ManicPixieNightmares

Radically inclusive & kindly aggressive. Feminist, anti-racist, body+, queer+, trans+, & chill+ burlesque troupe.

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Today a lot of tall women I know online were discussing how much it can suck to be tall because cis men get so shitty about being shorter than them + society says women should be dainty and I'm out here like

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"You must give up that which you love most."
[forlornly tosses a grilled cheese sandwich over the cliff on Voromir]

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HOST SPOTLIGHT: Dana Fleitman!

Dana Fleitman is a Washington, D.C. comedienne who brings laughter to the joyless masses of our nation’s capital through her imaginative over-analysis of everyday life.

Tickets: https://t.co/xLZEEZLahI #burlesque #dcburlesque

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💋 PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Rebella Blaze!

The glitter in the gears- Rebella Blaze has resisted and ravished with rhinestones and rhythm for 3 years now. She is a founding member and producer of the Manic Pixie Nightmares!

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT: Midori Minx!

Midori Minx has been a fan of burlesque for quite some time and when she finally took that glitter soaked plunge, she never looked back!

Photo Credit: Rouge Photography

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT: Philomena Shakesbare!
Philomena is an angry feminist, w/ a passion for vintage inspired petticoats & subverting patriarchy (they’re not mutually exclusive). She's proud + honored to be celebrating 1 year w/ us!
🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT: Carlita Caliente!
A real-life daughter of a bad hombre + a #nastywoman, Carlita's twisting + turning will keep you yearning! Artist, dancer, & yogi this lady's love for the stage runs almost as deep as her splits!
🎟 https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT: Illyria Siren!
Illyria takes great joy in life's simple pleasures, salty sea air, the wind in her face, the taste of a fresh sailor heart. Don't be taken in by her welcome grin, though she be but little, she is fierce!
🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT: Sylvia Trash!

Sylvia is your average, everyday pop punk princess-poet & she can typically be found smashing the patriarchy in steel toed combat boots, queering heteronormative stories or playing mediocre ukulele. Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT: Mx. Andre Gyne!

Mx. Andre Gyne puts the fuck in genderfuck. Here to shatter your binaries, this scientist/artist also performs with the DC Gurly Show and as a drag king with Pretty Boi Drag!

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT

Mich is a drag king with @prettyboidrag. Serving masculinity with a little sparkle, get ready for him to romance you at the ball.

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT: Sirenia Sapphire!

Sirenia Sapphire is everyone’s favorite disabilibabe mermaid! Come watch as she puts the flair in flare-ups! 💕🐳💦💕

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT

Cariño Valentine is a dashing young Cubarican who stumbled his way into burlesque one poorly-lit, but sparkly, evening and hasn't turned back since!

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT: Majic Dyke!

Majic Dyke is that charming boi next door, but don't let his sweet smile fool you. This naughty boi also has a few tricks up his sleeve that'll be sure to captivate and seduce anyone in his presence.

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 COMMISSIONAIRE SPOTLIGHT: Figgy Starlust!
Ms. Starlust has found a home with a group of glitter skinned Pixies who have shown her how to channel her sexuality in the form of the art of the tease and good ole fashioned humor 👩🏽‍🎤

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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🎙 COMIC SPOTLIGHT: Brittany Carney is a longtime MC of Church Night & Underground Comedy, host of Open Mics at The Big Hunt, & facilitator of Fale University, a live comedic lecture series. See her perform this Sat @TownTavernDC!

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 MC SPOTLIGHT:

Polly Pocket Rocket is a badass ballerina who joined us over a year ago and hasn't stopped shaking and shimmying since! This evening she'll be hanging up her pasties and tickling your funny bone as your MC!

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT: Polly Pocket Rocket is a badass ballerina who joined us over a year ago and hasn't stopped shaking and shimmying since! This evening she'll be hanging up her pasties and tickling your funny bone as your MC!

🎟 Tickets: https://t.co/NQuJbvWedO

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💋 MPN Presents...The 2017 Burlesque Cotillion! Join us at @TownTavernDC this Saturday where our newest members will "debut" their finest act to raise money for @HitResetOrg!

🚪 Doors 5PM | Show 6:00 PM 21+
🎟 Advance Ticket: $11 | Ticket @ Door: $15 = https://t.co/9FWrWdTAi6

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Early Show 6pm on Sat Aug 19 at @TownTavernDC 😈👶 Let us #RuinYourChildhood ‼️ Advance Tix $11 at https://t.co/NLwVyM3iou & $15 at the 🚪