EVENT: Dances of Vice "Le Sacre du Printemps" Spring Ball
TIME & DATE: March 21, 2009 - 7PM to 12AM
LOCATION: The Montauk Club - 25 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn
ADMIT: $28 in advance (ONLY 200 TIX) - $30 doors - All Ages

Dances of Vice celebrates the arrival of spring in a festive ball on the day of the Vernal Equinox, featuring the music flourishes of FERN KNIGHT (w/ guest drummer BRIAN VIGLIONE), MELORA CREAGER of Rasputina, and LUCAS LANTHIER of The Deadfly Ensemble, Nijinsky-inspired theatrical dance art by neo-baroque group COMPANY XIV, and special guest puppeteers The ROYAL BARITARIAN PLAYERS.

The ball will also feature fairy-tale fashion displays by the Libertine Asylum Collective (BLASPHEMINA'S CLOSET - APATICO - SCOUNDRELLE'S KEEP - MEGAN MAUDE), and artist/designer KRISTIN COSTA. Beginner's waltz ballroom dance lesson by Jeremiah Pearse & Lily Wen at 7:30 sharp!

TICKET PRESALE HAS ENDED. Please bring Google receipt to event or photo ID for admission. Limited admission available at doors.

AFTERNOON OF A FAUN: The lethargy of winter dissipates at the promise of spring, a time of rebirth, renewal, celebration, and maiden abductions

 

 

 

 

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Flyer Photo by VIONA-ART

* For the Program Schedule and detailed artist info, download the PRESS KIT here (PDF; 977KB).

DRESS CODE: Victorian, Renaissance, Baroque, Paganistic, Carnevale - or formal evening attire.

Adorn your hair with budding twigs, flowers, willow catkins, sprouting bulbs, horns and antlers. Honor various spring deities with their blossoms: Narcisus and Hyacinth, the red anemone for Adonis, violets for Attis, roses and lillies.

VENDORS: PUREVILE - Morrigan - Crimson Elite Productions - Glampire Design

ADOLFAUX DESIGN will be hosting a makeshift hair and makeup parlour (featuring airbrush, extensions, special fx, &c) at the ball for event guests.  Mister Burton's much anticipated "Madame Theodora" will now debut in May/June 2009.

NOTE: The Montauk Club does not play a role in the planning or ticketing of this event. DO NOT contact them with your event inquiry. This event is expected to sell out quickly.

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