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Late Night Nerdy Dirty Dance Party

presented by Arda Wigs
Thursday, September 19th at 11:00 PM | The Concourse at The International

Featuring music by:

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Professor Shyguy (Baltimore, MD)
​Professor Shyguy's music can be best described as high energy, chiptune-electro-rocking, 8-bit, epically vocalized, highly danceable, theatrical nerd-pop. His singing is 50% about video games and 50% about anything from Space/Time to English Language gymnastics. He is recently known as the singer for Starring Star on the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Super. His newest album features guests such as Matt Mercer, Ashly Burch, Pyschostick, and more! You may also have heard him on Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon's “The Indoor Kids” or the Diamond Club Podcast. He has also made theme songs for GuudeBoulderfist, This Week in Chiptune, PortsCenter, and more!

With performances from:

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Candida Valentina (Seattle, WA)
Candida Valentina is the founder and producer of Queerly Beloved Revue (ATL) and the VP of Secret City Burlesque (Athens, GA). She’s also an Atlanta based model, performer, actress, and lesbian looking to be outspoken about the resistance. Candida produces a wide variety of LGBTQ+ shows and events. She uses her platform help push unity, diversity, and acceptance within the community and beyond. Partnering with a variety of venues such as My Sister’s Room - MSR (the longest running Lesbian bar in the Southeast) and Red Light Café - ATL, she’s showing that there is more to our community than meets the eye. She has recently moved to Seattle, WA where she will continue her mission, sharing her art with a new audience and community.
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Ebony Delight (Knoxville, TN)
​Ebony Delight is a featured performer with Salomé Cabaret in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has been spreading her sparkle with some of the best performers all over the east coast for four years! Her blend of musical theatre, tons of energy, and sex appeal provide and electric experience for any crowd.
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Ellie Cerceaux (Atlanta, GA)
​Ellie Cerceaux first picked up a hula hoop in 2011 and she hasn't stopped spinning since! Known as Atlanta's “Hula Hoop Babe”, she has twirled her way across the stage and into the hearts of audiences across Georgia. Her signature style blends circus arts with burlesque and makes this human whirlwind a special treat. Whether she is performing with Syrens of the South Productions, The Fandom Nerdlesque, or is onstage at her favorite nerd conventions, Ellie is sure to leave you dizzy and breathless.
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Juno Mars (Chattanooga, TN)
​Juno Mars, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a nationally touring burlesque performer with Super Happy Funtime Burlesque based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Back at home, Juno Mars performs flow arts all around the city creating enchanting dances while manipulating fire with the group Chattanooga Fire Cabaret. Combining comedy, burlesque, object manipulation, and fire, Juno Mars is a guest performer for the sideshow freak show Subterranean Circus and also can be seen performing solo at local conventions and bars with local bands. Juno Mars was created in 2014 with the goal to entertain in the form of character-based comedy skits whilst sharing mentally stimulating content that promotes body positivity and sexual freedom. Performing since the age of four, this entertainer has spent most of her life on stage with disciplines ranging from ballet to competition cheerleading and choir to musical theatre. Juno Mars plans to continue to entertain and produce content that incorporates a variety of art forms to create a hell of a show. This clown showgirl will make you laugh till you cry!
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Pan d'Orable (Knoxville, TN)
​Pan d'Orable is the "Dancing Bear Extraordinaire" and co-founder of Knoxville, TN's hirsute male troupe, BearItAll, along with being a featured member of Salomé Cabaret. Having grown up in the theatre, he's been gracing the burlesque stage for more than half a decade. He's appeared all across the South East and has had the honor of performing at the Southern Fried Burlesque Fest, Alabama Burlesque Festival, and Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival. In 2013, he took "Most Humorous" at the Carolina Burlesque Festival and is still the reigning "King of the Sweet Tease". Pan is also a member of your SMBF staff as part of both the Technology and Social Media teams.
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Risky Sour (Atlanta, GA)
​Gracing stages across the SouthEast since 2015, Risky Sour has performed with the likes of Fandom Nerdlesque, City Winery Cabaret, and Queerly Beloved. She is the founder and co-producer of Atlanta's only horror troupe, Bump in the Night Ghoulesque. When she's not on stage making magic, her muggle life is being a hair and makeup artist. She's the perfect blend of sultry and kawaii, the ever intoxicating, Miss Risky Sour!
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