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"Swing House" - Monthly vintage dance party
posted by: Gemini n Scorpio
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"Swing House" - Monthly vintage dance party (Event Over)

Sat 7/26 (8:30PM) @ Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th Street Williamsburg, Br, NY   Map
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Make like it's Prohibition at this swingin' party, ripe with hot jazz and ragtime. Don't forget to dress the part and unleash your inner flapper or gangster!


A dazzling vintage dance monthly: 

"Gatsby-era fun with a twist of new-school vibe" (Village Voice)

Bootleggers and speakeasies...wild dancers and smart mouths...art that sizzles and music that roars... With live swingin' dance sounds of the early 20th century, re-bopin' DJs remixing and reinventing vintage grooves, awesome aerial artistry, dazzling dance numbers, blazing burlesque and performance art to make you swoon. The Jazz Age never ended, it just got funky. Dress accordingly!

This month's music theme: big band swing. Don't miss this last Swing House of the season, as we'll be taking a break until fall.

With:
- Live big band swing all night, featuring: Western Philadelphia's finest swing band, The Neon Swing X-Perience, here for one weekend only; and New York's party swing masters, Big Bang Big Band, in their full 10-piece glory
- Blazing burlesque by Jo Boobs, the inimitable mistress of NYC School of Burlesque, and The Maine Attraction, scorching hot Josephine-Baker-reincarnated-as-club-dancer
- Awesome aerial stunts by some of our favorite artists
- Live swing remix performance by Freebass*BK, featuring DJ Shakey
- Re-bopin' jazz swingin' beats by resident mix master DJ Dhundee
- FREE swing dance class before the event
- FREE premium chocolate treats by sweetriot
- Plus fire performers, stilt walkers, cigarette girls and other unpredictable surprises


PLUS: Ride a one-of-a-kind winged Art Deco Roman chariot pedicab! Details on our site.

 

[Former] Galapagos Art Space, 70 N 6th St, Williamsburg, BK
8:30pm dance class, 9pm-4am party; $10 with RSVP + themed dress, $15 door; 21+
Details & RSVP:  http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.ht...

Dress: classy, tailored, glamorous, vintage, evening, hats, feathers, sequins, beads
Past Swing House details & photos:  http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/e08-03-22...

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  1. What will be the best thing about this event?

    Sasha Jul 26 at 2008, 12:30 PM
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    Luyba Jul 8 at 2008, 8:33 PM
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    I would love to go but it seems as if the party is 21+ only =/

  3. Jo Anna Jun 21 at 2008, 10:25 PM
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    This event caught my eye right away, I wish I didn't just* hear about it, seems like my kinda party. How was it, all of you that went?
  4. samtsungco... Jun 20 at 2008, 7:32 PM
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    does anyone know if this is all ages or 21+?
  5. Robin Jun 19 at 2008, 4:20 PM
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    There's a similar event called Dances of Vice. It's also monthly. You can google it, they have a MySpace page and possibly a web page.

    I'll be at this party in a flapper-inspired outfit with 2 friends.
  6. Gemini n Scorpio Jun 6 at 2008, 3:22 PM
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    This is a monthly, so if you missed it last month, you can catch it next time. To be sure to get the invite directly, get on the mailing list: members-subscribe@geminiandscorpio.com
  7. carmen May 24 at 2008, 11:49 PM
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    i'm sad i missed this event. i just moved here. are there any other events like this here in nyc?
  8. What will be the best thing about this event?

    Gemini n Scorpio May 23 at 2008, 3:44 PM
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    Vintage dress-up getdown w/hot jazz + swing, funky beats, surreal entertainment

  9. Gemini n Scorpio Mar 7 at 2008, 10:16 AM
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    For every party, we'll shift the music style slightly: ragtime, hot
    jazz/early swing, yiddish swing, rockabilly, New Oleans jazz, etc.
    We'll definitely aim for an exclusively brassy big band swing night
    for one of them! That's not to say our DJ's won't mix in the big
    band stuff, but we're mainly talking about the live music element.
  10. z Mar 6 at 2008, 12:17 PM
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    how much "big band" 40's era swing music will be played?

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