Sneak Peek at our featured performer: PANDORA!

This upcoming Shaken and Stirred is sure to set your heart aflutter. Not only do have the elegant and beautiful PANDORA as our featured performer, but we are also excited to announce a special pop up fashion show for MADDOG SWING DESIGNS! Each week at the Delancey we bring you a true danceparty with music provided by DJ JESS and hosted by RUNAROUND SUE and SCOOTER PIE! This week our decadent special guests include DR.PEACHES WELLINGTON and LADY SCOUTINGTON as well as the smoking hot gogo stylings of the girls with the DD brain, NASTY CANASTA. Modeling the gorgeous creations of MadDog Swing with be ten of your favorite NYC burlesque superstars. Included in all this are our signature free shots and of course the pre-show rooftop cookout! Never a cover, always a good time.

To find out more about the Costume, Couture, and Corsetry made in the House of Maddog Swing, check out their facebook page: www.facebook.com/MaddogSwingCo​uture
and come to the show for what will be a most lavish tactile experience!

What did you miss last week? Here is your weekly recap provided by Miss Scooter Pie:

This week's show was super-special for MANY reasons; one of which being the premiere of our brand-new, mega-exciting shiny GAME DICE!! Come see what it is if you are not in the know. Experience it for yourself. Other obvious reasons absolutely included wild n' crazy featured performer Fem Appeal, wild n' crazy guest Albert Cadabra, late-night caboose Gemini Rising, the S&S debut of Coco Masala, and- dayumm!- the all-night, all-out gogo skills of Tiny D. Jokes were told by RunAround Sue (she's VERY funny, you know). Delicious food from the preshow rooftop cookout was consumed. Yummy drinks were prepared by our gorgeous bartender Nora. Scooter Pie had an uncharacteristically foul mouth. And we all learned something new about DJ Jess..
Come see what all of this madness is about next week! XO


And now, on to the peeking!!

PANDORA

Pandora, the Greek Goddess of Burlesque, the scintillator of the tittilation from peel to reveal, she has performed her fine feathered fan dance in NYC, LA and across the pond in London and Paris.

1. What does Burlesque mean to you?

Burlesque to me is the scintillation of the tittilation from peel to reveal, now try saying that fast over and over again.


2. How did you choose your name?

I've always loved the name Pandora and I'm Greek so I thought it would be fitting.



3. Who was your first celebrity crush?

I would have to say Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing



4. What are you reading these days and why?

I am reading Venus in Furs I also do a tribute act that includes Furs and Leather two of my favorite things.



5. What is your favorite performance antedote?

I was performing at Duane Park a burlesque dinner cabaret, I had a small whip tucked into my corset during my act I pulled it out and spun it around my finger and it flew off and landed in someone's dinner plate to which I responded with "It's what's for dinner"



6. Please distill your life philosophy into either a couplet or haiku:


7. How can the people find out more about you?
They can check me out on www.facebook.com/pandorascintillator.

Shaken and Stirred! Last weeks recap and a sneak peak at this week's featured dancer: THE MAINE ATTRACTION

SHAKEN AND STIRRED!

Join in on the debauchery this week when we present: Shaken and Stirred featuring THE MAINE ATTRACTION with special guest performer GOGO HARDER, the debut of DIVINA DUVUAL and the gogo stylings of IRIS EXPLOSION. Every wednesday at The Delaney (168 Delancey St between Clinton and Attorny) with DJ JESS, RUNAROUND SUE and SCOOTER PIE! 930. No cover! Free shots provided after each burlesque set by 44 Degrees North Vodka. Your mamma never told you life could be this good.

Recap: 2/2 Shaken and Stirred featuring HARVEST MOON:

True to our name, the show last night (2/2) really shook and stirred up one hell of a good time last night. Despite the wet yuck outside, we had a lovely & lively crowd that was wowed (that rhymed!) by the dancing ability of our special guest (all the way from Portland, OR) Angelique DeVil, the sexy grace & hula-hoop antics of our featured performer Harvest Moon, and were warmed up and kept REAL hot by the go-go goodness of Nasty Canasta. RunAround Sue delighted us all with her signature fan dance to "I Just Wanna Make Love to You", and I (Scooter Pie) had a blast singing for everyone. It was a night of variety, y'all! We also gave a big warm welcome-back to DJ Jess, just back from a jaunt to Berlin, and he sure had some amazing tunes spinning all night long. Upon realizing the winner of our weekly beer-drinking contest had picked up his second (or third?) victory with S&S, he was awarded with a new nickname: "The Champion" (become a show regular, and YOU, too, could get yourself nicknamed!). Fellow local performers Hard Corey, Narcisisster, DeeDee Luxe, Nicki Miller & Airin Syren of the Skies were in attendance and helped us keep dancing til 1, when we busted out the Shaken and Stirred Secret Track!

And now for a sneak peak at this weeks featured performer: THE MAINE ATTRACTION

1. What does Burlesque mean to you

Burlesque means the WORLD to me!

2. How did you choose your name?

My name is Maine so I decided to play on that. An event is something you go to or attend. An attraction is something you're drawn to...I am The MAINE Attraction...

3. Who was your first celebrity crush?

Prince, DUH!

4. What are you reading these days and why?

Woodpecker In Still Life by Tom Robbins. I read Jitterbug Perfume and fell in love with his stories. And Celestine Prophecy because it was a gift from my sister.

5. What is your favorite performance anecdote?

Audience participation within my acts:)

6. Please distill your life philosophy into either a couplet or haiku:

Impossible, I'm a Southern and long winded, lol

7. How can the people find out more about you?

www.themaineattraction.com and on Facebook: Maine Anders

Bio:

International entertainer "The Maine Attraction" grew up in a small town in Georgia and moved to New York City after she discovered performing was all she wanted to do. She landed her first professional dance job when she auditioned for MTV's Fight For Your Rights Campaign. From then on she started working the dance circuit performing in private supper clubs and popular NYC underground clubs. Her tenacious spirit helped her to persevere and become one of New York's most celebrated Burlesque Performers. Given the opportunity to express her creativity as a dancer, actress and singer, she has performed in MGM Grand's "Studio 54", Buddha Bar in Beirut, Lebanon and The Latin Grammys. Her ability to transform herself into a myriad of characters gives her the opportunity to play roles that are off the beaten path. She has starred in Miente, My Normal, I Was A Tranny Werewolf and Pariah. Her role in Million In The Mirror, a PSA for breast cancer research, recently won the viewers choice award on the Lifetime channel. Captivating audiences every time she hits the stage through her spectacular performances has become her reputation. From her humble beginnings of working the dance circuit, she attracted the attention of talent agents who soon had her performing alongside an entourage of greats including: legends James Brown and Lionel Richie, pop sensations Jessica Simpson and Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes, and burlesque divas like Dita Von Tease and Gentry de Paris. A muse for numerous visual artists, she has collaborated with conceptual photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier and multimedia extraordinaire, Matthew Barney. She has been requested for exclusive fashion events hosted by fashion icons like Patricia Field and Marc Jacobs and has toured with Grammy nominee DJ Tiesto. Go Magazine honored Maine as one of the women in their annual issue "100 Women Women We Love." She was chosen to be one of the creme de la creme, in OUT Magazine's spread on New York City Nightlife Performers. Her uninhibited rhythmic style and sense of humor blend an ensemble of samba, belly dance, African, improvisation and contortion, into a movement she has coined, "Burlesque Fusion". Maine is energetic, sensual, and wildly charismatic. She evokes an old kind of glamour that is naughty but cheeky in her burlesque performances many times being compared to the extraordinary Josephine Baker and Lucille Ball. Her tour with Murray Hill and Hendricks Gin garnered the attention of Parisian talent agent who booked her for 9 appearances in Paris. She travels extensively nationally and internationally performing, acting and has begun a recording project that is sure to enhance her stage shows. The Maine Attraction will continue to grace any stage where she can let her creativity ride.

Shaken and Stirred, This week and Last Week

Join us every Wednesday night at The Delancey (168 Delancey St. between Clinton and Attorney) when we bring you Ny's best kept secret: Shaken and Stirred. Each week we'll be posting info about our featured dancer for the next show and provided a cheeky recap of what happened last week.

On Feb. 2nd we will be featuring HARVEST MOON! with special guest from the West Coast, ANGELIQUE DE VIL, NASTY CANASTA will be our gorgeous gogo dancer and GINGER TWIST will be debuting in the Sugar Shack! DJ JESS is back from Berlin!

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=137127956349266

Find out a little more about our featured dancer, HARVEST MOON (www.missharvestmoon.com) :

Harvest Moon, also known as "The Sultry Siren of Burlesque", began her career by founding the legendary dance troupe The Cantankerous Lollies in 1995. Miss Moon's troupe quickly became San Francisco's premiere showgirl act, known for their Montmartre-style cabarets, including rousing Can-Cans which would've made Toulouse Lautrec proud.

And if you missed last week, check out what Scooter Pie has to say about it:

Think of Shaken & Stirred like the US Postal Service- not rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night (nor all three combined!) will keep us from our appointed duties of keeping NYC (and the rest of the world, thanks to our live webcast on nycliverock.com) dancing, hollerin', and all-around thoroughly entertained. Case in point: this week's show, on January 26th- despite a(nother) big ol' blizzard brewing outside, our featured guest Tansy and go-go/kitten of the week Rosabelle Selavy sure helped us keep things toasty, and all the folks at the Delancey on their feet. Rosabelle wowed us with her yoga-riffic moves, and, thanks to Tansy, none of us will look at Snow White quite the same way again. Additionally, Scooter awarded someone in the crowd a free drink for "enthusiastically yelling the word 'pee'", and Sue was defeated during her chess act by a wily audience member (hi Frances!).
Whatever the weather next week, there are sure to be plenty of antics in store to shake and stir you up very, very well.
XOXO
Scooter Pie


See you on Wednesday!
SSB