There's a very different type of big top in town at La Fee Verte, and we aren't talking about the tent variety. (Although there'll probably be enough wood in there to pitch one, har har.). Tonight, Thursday, Rainbow Circus is bringing its Sexy Circus Sideshow to the burlesque club. And while there'll be plenty of freaks, contortionists, and jugglers, these buxom performers are the ones you might want to run away with instead of from.
The Sexy Circus Sideshow includes seven to eight acts, and these are not for the kiddies. Expect furry wild beasts in the form of face-painted pole dancers, nipple-tassel-clad aerialists swinging through the air, and human oddities like transgender dressers. (No circus is complete without a good she-man.)
The club's resident stars, the Madames du Mischief, will also keep the
crowd aroused. But our guess is that won't be too hard when Rainbow
Circus's Hootchie Kootchie girls take the stage.
Navid Verglast, co-owner of Le Fee Verte, says hootchie gals are
actually a throwback to the original traveling circus days: "In the old
days, burlesque dancers - or anyone that had any type of femininity or
stripping -- was referred to as the Hootchie Kootchie girls," explains
Verglast. "Hootchie Kootchie was a term that was associated with women
who were considered to be loose - that's where we get the term
hootchies today."
Along with all that eye candy, La Fee Verte will serve eye-popping absinthe
cocktails with names like Moulin Rouge and Devil's Punch. And after throwing back the green liquor, we're pretty sure
the contortionists and burlesque dancers won't be the only ones bending
every which way.
Unlike the Ringling Brothers Circus, this freak show isn't exactly
"come one, come all." Club La Fee Verte is a members-only spot, so
you'll have to play by their rules: Non-members need to RSVP to
UPDATE: Due to the nature of the circus acts and the good possibility of a tropical storm tonight, La Fee Verte is postponing tonight's Rainbow Circus until next Thursday, July 29th.
La Fee Verte (912 71st St., Miami Beach) opens at 11:00 p.m. The first
show starts at midnight. Call 305.865.5955 or visit
www.clublafeeverte.com
--Liz Newman
