Dannie Diesel's Birthday Bash

Saturday, Dec. 5th at 7 PM

Our founder, Dannie Diesel, is throwing the ultimate birthday Bash & Fundraising Gala To Benefit The Ecdysiast Arts Museum!

Celebrate Dannie Diesel's Birthday with us!

Dannie Diesel’s Birthday Bash is A special birthday party and burlesque show fundraiser at Ecdysiast Arts Museum on Saturday, December 5th. This show will be an exclusive fundraising gala benefiting the Ecdysiast Arts Museum. There will be a silent auction to benefit our museum, small staff, community care efforts, and archival work.

Doors will open at 7 PM

Enjoy complimentary charcuterie and bid on auction items donated by other local businesses before the show. There will be delicious specialty mocktails/cocktails available for purchase at our bar.

Show starts at 8 PM

This show is going to be extra special! We have put together an incredible, award-winning, star-studdedcast featuring . . .

Burlesque show

Angie Pontani

Headliner

Angie Pontani will be our headliner for the evening with a special burlesque routine honoring legendary burlesque icon Blaze Starr. It’s going to be HOT!

One of today's top burlesque performers, Angie Pontani, The Italian Stallionette, dazzles on stages around the world, as well as carries her art into other fields and genres, including her popular cooking blog, fitness, writing, and television. This Brooklyn bump-n-grind bombshell has spread the gospel of burlesque across the globe. The New Yorker calls Angie “first rate, the perfect centerpiece!” and rightfully so, as her signature acts and productions set standards of style and class.

Yulietta

Featured Performer

Yulietta is a Puerto Rican professional Pole Dancer and Certified Instructor in diverse movement practices with a PhD in Clinical Psychology. They are also a professional model, performer, and actress and co-owner of Siluetas Pole, Body & Mind, a private home studio led by women to offer wellness-oriented movement practices for all.

Fana is an amazing Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Click HERE to listen to their music.

We are so excited to have our friends Yulietta & Fana back on our stage! They are an incredible burlesque, contortionist, and live music duo traveling from Puerto Rico to the Quad Cities to celebrate with us.

Singer Songwriter

Fana

Featured Performer

The Maine Attraction

The Maine Attraction, Maine Anders, captivates audiences every time she hits the stage. Coined the “Triple Threat of Burlesque” (dancer/actress/singer) she’s performed domestically and internationally, from MGM Grand*s Studio 54 in Las Vegas, Le Bus Palladium (Paris), Buddha Bar (Beirut, Lebanon), to Dragon-i in Hong Kong. Energetic, sensual, and wildly charismatic, her uninhibited rhythmic style and sense of humor blend an ensemble of samba, belly dance, African, improvisation, contortion, and pole dancing into a movement she’s defined as Burlesque Fusion.‍

Chocolate Yoga

Featured Performer

Chocolate Yoga is a self-taught, internationally recognized contortionist. She is a long-time friend and colleague of Dannie Diesel, who also had a hand in creating Quad Cities burlesque history by helping Danielle develop the first Iowa Burlesque Festival here in Davenport, Iowa, at the Adler Theatre. She was also a part of one of our very first Stripping History performances (the show that inspired us to create the Ecdysiast Arts Museum).

Samantha Karadsheh

Featured Performer

Samantha Karadsheh is known for her successful career as a professional instructor, choreographer, and performer in the art of belly dance. With experience for 13 years, she has traveled to perform, teach, and study in New York, Miami, Kansas City, and Louisiana. She has also performed in many events in the Quad Cities, including our most popular show: Belly Dance Meets Burlesque! She is also the CEO and Studio Director of RAQstar Dance Studio.