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Get Your Jazz On

by dklein on June 9th, 2008

Photo Permission: Larisa Fuchs, Gemini & Scorpio

On June 21 Galapagos in Williamsburg will turn into a burlesque-esque house with “Swing House”. Here’s the deal:

“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. Plus: projections, stilt walkers, fire performers, oh my. The Jazz Age never ended, it just got funky. Dress accordingly!

This month’s music theme: brassy New Orleans hot jazz

With:
- Live authentic New Orleans hot jazz all night: dixieland wonderboys Red Hook Ramblers, rumbling-raunch-jazz stealth masters Stumblebum Brass Band, and special guest directly from New Orleans, torch singer Linnzi Zaorski
- Blazing 1920s burlesque by The Peach Tartes
- Awesome aerial performance by some of our favorite artists
- Re-bopin’ jazz swingin’ beats by resident DJ Dhundee and special guests from London The Broken Hearts
- Immersive vintage dance + live feed projections by Glass Bead Collective
- Hot live grooves by guest musicians on horns & drums
- Plus fire spinners, stilters, magic and other unpredictable surprises”

For details and to RSVP, check out Gemini & Scorpio.

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