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! Featuring the energetic alt-Gypsy band Juana Ghani and the seductively beautiful ladies of the Blue Lotus Dance Collaborative, 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 most exciting cabaret and belly dancers, aerial and pole artists, and cirque performers. 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."
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
Pamela Offret
Blue Lotus
Yelena
Isis
Heidi-Lyn Butterfly
Victor NoxHeidi-Lyn Butterfly
Miss Nyx of Sotto Voce
Amanda NiKo
Crepsley the Magician
Kelsey
Lunar Collective
Xandra Motley
Sahara of Moroccan Winds
