Past Performances

The Imperial Court Masquerade is just as swanky as it sounds. Masks and finery abound as the guests mingle at the historic Hamlin House in downtown Buffalo.  It’s certainly tough to compete with the fabulousness of the drag queens, but the talent is well rounded with burlesque and jazz dancers, live music, fire and aerial performers. This year the event featured The Kingdom of Animalia as its theme, and proceeds benefited the Imperial Court of Buffalo.  B.A.D. dancers had a great time dressing up as a full menagerie: we had a two cats, a cheetah, a flamingo, a blackbird, and a unicorn.  Much thanks to Loop magazine for the great photos.  

Halloween brought us to The Witches Ball, one of the best parties of the year.  The Hotel Lafayette has just enough historical spook to really set the stage.  The decorations by Terror Technologies and Nickel City Novelties are all out! And of course the costumes are a display of Buffalo creativity on full blast. We had our rig set up in the back of the Grand Ballroom (right next to the giant clown mouth) and we interspersed our acts with classic Buffalo entertainment happening throughout the night: belly dancers, the Foxy Diamondz, Eye Candy Burlesque, Magic Mike, and Green Jelly, to name a few.  Our set featured a marionette doll (Kenzi), Twisty the Clown (Larris), a unicorn (Erica), a bearded lady (Jolene), a fox (Anastasia), an awesome sci-fi lady (Jenn K) and the universe (Toni).

This was the penultimate performance of the outdoor season (goodbye summer, come back soon!)  The event took place at a new location overlooking the Buffalo River, and with a view of the new solar panel plant in the distance.  In the tradition of Elab, this event mixed live art, live music, and lots installations with an industrial South Buffalo backdrop.  We enjoyed the perfect lighting of nature’s best stage throughout the evening. Check out the photo of Melissa Boglioli featured in Artvoice: http://artvoice.com/issues/v14n39/av_party_photos  

Elmwood Avenue Festival for the Arts gave us the hilarious and rare opportunity to perform our work in the parking lot of Panera Bread Company.  A good natured see-and-be-seen even, EAFA offers more than 170 local artists displaying and selling their work in a variety of arts mediums.  And you can’t beat setting up the rig for some outdoor aerial in the heart of the city on a perfect summer day!

Who doesn’t love City of Night? It’s one of Buffalo’s most unique events and right in the cradle of our city.  This year CON moved from Silo City to the Old First Ward for a different sort of historic and artsy feel. We had the vibrant Designer’s Folding Box Factory as our background, and beautiful lighting by Lemur Studios produced a gorgeous overall effect for our set.  Not to mention the fabulous aerial crew who went all out for this one, spinning, dropping, and shining through the

B.A.D. headed out to the country to celebrate the start of warmer weather!  Brant SummerFest marked our first outdoor performance of the season, and where we served up some summery silks and trapeze acts. This family-oriented event, was Father’s Day, and included a parade, car show, treats, contests and crafts.

Cirque de la Lune is sponsored by Elab at the Dnipro Ukrainian Center.  The space comes alive with a mysterious circus feel, and the B.A.D. ladies were definitely contributing to that vibe.  There were also fortune tellers, burlesque performers, slam poets, and a dance

Trimania is a massive art exhibit that takes place across all 5 floors in the Trimain building.  Artists who have their studios in the building open their doors to the public, and a variety of  musicians, dancers, DJs set up and perform their work all over the building. Our rig was under an opening in the second floor so that the crowd could watch from all sides, as well as from above on the second floor – a rare view of aerialists from

B.A.D. brought their high flying talents to the ballroom at Hotel Lafayette for the second annual Aficionado event. We entertained the crowd of local networkers and vendors with the help of Nelson Rivera and some great Buffalo musicians.

Erica and Larris performed silks and trapeze at the Imperial Court’s 1st annual Masquerade Ball alongside many other talented performers including Michelle Joy, ModDance, Hell’s Harlots, and some fabulous local drag queens.  The event was held downtown at the historic Hamlin