Favorite Quotes:
Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
"To become, once again, so powerful as to prove to these beggars that I was NEVER their fool."-M.A.
"To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art"- Charles Bukowski
"If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting- both for us and for her" Room With a View--E.M. Forester
"Los Angeles, give me some of you! Los Angeles come to me the way I came to you, my feet over your streets, you pretty town I loved you so much, you sad flower in the sand, you pretty town." John Fante-"Ask The Dust"
I am a propagandist and a curator of art, talent and whatnot.
I make wicked hot posters and can assist you in crafting your public identity in print and in word.
I broker in hoopla.
In October I uprooted my entire life and moved back to my hometown of Portland, Or.
Mid Life crisis @ 32 or something to it's ilk.
-- I am working on getting some of the L.A. projects back up by March, please be patient.
It has been a wild ride- plenty of very high ups and very low downs. It's been a momentous and difficult journey, but in truth I would never trade it because it is my journey...
Let's see...here it all is in a nut shell...Born May 29th 1975 Portland, Oregon..Lived there till I was 19 then I moved to Seattle went to Cornish College of The Arts til I got kicked out...I love the idea of school but I have always been bad at following through on it...was labeled as difficult early on.
Unfortunately, I took it as a compliment.
I never been good at committing to things-except for when I am obsessed and that has it's own problems... I lived, loved and had a pretty good run of a life in Seattle...scene hopped a little through the rockabilly, punk and so on and eventually settled in to being my own little monkey.
I'll admit, scenes were great in my 20's because I could dress up and be taken at face value...not a lot of deep questions...but at the end of the day there was little commonality,and I just sort of fell out of love. Kind of sounds like my major relationships so far. Great at face value but little commonality... I have a really difficult time playing well with others so I try to keep to myself . I've done a lot of things I'm proud of. I've done a lot of things that I'm not proud of. Regardless, I make great art and despite my general vibe of a malcontent I make room for a lot of lovely moments in my life
The Nico Bella Bio:
Nico Bella is a raconteur and provocateur that has left a trail of infamy down the west coast. In 1999 Nico ( known to many as Bella Beretta) founded the burlesque ensemble "The Gun Street Girls". The Gun Street Girls are recognized as true vanguards of the "Modern Burlesque" movement and were the first ensemble in the country to identify themselves as "Punk Burlesque".
In 2003 Nico relocated to Los Angeles and brought with her a D.I.Y. ethic and an uncompromising devotion to "Glitter and Gutter" that is evident in everything she puts her stamp on. Her production company Fleur De Lethal has produced "The Lost Weekend:Black Dahlia",The Ooh La L.A.@ The Orpheum, Burlesque @ The Derby,The Tease @ 3's after a 4 year stint in Los Angeles, Nico Bella has returned to her hometown of Portland to embark on her next phase of integrated performance,promotion and production.
Nico Bella created the book club "Nobody Reads in L.A." A book club dedicated to putting books in the hands of those used to holding cocktails.This has evolved in to "Book Club" in Portland and a whole new slew of art and literature based events to occur in 2008. When she is not producing events she is illustrating, photographing or instigating..and always listening to Tom Waits."
The Bella Beretta Bio
A volatile Molotov cocktail of glitter and gutter, built with just as much Tennessee Williams as Gypsy Rose Lee. Bella Beretta has taken aim and carved out a bullet-riddled niche as neo-burlesque's most notorious bad girl.
In 1999, Miss Beretta embarked on a mission to bring a different vision of glamour to the table. She sought to push the limits and definition of burlesque and what it encompassed as founder and former "Benevolent Dictator" of the first burlesque troupe in Seattle, The Gun Street Girls
After a marvelous 4 year run in Los Angeles - Miss Beretta has returned to her hometown of Portland and assumes her role as it's "Shooting Starlet". As head mistress of You Show Girl burlesque classes and purveyor of the weekly showcase " The Royal Tease" Bella continues to wave the banner of "D.I.Y. T&A" for the opera drunks and library punks. With performances and productions ranging from vintage glitz to modern and edgy, she gives spectators a spectacle that is just as much fairy tale as it is pulp fiction.
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