Bleeding Hearts Burlesque is a burlesque company dedictate to the ideas of compassion and mindfulness. By doing what we love, we can help others. Through various projects dedicted to community service and awareness, Bleeding Hearts Burlesque hopes to revolutionize the ideas of philanthropy. You dont need to give millions - you just need to give. You need not be somber in your attention, you merely need to pay attention.
Our first event in NYC was "Basic Rites" at M-15 in Tribeca on Sept. 10th. In partnership with Anti-Mag (www.anti-mag.com), "Basic Rites" was a night of burlesque, music and art - raising awareness and funds for Aid G (www.aidg.org) - a non-profit organization dedicatd to providing clean drinking water, sanitation, and electricy to developing communities.
On Dec. 19th we performed "Basic Rites" at the Palace of Wonders in DC to raise additional money and awareness for the good people at AIDG.
Or next project was for Mister Art See (www.misterartsee.org) a vintage ice-cream truck that will be a roving art performance and exhibition space. Who knew art could be so sweet! For that show we produced a Cole Porter Tribute at the Living Theatre in collaboration with Amber Ray of Light Productions.
"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the 'Universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security." - Albert Einstein
""Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life's persistent and most urgent question is 'What are you doing for others?" - Martin Luther King 
