WELCOME TO RAVEN’S NIGHT THREE EVENTS IN ONE NIGHT 5:30pm - ALL HALLOWS EVE EXPOSITION PerformANCES BY: Tyler Fyer with: Madame Roxie, Phoenix & Inaya Renarde 6:30pm - Salon lunaire concert Live music by: MAHARAL with: Brett Zwerdling & Arroh Sit back, get your drinks and food orders in, and enjoy listening to these fine musicians play while you get settled in for the show. 7:30pm - CabAret Melancholia An Esoteric Tribal Fusion Belly Dance show Ghosts of La Belle Epoque HOSTED BY: BELLADONNA Performances BY: ANANDA Brenna Crowley Dalgali Irina Akulenko Jenna Shear The LunaChix Maia Alexandra Maria & Christine Hamer Rosa Noreen SuperKate & Teresa Tomb ACT ONE ACT TWO L’amour Belladonna Below the Surface - Irena Akulenko Dès qu’on l’a vu, son absence est affreuse ; In a world that can suffocate with endless rules, rituals and expectations, Dès qu’il revient, on tremble nuit et jour ; Souvent enfin la mort est dans l’amour ; one can be free only in thought. Et cependant... oui, l’amour rend heureuse ! DANCERS - Irina Akulenko, Han Chen, Kittarina, & Juniper - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859) TRANSLATION: Danse Macabre - Rosa Noreen As soon as he is seen, his absence is frightful; Death calls a departed soul back to life to dance through the night, regaining movement As soon as he returns, he trembles night and day; and control of still-intact limbs to move with abandon--until Dawn arrives and the sun’s Often death is in love; rays remind her of her true state of being. And yet ... yes, love makes you happy! Featuring: Belladonna Mata Hari in Purgatory - Dalgali with Special Guests: Jesse McGhee, Kimala Nar and Ken Vegas The woman who was executed that day in 1917 was better known as Mata Hari, the name Zelle had chosen for herself when she became Europe’s queen of unbridled eroticism, The Muses of Mucha - Ananda an exotic dancer, courtesan, great lover, liar, deceiver and thief. Convicted of being a spy Mucha sits quietly watching as Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis dance their ecstatic during WWI, she was shot to death by firing squad. dance in the moonlight. The dancers had no idea they had an admirer in the shadows. Mucha, quietly scratches on his drawing pad, the shapes and colors of the birth of Mata Hari awakens in the afterlife, in a strange dark place that seems inviting at first. Contemporary Dance. Little did any of them know the impression their art would have on Dancing with her demons she soon realizes that she is where she does not want to be. the world. Their only fuel was inspiration itself. In this moment, the muse steps fully into Her demons taunt her and remind her of a painful memory, how her true love had died embodiment to attain a glimpse of the mortal realm. during World War 1. Heart broken and humiliated Mata Hari pleads and begs for Dancers - Amanda Mahde and Jaia McClure forgiveness. Will she be rescued from her dark demise or will she be dragged into hell by her demons? Was she guilty of all she was accused of? You have to watch and see. DANCERS: Demon dancers: Virginia Clawson, Shaell Jones, Little Demon - Brenna Crowley Sally Cinch, Talon and Adriane Whalen A man is murdered in cold blood and his body is thrown in a trunk, left to rot for weeks. Mata Hari: Billie LeTourneau His killers are on the run, leaving behind puzzled investigators and delicious fodder for the Angel: Dale LeTourneau newspapers, all too happily consumed by the public. The other side of Belle Époque Paris - the infamous crime case, the Bloody Trunk Affair of 1890, captivated not just Paris La fee Verte - Maia Alexandra but the entire world with details of the grisly murder, sex and hypnosis, the latter being a raging obsession at the time. We have the rise of the “Little Demon” Gabrielle Bompard, “After the first glass of absinthe you see things as you wish they were. After the second a suspect who claimed to have no fault in the murder due to being hypnotized by her you see them as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the accomplice. She becomes a criminal superstar who, thanks to media sensationalism, most horrible thing in the world” - Oscar Wilde was the talk of the town. Never before had a murder suspect been so beloved by the public and hated all at once. Les Revenants - Hamer Sisters (Christine Andrews & Maria Hamer) Tree of Life - SuperKate & Teresa Tomb The spirits of two Dancers from folies Bergere floating through space in search Spirals, heaven, earth, the underworld, sustenance, care, yearning, strength, of their lost lives & dances wisdom, beauty, Spirals connecting life. Amor Toxique - The Lunachix The Slivovica Sizzlers In the cabarets of Paris during La Belle Epoque, social barriers dissolved, and aristocrats rubbed shoulders with the riffraff. This night time “pleasure garden” presents a fantastical Are you ready to be entertained? Mesmerized? Ravished? Then get ready to hoot and backdrop for a love story, but even a frivolous romance can prove toxic... holler, because we’ve got three dancing beauties who might give you a glimpse of what’s up their skirts! Dancers: Jo Boring, Rose Carballeira, Sarah Cummings, Patsy Beebe, Dancers - Jenna Shear with Elena Faye and Annie Lum Jessica Morse, Sondra Pedersen Gielskie. Elizabeth Raphaelson and Ericka Condon Ericson. intermission 15 Minutes. Please visit the Raven’s Night Merch Store in the Lobby. MEET & GREEt with the cast of 2017’s Raven’s Night Please join us for drinks, last minute shopping and photos in the lobby. ARTIST S BIOGRAPHIES Dalgali formed in 2014 with the intent to form an eclectic troupe, combining styling, tech- ’ nique and character from each dancer’s unique background in dance. Belladonna - Washington, DC (Producer & HOst of raven’s Night) The Hamer Sisters - Pittsburgh, PA Belladonna, the Baroness of Blades, is a resident of The Hamer sisters, Christine Andrews, Jennifer Imashev DC where she proudly paves the way for sword & Maria Hamer, have been dancing together literally since dancing around the globe. Her tribal fusion style has been birth. Christine & Jennifer started middle eastern dance a spearhead and inspiration for modern belly dance with in 1988. Maria joined them in 1992 and in 1995, they it’s unique approach of blending traditional cultures with co-founded, along with some friends, Ghawazee Middle a modern edge. BELLAFUSE.COM Eastern Music & Dance Ensemble, one of the first tribal Bellydance troupes on the East Coast. Together they per- formed, sang, danced & played music with Ghawazee un- til 2000. Soon after Christine & Maria started Zafira Dance Ananda - Knoxville, TN Co with Olivia Kissel then added Tamara Juel & Jennifer Always evolving, Ananda Dance Company is an artistic Imashev. They had 11+ successful years touring the world with their unique style. Presently, partnership that has found its own timeless voice, unique the Hamer sisters enjoy covering folk classics & dancing with each other as sisters in blood in the world of bellydance fusion. Amanda has thirty & in dance. MARIAHAMER.COM years of experience in modern and ballet, and maintains a solo career as principle dancer and choreographer Irina Akulenko - New York City, NY for Momentum Dance Lab and is a primary instructor in Irina Akulenko is a New York City-based artist, with a both classical ballet and contemporary dance at Artistic burning passion for arts of all genres. Since 2001, Irina Dance Unlimited. Jaia has over fifteen years of profound explored both Egyptian Cabaret and American Tribal Style and dedicated study in yoga, tribal dance forms including belly dance, Classical Indian (Odissi), contemporary, and bellydance and facilitates sacred movement workshops, women’s circles, rites of passage Flamenco and now enjoys fusing these art forms. Today, ceremonies.Together, they bring right intention, raw emotion, precise technique, and a Irina performs on various New York stages and tours strong sense of underlying narrative to the new face of Tribal. ANANDADANCECOMPANY.COM nationally and internationally as a soloist fusion dancer; teacher and principal dancer with Bellyqueen Dance Theater; and choreographer and Assistant Director for Brenna Crowley - New York City, NY NASA-powered multimedia show Bella Gaia. Brenna Crowley is an eclectic belly dance artist, chore- DANCEIRINA.COM ographer and instructor in NYC, performing and teaching locally and across the country in many theatrical dance productions, belly dance festivals and other events for Jenna Shear - Arlington, VA over a decade. She has performed as a featured soloist Jenna Shear began her bellydance journey in 2009 with as well as a member of Sera Solstice’s Solstice Ensemble, the Columbia University Bellydance Troupe. Since earning Solstice Project, and Solar Tribe, Altagracia’s Caribbean her B.A. in Dance and Asian & Middle Cultures, Jenna Rose Dance Company, Ayshe’s Cult of Isis Ensemble and has worked with prestigious groups, such as Bellydance many others. She is the director of her troupe Zilla Dance Evolution, Wild Saffron, BellyTrance, and the Nomad Ensemble, which was formed in 2009. Since its inception, they have performed in numer- Dancers. She has also taught and performed at numerous ous theatrical shows, belly dance festivals and other dance events each year. The dancers national events including 3rd Coast Tribal Festival, Jewels that make up this ensemble come from all walks of life and various belly dance disciplines; of the Orient, Waking Persephone, and Art of the Belly. together they celebrate the exuberance of movement and music. BRENNADANCE.COM In 2014, Jenna founded her fusion troupe, Jenna Shear & the Slivovica Sizzlers. Together they produce choreo- Dalgali - Washington, DC Area graphic suites that entertain and educate by physicalizing the spectrum from pure folk Dalgali is a professional troupe in the DC area with a dance to pure bellydance while highlighting the commonalities between them as the most diverse background.