ruby fuerza: me first and the shimmy shimmies: Premiere of Barbary Coast Burlesque!

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Premiere of Barbary Coast Burlesque!

I'm leaving for a work trip to New Mexico in a few hours but I wanted to put forth a little plug for my friend and fellow dancer Rosa AKA Bunny Pistol. Bunny is producing a new monthly burlesque show "Barbary Coast Burlesque" (a reference to the Gold Rush days of SF) at Annie's Social Club on Folsom. Below is the blurb:

"Where bleary-eyed men and faded women drink vile liquor, smoke offensive tobacco, engage in vulgar conduct, sing obscene songs and say and do everything to heap upon themselves more degradation, are numerous."

The debaucherous debut of this new monthly show will feature an all-star cast of burlesque beauties who will dazzle and amaze and leave you yearning for more...

Not for the faint of heart, the fearless will arrive on-

WEDNESDAY, June 18th!!!
For our debut at: ANNIE'S SOCIAL CLUB
Located at 917 FOLSOM ST., San Francisco.

Doors open at 8PM, show starts at 9PM
ALL for just 8 clams!!! - hahaa....clams...

Don't miss this all star line-up!

Our Lovely and talented Mistress of Ceremonies, Katya Ludmilla Smirnoff-Skyy

Our Burlesque Beauties:

Honey Lawless
Trixie Treat Josie Starre
Miss Bella Trixx
Citty Rich
Sassy Hot Buns
Lady Satan
Bunny Pistol
Ophelia Coeur De Noir
Peaches n' Cream

Doors: 8pm
Show: 9pm
Price: $8, 21+ w/ID

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PERFORMER BIO

The combustible Ruby Fuerza exploded out of the Bay Area burlesque scene in January of 2008 and has been regaling a diverse audience of punks, prisoners, and perverts with her sizzling – and silly - performances. Part Gilda Radner, part Emma Goldman, this brunette bombshell thrives on sexy satire and lustful hilarity with a politically conscious twist. As a dancer and choreographer, Miss Fuerza stokes her creative fires with fabulously original numbers that include colorful costumes, bizarre props, and irreverent comedy.

Miss Fuerza, AKA Lucille Brawl, was bred and raised in Morningside Heights in the heart of the exotic Isle of Manhattan. Born into the New York City mayhem of 1984, Ruby already had a flair for rebellion and glitter. She skipped school, shoplifted sunglasses and silk kimonos, read Das Kapital, and danced Violeta Parra protest songs in Spanish Harlem. She once got arrested for sneaking into a Lou Reed concert as an old man in a wheelchair. Throughout high school, she was a true fire-starter, protesting wars, sweatshops, and corporate greed. She organized youth brigades for anti-globalization demonstrations, coining guerilla chic in dark glasses and a face bandana.

At 18, she left the Big Apple to lead a dull, unsatisfying life at an Ivy League university she doesn’t like to talk about. She finished her degree in three years, and got the hell out of academia forever by 2006. She packed up her vintage sundresses, curling irons, and work boots, and headed south. With style and grace she worked alongside cafeteleros in Zapatistaland, Mexico. She marched with picketing telephone workers in Buenos Aires. She harvested yucca in solidarity with Cubanos in Havana. She waited around at a lot of airports (but never without lipstick).

After these travels, she landed a job as a union organizer in San Francisco and finally took her passion for theatrics and stage make-up to the big Bay stages, enrolling in Bombshell Betty’s School of Burlesque the day after she moved to San Francisco. In 2008, she began performing with the Burlesqueteer Troup and has been moving crowds to ribald ecstasy ever since. She has performed at Stage Werx Theater, Benders, Annie’s Social Club, and the Uptown Club in Oakland. She is world-renowned for her parodies of Carmen Miranda. Her Frida Kahlo act subtly engages in the politics of immigration. Her Bearded Lady act asks the audience to question its notion of gender. In her most recent performance, “Caketease,” she devised a homemade 4-foot cake for a steamy homage to cake strippers, diabetics, and anyone with a sweet tooth for Jerry Lee Lewis.

ruby fuerza: me first and the shimmy shimmies

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Premiere of Barbary Coast Burlesque!

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INTRODUCTION

LOVE LETTERS//HATE MAIL

DON'T DREAM IT//BE IT

LOS ARCHIVOS

LOVERS

STRANGERS

PERFORMER BIO

WORLD'S SMALLEST BURLESQUE CALENDAR