Category: Events

Hi there. R. Crap Mariner, your Dance Correspondent.

I’ll be posting dance performance schedules, similar to Inara’s posts about Seanchai Library readings. We’ll start with the weekend events for now.

Let’s get started, here’s the events that I had on the calendar as of press time…

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(All times SLT, although Daylight Savings Time screws everything up!)

FRIDAY MARCH 16 2018

10:00AM – Misfits

– LIVE dancing on the big stage with full costumes, fun sets, and awesome music ~ Think BROADWAY in SL! Come join the fun!

We will be debuting 3 ” Brand New in 2018″ numbers this month – so much fun!

“BEEleevable!” ~ a special piece for a future special event =)

“So Spaced Out” ~ a visit to a galaxy far far away?

“Father Knows Best ” ~ here be dragons!

Contact JenzZa Misfit for more information

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Metanomics/53/173/3073

6:00PM – Elysium

Elysium Cabaret – Welcome to the Weekend!

If it’s Friday, it’s Elysium Cabaret! Fancy some imagination? In The Empire Room at Copperhead Road, every Friday at 6pm SLT the dynamic performers of Elysium Cabaret take the stage to bring you a solid hour of entertainment! Featuring elaborate sets and choreography sequenced to an eclectic genre of music, Elysium Cabaret offers something for everyone. Grab your friends and get their early because the sim fills. Come celebrate Friday! Welcome to the weekend!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Copperhead%20Road/74/64/2754

6:00PM – Spirit Light Dance Company

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference Performance Friday March 16th at 6:00 pm slt

Spirit Light Dance Company Presents Showcase 2018

Once a year we encourage members of the company to stretch their wings and present a piece of their own work. Each entrant must choose their music, create the set, get it in a rezzer and on the stage. They either make or source their costumes for their dance. They run the dance hud and often the mover as well, or if an operator is needed they must train the operator. In all cases they are encouraged and mentored by senior members of the company. This is not a competition but rather an opportunity to strive for personal excellence–to be the best that they can be.

We invite you to join this full cast presentation of 11 outstanding examples of choreographic skill and creative spirit.

We recommended that you arrive early to secure a seat and to cache the sets and the animations.

Please keep your scripts to 50 or below.

Come out to the show.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20I/120/82/3602

SATURDAY MARCH 17 2018

12:00PM – Oasis Dancers

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Puntarenas%205/82/111/22

1:00PM – Debauche

Debauche return once again to the beautiful theater at Rookswood. Such a great place to perform, a great place to come be.
Brand new routines to take your breath away alongside some classic favorites, so often requested.
Come along and join us on Sunday, 18th March at 1pm SLT
Debauche – a little risque, a little naughty, always nice and ALWAYS classy.
Don’t you want to be Debauched/ Of course you do!!!
See you on Sunday

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Neomah/50/19/4073

3:00PM – Centre Stage

From Broadway to Burlesque and everything in between, Centre Stage brings you a feast for the senses served by its all male cast of Choreographers, Dancers and Set Designers. A variety for your entertainment! We offer touring performances as well as having our home venue. Everyone welcome! No dress code.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nope/31/13/3006

6:00PM – Whymsee Noir

Join us on Saturday, 3/17/18, starting at 6 pm, for Let’s Dance at Whymsee Noir: Emergency Services. I’ve got 12 songs lined up for all kinds of emergencies, all choreographed and designed with YOU in mind!

For the Let’s Dance show, we trade in our sets for MORE dancing and LESS wait time between songs! There will be lots of wiggling, dancing, physics, and a little dazzle thrown in for good measure! Dance along with us or have a seat in our comfy chairs, we like it when you watch! No naked avatars, just dancing. Come to the show and see what all the fuss is about!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Whymsee/96/192/3286

7:00PM – Moulin Rouge

Join us for an evening of magical delights as we explore the fantastical of days gone by and of the present day. The Moulin Rouge revue dancers will delight your senses with epic heroes, exotic fairies, gods, goddesses and all kinds of delightful creatures in a kaleidescope of color, thrilling stories and music and sensory delights!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moulin%20Rouge/172/131/31

7:00PM – Desire Arts

Desire Arts Dancers do an “after hours” show. Starting at 7pm slt on March 17th & 24th… we bring you the performance quality at our Saturday shows, with more skin… little less costume. Some acts do contain adult content.

As an “Arts” theater (and gallery) Desire Arts will be a venue perfectly suited for SL Performers wishing to express themselves through live performances, through Dance, Art Exhibits, Performance Art as well as Dramatic Presentations.

Also, Presentations of a controversial nature (including those involving sex, politics and/or religion) will be presented separately from the Dance Program.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hell%20Lust/174/78/21

SUNDAY MARCH 18 2018

5:00PM – Winds of the Sahara

Each Sunday we have a shiny, new show at Winds of the Sahara Theater. Our dances range from burlesque to performance art and you are sure to be amazed at all of the wonder that sets, costumes and music can create. We’ll put sparkles in your eyes and leave sequins on your shirt collars.

Please try to leave as many scripts at home as you can to help with lag!!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aladona/124/193/2001

6:00PM – Kiki’s Burlesque

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LORII%20CAPRONI%20ISLAND/106/174/24

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I assume there will be a few more shows this week… usually you’ll find a Debauche and Club Image and other performances. Folks are just taking their time getting the notices in, finishing up their routines… that sort of thing.

Check with the Dance Queens event calendar for updates and additions to the weekend’s schedule, as well as the many events that happen during the week.

So, folks, is this useful? Let me know. Drop me an IM when you get to a show and that you enjoyed it.

Hi there. R. Crap Mariner, your Dance Correspondent.

I’ll be posting dance performance schedules, similar to Inara’s posts about Seanchai Library readings. We’ll start with the weekend events for now.

Let’s get started, here’s the events that I had on the calendar as of press time…

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(All times SLT)

Friday March 9

6:00PM – Elysium Cabaret

If it’s Friday, it’s Elysium Cabaret! Fancy some imagination? In The Empire Room at Copperhead Road, every Friday at 6pm SLT the dynamic performers of Elysium Cabaret take the stage to bring you a solid hour of entertainment! Featuring elaborate sets and choreography sequenced to an eclectic genre of music, Elysium Cabaret offers something for everyone. Grab your friends and get their early because the sim fills. Come celebrate Friday! Welcome to the weekend!

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Copperhead%20Road/74/64/2754

10:00PM – Guerilla Burlesque

☆☆☆GUERILLA BURLESQUE ☆☆☆

Friday March 9th at 10 pm,, Guerilla Burlesque presents its Pit Revue show!

We sparkle we shine with all the glitz and glamour of extraordinary concepts! Hot music and gorgeous dancers all packed into one exciting hour! It’s a good night to come see the show; we’ll entertain you with amazing stage acts!

Audiences love Guerilla Burlesque and their special “Pit” shows in the round, under the direction of Chrissy Rhiano and is fast becoming a fan favourite event to attend! We are delighted to bring you more of these exquisite performances this week!

Doors open at 9 pm for the 10 pm show! Arrive early and invite your friends!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Idle%20Rogue/96/195/33

Saturday March 10

12:00PM – Fantasy Dream

So, I saw this one from their notices:

Group Notice From: **Fantasy dreams** Dance show group, donotgivemyself

♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫♥♫
АНОНС!!! – КЛУБ ” ZODIAC ” –
10 марта – в 23,00 мск – “Fantasy Dreams” – Dance show group – “Волшебные Духи”
Ждем всех и будем рады видеть вас на наших представлениях.

Let’s see… Announcement, Club Zodiac. March 10 at 23:00 Moscow Time (let’s see Plus 9 from Houston, which is Plus 2 from SLT, so 12 Noon SLT, right?) Fantasy Dreams Dance Show Group’s Magic Spirits. We are waiting for everyone, and we will be glad to see you at our show.

They do some cool routines with wild bright colourful sets and costumes and particles. Well worth checking out.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Oceanica/171/197/2800

1:00PM – Breezes

Breezes Dancers show We Can Dance at WetDreams Paradise, Saturday 10 March 2018 at 1pm SLT.

This is a show of 6 Acts and lasts about 50 minutes.  There will be a party after the show for everyone to enjoy some dancing fun.

DressCode: Casual

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Caribbean/161/200/2602

6:00PM – Whymsee Noir

Join us on Saturday, March 10, 2018, starting at 6 pm, for Whymsee Noir: Your Cabaret Through the Years. This is a bigger Whymsee show, with three sets, one each for the 1930s, 1960s, and 2000s, costume changes, great music from each of the three eras, and gifts for you, as well! Dress for your favourite decade, or come ready for a party, ’cause we have the sets, we have the music, we have the gifts, all we’re missing is YOU!

For the Let’s Dance show, we trade in our sets for MORE dancing and LESS wait time between songs! There will be lots of wiggling, dancing, physics, and a little dazzle thrown in for good measure! Dance along with us or have a seat in our comfy chairs, we like it when you watch! No naked avatars, just dancing. Come to the show and see what all the fuss is about!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Whymsee/96/192/3286

7:00PM – Moulin Rouge

LIVE – Disney Favourites

DATE: March 10, 2018 7pm SLT

Step with us into the Magical World of Disney, where the unimaginable comes to life. The Moulin Rouge Dancers spin tales of your favourite Disney characters, from the animated to Disney Classics this evening and will bring to life yours (and their) favourites in a series of group, duet and solo numbers sure to win your heart.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moulin%20Rouge/172/131/31

7:00PM – Paramount

Paramount Grand Theatre

March 3rd & 10th at 7pm SLT.

Spring Into March! Paramount Grand Theatre’s brand new show for March. Come join us for an evening of classy but sassy entertainment as we the Paramount Players dance for you, March 3rd & 10th at 7pm SLT.

The Players are bringing the Irish, the Scottish, the Leprechauns and the Celts to Paramount. Maybe even some American marching may make an appearance!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hell%20Lust/77/83/22

Sunday March 11

6:00AM – Club Image

IMAGE open this Sunday March 11th, OPEN 5:30 AM SLT, START 6:00 AM SLT.

…… ♥ * Line up for this Sunday*♥…….

1. Yougao Destiny “Creep”.
2. Misse Tigerpaw “Where is my love”.
3. Setsuna Hirano “A girl from Orleans “.
4. Diawa Bellic “Pretty wicked things”.
5. Team Dance – Misse Tigerpaw “Bus stop”.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Laem%20Singh/191/30/2021

1:00PM – Debauche

Sunday the 11th March Debauche once again dance in simply what can be only described as a stunning and most beautiful theatre at Trysts.

Always a pleasure for Debauche to dance here. The show itself promises to be spectacular at the very least. New routines and stunning favourites. Please dress semi formal or at least smart with scripts low as possible. 1pm SLT Sunday 11th March at Trysts.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Forbidden%20Fruit/20/76/3032

5:00PM – Winds of the Sahara

Each Sunday we have a shiny, new show at Winds of the Sahara Theatre. Our dances range from burlesque to performance art and you are sure to be amazed at all of the wonder that sets, costumes and music can create. We’ll put sparkles in your eyes and leave sequins on your shirt collars.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aladona/124/193/2001

5:30PM – Kiki’s Burlesque

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LORII%20CAPRONI%20ISLAND/106/174/24

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Check with the Dance Queens event calendar for updates and additions to the weekend’s schedule, as well as the many events that happen during the week.

So, folks, is this useful? Let me know. Drop me an IM when you get to a show and that you enjoyed it.

Hi there!

It’s your Dance Correspondent, R. Crap Mariner.

Paramount Grand Theatre and Desire Art Theatre perform on the Hell Lust region on Saturdays at 7:00PM SLT, with two Paramount shows a month and the racier Desire performing twice.

Here’s one of their show announcements:

Paramount Grand Theatre

March 3rd & 10th at 7pm SLT.

Spring Into March! Paramount Grand Theatre’s brand new show for March. Come join us for an evening of classy but sassy entertainment as we the Paramount Players dance for you, March 3rd & 10th at 7pm SLT.

The Players are bringing the Irish, the Scottish, the Leprechauns and the Celts to Paramount. Maybe even some American marching may make an appearance!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hell%20Lust/77/83/22

That’s the TL;DR, but I want to know more. Who is Paramount Grand Theatre and why do they create in Second Life? What does sassy but classy mean? What sets them apart from other venues and performance groups? I know I want to know. So, let’s go exploring, shall we?

Ascent into Hell Lust

I arrived at the Hell Lust region in the park that separates the Paramount Grand Theatre and the Desire Art Theatre. Both theatres contain art galleries that show highlights of past productions, with a few erotic statues on the grass. (This inspired me to buy one of the Zensual statues, tint it gold, and put it in my own photographic gallery.)

Pathmaker Campbell and Lotta Difference manage this region and these theatres, and Pathmaker met me at a bench by the park to begin the discussion.

The Path of Pathmaker

Where did Pathmaker’s and Lotta’s paths begin? “Lotta and I both have Fine Arts Degrees,” said Path. “ I achieved my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the 1980’s from the University of Oklahoma and did much work toward an MFA. After using up my GI Bill for Education, the pay for GA’s at OU was just too pitiful, and I went back to work full-time – as a civilian in order to make a living.”

A career pays the bills, but does it nourish the soul? We all have a need for something, and his was the stage. “I was a ‘born performer’ – when I was a child I was somewhat shy – until I got on a stage or other opportunity to perform at which time I would lose all shyness and . . . just ‘perform’.  Singing, acting in plays, making presentations to senior navy staff, giving speeches representing the Navy at various events including Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day, etc.”

And from a born performer, to the day that they rez into one.

The Journey to the Stage

Now that we know where the urge to perform came from, how did that shape his Second Life? “When I came to SL I had intentions of role-playing as a Barbarian Character – based upon “Conan the Barbarian”  That never came to fruition.  I did RP for a while as a Gangster in a 1920’s Chicago Gangster Sim – That Sim has a theatre called the “Empire Burlesque” and that was where I first began dancing on stage as an entertainer in SL.”

Barbarity’s loss is Burlesque’s gain, I say.

As Path said, that sim has a theatre called the “Empire Burlesque” and that was where he first began dancing on stage as an entertainer in SL.

“We started out doing things the way I learned at Chicago Empire – drag the animations across the top of the screen, do timing by the amount of time chat emotes were displayed on the bottom of the screen. 20 seconds, all movement was done with the keyboard, so things were – well more like live theatre.”

If you want to see something similar to this traditional style, Ballet Pixelle and a few other groups rely on the hand-triggered animation style instead of the scripted mover tools many other groups use, and Paramount and Desire use as well.

“The choreography tools are wonderful,” said Path.”They allow us to do so much more. And like what Lotta said about being a Learning Theatre, I learned how to use Spot On and I taught Lotta.”

Video by Tristan Lyonesse

The Path to a New Stage

Sometimes, our dreams outgrow our minds, and our plans outgrow our current locations, and it’s time to strike out on our own.

“The Chicago Empire was a great and wonderful training ground and I am eternally grateful to the sim owners for bringing me in to their troupe for the better part of a year.  I was, however, champing at the bit to not just perform in others creations, but to create my own productions, I decided to break loose and start a theatre of my own.  Our own it turned out because Lotta and LeAnn threw themselves into the project full force and thus, in November 2012 The Paramount opened.  Rather shakily – but open.”

Sure, you can build a place, but it takes a little bit more, as Path found out.

“At that time we were totally ignorant of the SL Dance community – we did things as we had been taught ‘in Chicago’ -.  By the winter of 2013 we performed our version of the Rocky Horror Show (not the “Picture Show”, the Play) and by word of mouth we were joined in the production by BabyPea and Gunner VonPhoenix and some others affiliated with Guerilla Burlesque.  That December The Paramount made enough money to pay the rent – first and only time that has ever happened.  (Good thing I don’t measure success in this endeavour by Profit Margin!)”

(I think you need to sell mesh feet and bodies and shoes to do that, right? Oh, sorry, let’s continue…)

“As Paramount began to succeed as in attracting fairly large and consistent audiences, we also became somewhat more “mainstream” and with that, less and less focus on rebellion – pushing the envelope; an attitude of – ‘hey if you don’t want to see what we show then please change the channel’.”

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