the eclecticism of 2009 underground NYC nightlife. Think Amadeus, Marie Antoinette, the Marquis de Sade, etc... but with a thoroughly modern twist. This 4th installment of the Party will feature burlesque, spectacles, aerialism, hula hoop acrobatics, magic, juggling, baroque “makeovers”, fortune telling, and live techno baroque and rococo rock music. Powdered wigs, powdered faces, candelabras, masques, and big hair will all abound in the most baroque ball since the guillotine came down! Performances by: Katy Antoinette - Juggling (www.myspace.com/katysandomenico) Kent Axell - Magic (www.kentaxellmagic.com) Lady Aye – Feats of Fortitude (www.myspace.com/lady_i) Sarah Friend - Tarot Reading Michael Karas - Grand Illusions of Manipulation (www.michaelkaras.net) Plum Manchego – Burlesque (www.myspace.com/plummanchego) Miss Em - Burlesque Miss Kissy Wishes – Burlesque (www.myspace.com/misskissywishes) Glam and Tech O’Saurus of the Gyronauts - Hula hoop and poi dancing with fiery flames and rave lights (www.myspace.com/thegyronauts) Victoria Privates - Burlesque (www.myspace.com/victoriaprivates) and more! Live Music by: SnazzMammoth - Electronic Baroque Cello Rock and Live Art (www.myspace.com/snazzmammoth) kmbs - Music and Live Art (www.myspace.com/katesmackles) Rebecca Agostine - An Aria or Two (www.myspace.com/lulubunnyheart) Sir DJ Rapscallion – Spins the Tracks http://www.returnofrococo.com/ Buy tickets here! > Sunday, March 29th, 7pm Private Reception, 8pm Performance Broadway Under the Bridge 7PM, Private Reception, $125 8PM, Performance, $75 A one night production to benefit The Brooklyn Young Mother's Collective. Performances by DUMBO's own Ana Gasteyer (SNL, Wicked); Jenn Colella (High Fidelity); Sarah Litzsinger (Beautfy and the Beast); Megan McGinnis (Little Women); Kate Reinder (Wicked); Cathy Trien (Gypsy); Christopher Sloan (Cabaret); Jessica-Snow Wilson (Spelling Bee) Buy tickets here!