DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA

YEAR IN RAINBOW COLLABORATION OF COLOR AND THE HUMAN PORTRAITA YEAR IN RAINBOW is burlesque performer Darlinda Just Darlinda's foray into the "living art" milieu. From August 1, 2007 to August 1, 2008, Darlinda will explore the colors Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple both individually and together as a six-colored Rainbow. On even-numbered months (August, October, December, etc), Darlinda will wear a single color for the duration of the month, and produce a show inspired by that color. On odd-numbered months (September, November, January, etc) she will wear all rainbow every day. “A YEAR IN RAINBOW is about collaboration and exploring new mediums through color and human portrait,” says Darlinda, “ But it’s also an art/social experiment to see what kind of reactions I get from the public at large when I wear one color or rainbow for an entire year.” Darlinda will record her experience via daily photographs and journal entries on her website WWW.YEARIN RAINBOW.COM . A YEAR IN RAINBOW kicks off on August 1st, 2007, when Darlinda starts her spectrum with the color Red. The first live performance of the A YEAR IN RAINBOW series is on August 20, 2007 at Galapagos Art Space, where Darlinda will produce a show called “The Red Self-Centered Leo Show” exploring the powerful, generous, egotistical (yet inspiring) ways of the color red and those born under the astrological sign of Leo.September will be dedicated to the Rainbow; on September 8, 2007 she will perform as “Super Dance” with the Rainbow-ettes at the Deitch Gallery's Art Parade. The rest of the year will play out as follows; October celebrates Orange, November: Rainbow, December: Yellow, January: Rainbow, February: Green, March: Rainbow, April: Blue, May: Rainbow, June: Purple and July: Rainbow. A YEAR IN RAINBOW is inspired by Linda M. Montano's “14 Years of Living Art”, via Morty Diamond's “Year in Pink”.ABOUT DARLINDA JUST DARLINDADarlinda Just Darlinda has been working as a Burlesque Performer in New York since 2003. She coined the term "Polyester Performance", an inspiring mixture of Burlesque, Modern Dance, Performance Art, Psychedelic Happening, Comedy Sketch, and Drag Queen Ballet. She holds a degree in Teledramatic Arts and Technology from California State University, Monterey Bay. In this program Darlinda was given the tools to integrate many art forms, theater, Film, Video, New Media, and Radio. Focusing on live performance she's produced many Burlesque events in New York City and California. She debuted “I love Dr. Nina Simone" at Galapagos Art Space in August of 2005. This show integrated modern dance, burlesque and performance art in a loving tribute to Nina Simone. She has continued to produce shows at Galapagos, most recently "The Saga of Super Dance" in May of 2007, a burlesque narrative about the life of a super hero character who fights crime with Dance. The Village Voice calls Darlinda a "Mastermind of Bizarre Extravaganza." www.darlindajustdarlinda.comFor up to date information about The Year in Rainbow visit WWW.YEARINRAINBOW.COMDarlinda Just Darlinda:From the backwoods and beaches of Mendocino California, raised on The Cockettes, Bette Midler, and Modern dance, at 4 years old Darlinda Stumbled into Burlesque. After attending an Ethnic Dance Festival in Berkley, California; Darlinda was inspired to do a nude interpretive dance of the whole festival, thus beginning her career as a performer. ************************************************************ **********************************A year later Darlinda founded the Polyester Dancers. On hiatus for 20 years, Darlinda has reincarnated the group as Darlinda's Polyester Players, performing at Polyester Garden Parties and Green Goddess Mud Soirees. ************************************************************ **********************************As a solo artist you can find Darlinda Just Darlinda seducing us with her Polyester Performance*, hilariously sultry striptease, faux modern dance, tassel twirling lessons, jazz tunes and interpretive performance art. Darlinda can be found performing at night clubs, theaters, and bar mitzvahs all over New York City and beyond. ************************************************************ *************************************Darlinda has coined the term Polyester Performance this art is a mixture of Burlesque, Modern Dance, Performance Art, Psychedelic Happening, Comedy Sketch, and Drag Queen Ballet. ************************************************************ ************************************ Darlinda Also produced and performed at these Burlesque events for Darlinda's Polyester Players: Burlesque Under the Bridge (September 2004), I LOVE DR. NINA SIMONE (August 2005), HEDWIG HANUKKAH( December 2005), BEARLESQUE! (January 2006), THE BRIDE SHOW! ALL BRIDES! ALL BURLESQUE! (March 2006), and ONCE BITTEN TWICE THIGH, THE DARLINDA JUST DARLIDNA STORY (July 2006 in NYC and Mendocino, CA), THANKS! A grateful Burlesque Show(November 2006) ************************************************************ **** The Village voice calls Darlinda "A Mastermind of Bizare Extravaganza" and USA Today says "It's hard to top Darlinda" Darlinda was featured in Italian Marie Claire on an article about New York Burlesque, October 2005.She was also Spring Queen 2005 in Burlesque Bitch Magazine. Darlinda was featured in Curve Magazine January/Feburary 2007.********************************** Darlinda has performed at New Yorks finest Continuing Burlesque Reviews: Bad Ass Burlesque, Blue Burlesque, Starshine Burlesque, Red Hots Burlesque,Mr. Choads Upstairs/Dowstairs, Hot Box Burlesque, Surf Burlesque on the Bowery, Wasabassco Burlesque, Le Scandal and Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad. ************************************************************ *************************************** Bearlinda had the honor of performing at Tease-o-Rama 2005 ************************************************************ **************************************** Darlinda has Joes Pub, Arlene's Grocery, Galapagos Art Space, The Cutting Room, Riffifi, Lucky Chengs, Fez, Slipper Room, Crobar, Viscaya, Spirit, Coney Island, Superfine, CBGB Gallery, The Crash Mansion, and The Knitting Factory. ************************************************************ ************* Nationally and Internationally: 1015 Folsom (San Francisco, CA), Bimbo's (San Francisco, CA), Le Swimming (Montreal, B.C.), The Yuca Lounge (Miami, South Beach, FL), VooDoo Lounge (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Cheif Ikes Mambo Room (Washington, D.C.), and Jaques Cabaret (Boston, MA).