The Dazzle Dancers are a performance group founded in 1996 in New York City's Tompkins Square Park during Wignot (the first year that Wigstock didn't happen in the park) by artist Mike Albo (aka Dazzle Dazzle) and Grover GuintaThe Village Voice, by Michael Musto, July 23, 2002, accessed July 21, 2009 (aka Vinnie Dazzle). The male and female dancers appear in spare costumes or nude at festivals, night clubs,New York Press, Sept.25-Oct. 1, 2002, accessed July 21, 2009 and the Hipster scene.New York Magazine, May 5, 2003, accessed July 21, 2009The Village Voice, August 19, 2003, accessed July 21, 2009
The Dazzle Dancers have performed nationally at many late-night clubs,New York Post, October 9, 2002, accessed July 21, 2009 Coney Island Amusement Park,Long Island Community Konnection, accessed July 21, 2009 Wigstock,The Village Voice, August 16, 2005, accessed July 21, 2009 the Burning Man Festival in Nevada,Declan McCullagh Photography, accessed July 21, 2009 and onstage with the band Blondie to a crowd of 20,000 people at the Millennium New Year's Eve Celebration in Miami, Florida.
In 2005 the Dazzle Dancers were a central theme in a feature film, the romantic gay comedy Adam & Steve.Official movie site, accessed July 21, 2009OutUK accessed July 21, 2009IMDB, accessed July 21, 2009
Their costume designer is Matthew Flower, better known as Machine Dazzle, who has noted in an interview with Imagine Fashion that his designs are like sacred objects to him and believes in the transformative quality of costumes.Sacred Objects: Imagine Fashion interview with designer Machine Dazzle (2011)
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