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Cabaret Decadance

Rank #1 Carbondale, IL World / vaudeville / gypsy jazz, polka

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Members: Clare de Lune, John McCall, Ms. Pat York, Yvet Youssef, Shelley Hill, Amber Blakeslee, Cat Thomas, James Ricks, Greg Edwards

Manager: John C. McCall • Clockingbird Presents

Bio: Cabaret Decadance is a vaudeville revue with pantomime dancers and harmonizing vocalists backed by a band of gypsy jazz heretics. Led by creatrix and raconteur Clare de Lune, the troupe romps through tightly integrated narrative song & dance in a vintage slap-stick style.

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Look out Murphysboro, here comes Cabaret Decadance - May 3, 2013 at the Historic Liberty Theater.

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“The band careens though polkas, mambos, rags and swing, with mistress of ceremonies Clare de Lune” and her fellow raconteur, Ms. Demeanor, as partners in comedy in distinctive slapstick sound.”

— The Southern

“Clare McCall, songwriter, vocalist, and Mistress of Ceremonies for Carbondale’s live vaudeville revue Cabaret Decadance recently licensed one of the band’s original songs, “Discipline,” for use in the new Cinemax documentary series Working Girls in Bed. The song will be featured during episode three, which will run Friday, February 8, at 10 p.m. “Discipline” was recorded in 2008 for the Cabaret Decadance album Dangerous.”

— Chris Wissmann, Nightlife Entertainment Guide

““Sassy, brassy, and classy” is the motto. They are playful, sexy, subversive, extravagant, comedic, and outrageous, and there is nothing else quite like them in Southern Illinois. They are the musical-theater troupe Cabaret Decadance."”

— Brett Haynes, Nightlife

““It’s all in the service of the song. It’s all telling the story,” ”

— Eli Mileur , The Daily Egyptian

“Often, a healthy lifestyle is a direct product of doing something we love. Shelley Hill (left), of Carbondale, IL , and Amber Blakeslee, of Murphysboro, IL, perform in "Cabaret Decadance Vintage Vaudeville Variety Revue," a Vaudeville-style comic dance performance that includes a live band and a lineup of vocalists. — in Carbondale, Illinois”

— Community Health Magazine

“Cabaret Decadance is more than music. The vintage vaudeville variety review combines classic musical theater, narrative story, comedy, polka, eyeliner, and fishnets. The group is like nothing in Carbondale, and their cheeky lyrics and campy performance is impossible to resist.”

— -, The Daily Egyptian

"More of a troupe than a band, Cabaret Decadance puts on a spoof of burlesque shows— not strip teases, but bawdy, comedic musical revues like those that were popular in the 1920s and 1930s— that were themselves often parodies of then-popular culture."

— Chris Wissman, Nightlife Entertainment Guide

“Cabaret Decadance stays true to the original style of burlesque, which has nothing to do with the modern take on it. ”

— Adam Testa, The Southern Illinoisian

“As our grandmother Gypsy Rose Lee taught: mysteries are best revealed a wee bit at a time.”

— Willi Paul, Planet Shifter Magazine

“The most common misconception of the term ‘burlesque’ is it is about stripping. It’s not. It’s about women being empowered by their sexuality, coordinating elements of humor and parody.”

— Lela Norem, The Daily Egyptian

"Clare de Lune presents a subversive blend of music… 'Topper' dares the audience to top [her] bawdy tales, which would be a challenge for most people… Cabaret Decadence must be a great live act and that translates well to this charming record."

— Anna Maria Stjärnell, Collected Sounds

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2012
Aug 10

Hangar 9
Carbondale, IL, US | 9:00pm
Hangar 9
Carbondale, IL, US
Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:00pm
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It's the Cabaret Decadance Dog Days of Summer Revue! WIth Hobo Knife at Hangar 9 in Carbondale.
2012
Mar 10

Varsity Center For The …
Carbondale, IL, US | 8:00pm
Varsity Center For The Arts
Carbondale, IL, US
Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:00pm
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Cabaret Decadance presents a musical comedy in two acts: "Love gets the Last Laugh." Lovers’ hearts dance like a puppet on-a-string in this vaudeville musical comedy extravaganza. Don't miss this unique night of live music. mirth & mime. Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/154011344713208/ Official website: http://cabaretdecadance.com/welcome.index.html
2011
Sep 10

Varsity Center For The …
Carbondale, IL, US | 3:00pm
Varsity Center For The Arts
Carbondale, IL, US
Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:00pm
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Cabaret Decadance is taking their vintage vaudeville variety revue to the "Grand Ole Varsity" in downtown Carbondale. Come explore the odd archive of the human imagination in: "A Cabinet of Curiosities" with Cabaret Decadance & [their 'evil' twin] Hobo Knife. Cabaret Decadance is live music & dance & more! They take us on a reckless slapstick expedition into the dark carnival of our dreams. Then at 10:00 Mortimer Bustos takes the mic & adds the twists and turns as only Hobo Knife can. This is the 'kick-off' event for Saturday night of the Carbondale Rocks Revival Music Festival.
2010
Oct 9

Club Traz
Carbondale, IL, US | 9:00pm
Club Traz
Carbondale, IL, US
Sat Oct 09, 2010 9:00pm
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Octoburlesque - A Vaudevillian Extrabaganza
2010
Jul 30

PK's
Carbondale, IL, US | 10:00pm
PK's
Carbondale, IL, US
Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:00pm
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A tribute to Our Lady of the Barleycorn http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133416743343498

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You are awesome!
Veronique Chevalier
eSTEAMed Greetings to my fellow Makers of Mayhem! So lovely to find vous in this Aetheric Musique Box! :-)
Christine Bauer
You Guys have a very cool show. The Excellent live music and wonderful dancing make for great entertainment.