Belly dance sensations Amanda Borba and Kelsey Covington team up with the musical brilliance of Brian Bonell and his deceptively quirky wife, Leisl, to bring The Underground Gypsy Cabaret to Utah! The Underground Gypsy Cabaret brings together the area's most unique performers, sultry dancers and underground musicians to create an evening of unbridled passions, pulsating rhythms and undulating melodies spun together with the energies of Gypsy magic. It is an evening filled with dancing, magic, fire and burlesque, all performed to live "intoxicating and seductive music of the first order." (Oliver Arditi of LiveUnsigned)
Producer Amanda Borba describes the evening as “sorta Vaudeville, sorta Moulin Rouge, sorta Arabian Nights, all set to fabulously infectious live music!” Juana Ghani spins tales around “a bewildering cast of multifarious characters,” says music reviewer Oliver Arditi, “providing a dazzling array of instrumentation, voices and dance moves.” This dizzying effect is further enhanced by the addition of the smooth and sultry dancing of Amanda Borba and Kelsey Covington, the mesmerizing fire dancing of Pamela Offret and the teasingly seductive burlesque of The Duchess, among many others. Featured in the Salt Lake City Weekly, "Juana Ghani's perrformances are celebrations—celebrations of the people they are, the cultures they love and the coming together of worldly people through worldly music." (Beth Clifford, City Weekly)
In the words of Utah Musicians founder John Farmer: "They put on a helluva show, such an amazing show!" According to Oliver Arditi, the hard part "will be to remember to come home again afterwards."
Past performers at The Underground Gypsy Cabaret include: La Décollatage, Alexa, Isis, Tabla Arabia, Yelena, Kairo (of Blue Moon Belly Dance and Rising Phoenix Dance Company), Beauté Dérangée, and Sahara of Moroccan Winds.
Big plans are in store for the next engagement. The Underground Gypsy Cabaret is set to open again soon! Prepare yourself for titillation!
Underground Gypsy Cabaret alumni:
La Décollatage
Tabla Arabia
The DuchessPamela Offret
Blue Lotus
Yelena
Isis
Heidi-Lyn Butterfly
Victor NoxHeidi-Lyn Butterfly
Miss Nyx of Sotto Voce
Amanda
Kelsey
