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Fetchin' Gretchen's Interests
General
Femme Identity, Performance Art, Fat Activism, Drag, Meditation, Genderwhere?, Standing Alone, Improvisation, Families, Group Work, Glitter Products, Crown Heights, Keeping boundaries clear in my interpersonal life but blurry everywhere else...
Currently in the shuffle: Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Gender Outlaw, Self-Harming Behavior Among Adolescents, The Ethical Slut, The Places That Scare You, Songs for the Open Road, The Story of O.
Heroes
Kate Bornstein, Margaret Cho, Reverend Billy, Dirty Martini, Selene Luna, Paul Macarthy, Marina Abramovic, Jo Boobs, Jane Addams, Howling Vic, Leigh Bowery, Hilary Harp & Suzie Silver, William Pope L., Annie Sprinkle, Murray Hill, Madonna, Alan Molitar, Tracy (and the Plastics), Julie Atlas Muz, Jessica Rabbit, Tigger, Mata Hari, Karen Finley, Diamondback Annie, Yoko Ono, Frida Kahlo...
About me: I just returned to school this fall to get my Master's in Social Work. You might think this has nothing to do with burlesque, but in fact I am interested in merging my background in performance art and burlesque with developing new theraputic methods as a mental health provider. ***************************************************************
I love people and I enjoy stimulating and interacting with them. I started out as a painter but it killed me that I couldn't stand by my paintings (or hide inside them) and listen to what people were thinking/saying and respond to them. One of my dreams was to get into the Whitney Biennial and then sit next to my art piece the entire time the show was up so I could talk to (confront) people viewing it. It wasn't long before I was performing eight hour living art installations in elevators. People were trapped in a box with me and I heard and affected it all! I could go on for a while describing my various other life trajectories after that but essentially it is a fairly fluid step from creating performance art pieces naked for art school critiques to performing burlesque pieces in bars in New York. I love the structure and purpose the act of stripping
provides for me to hang my ideas upon. I absolutely love being naked and especially in public. It might not be a far stretch to say performance art was in some ways a serious excuse to get naked for other people. My goal as a burlesque performer is to create interesting and titillating pieces that give audience members an experience they haven't had before.
Who I'd like to meet: This is for you to fill in, not for me to limit.
Rouge Coquette is taking over the Deluxe Tent! Saturday August 23rd @ midnight!
Tickets are $15.00 at the door and at the door only! Tickets normally sell for $49-$75! Tickets get you into Rouge Coquette as well as the entire pier!
25,000 SQ FT Pier with restaurant bar *Cabanas* Hammocks -Open air dance tent- Two Spiegel Tents The worlds most beautiful traveling venue*
Stay with us after the show to dance under the sun and the stars! Spectacular views of all bridges and the waterfalls! Rain or Shine!
hey neighbor, I am back in NY. I am tired but you should call me. let's go for coffee and/or beer. we need to figure out this show thing. my head is a bit of a mess these days. xox mu
