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Wild is the Wind

We're told that Nikki le Villain's original plan was to dance a snake charming number, but the serpents were held up somewhere along the way. No matter. In place of the snakes we are treated to a flashy and glittering piece created from exotic costumes in an Egyptian motif, with long washes of fabric trailing through the air and crisp belly dancing moves.

Truth be told, I don't miss the snakes. Though I'm sure they're wonderful in their own right.

I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever seen Nikki perform; several of the dancers tonight at the Wasabassco Burlesque fifth anniversary show are new to me, which makes it all the more fun.

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Uploaded on Nov 14, 2009

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Run for Your Lives!

Lorie and Pete come to Dave and Melody's Halloween Party as The Morning People. In its own way, this is as scary as Halloween costumes get - like a dash of David Lynch in an ordinary day.

If you're a regular NPR listener, you may remember a piece Sarah Vowell did for This American Life in which she goes out for a Goth makeover. When her Goth coaches tell her it's time to pick her Goth name, which should be full of menace and despair, she chooses "Becky." She has, the coaches tell her, grasped the Pink of Goth.

Lorie and Pete do pretty much the same turnabout trick here. "Good morning!" they chirp, waving their coffee cups around with happy smiles. omigod, we think, flinching away.

Uploaded on Nov 13, 2009

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Melissa and Julia (Le Cordon Bleu)

Melissa has been busy with political parody and performance with the New York chapter of the Billionaires for Wealthcare, a cheeky group supporting health care reform by pretending to be against it.

For Melody and Dave's Halloween party, she takes a break from the billionaire outfits and comes as Julia Child. If you look really closely, that's her whisk there, tucked behind her back.

Uploaded on Nov 13, 2009

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Cookie in Shadow

The last of the three acts at the Wasabassco Burlesque fifth anniversary show at the Bell House is for performances by the Wassabasco family - the ones who started this company five years ago, and the brash handful who have moved into the inner circle along the way.

Wouldn't that be a good name for a band? The Brash Handful. Like the descendants of the Lovin' Spoonful. Anyway.

Anita Cookie is one of the hearts of the company, and she comes out dressed in a home-made cardboard pepper costume (Wasabassco is not only a burlesque company, it's also a hot sauce. And you think I'm kidding! Go to the web site and see). It's late in a long show, and she is enfolded in nighttime shadows.

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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2009

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Heart/Sleeve

The Wasabassco Burlesque Fifth Anniversary show runs in three acts until past 1:30 a.m., which means the go-go dancers get a long night's workout before an appreciative crowd.

Jen Lee and her opposite number, Sweet Lorraine, switch sides back and forth on the large stage, and ease through tease and primp and vamp and sway.

Uploaded on Nov 10, 2009

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