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March 4th
Les Filles Rouge
After a ten year hiatus from performing on the coast, Polaris Dance Troupe is back with bells on! Or should we say, bells off… Founder and local dancer and teacher Melinda Miller-Klopfer is producing "Les Filles Rouge ~ a burlesque extravaganza!" and it promises to be an extravaganza indeed. It marks not only the return of a troupe whose goal is to bring unique and relevant dancing to small communities, but also the first time a European-style burlesque show has made an appearance on the north coast. Miller-Klopfer has spent extensive amounts of time in Paris and Berlin - two cities instrumental to the development of burlesque, and found the creative and feminist possibilities of the dance form to be incredibly liberating and beautiful. Parallel to her own experience, most burlesque dancers were classically trained ballerinas, who, due to injuries, could no longer perform as ballet required them to. Thus European burlesque tends towards sophistication rather than vulgarity. "Les Filles Rouge" is a grand spectacle in the style of the Pigalle district of Paris circa 1960 and is filled with the usual suspects: song, dance, and underpants!