The Dazzle Dancers are a performance group founded in 1996 in New York City's

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during Wignot (the first year that

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didn't happen in the park) by artist Mike Albo (aka Dazzle Dazzle) and Grover Guinta (aka Vinnie Dazzle). The male and female dancers appear in spare costumes or

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at festivals, night clubs, and the Hipster scene. The Dazzle Dancers have performed nationally at many late-night clubs,

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Amusement Park, Wigstock, the

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Festival in Nevada, and onstage with the band Blondie to a crowd of 20,000 people at the Millennium New Year's Eve Celebration in Miami, Florida. In 2005 the Dazzle Dancers were a central theme in a feature film, the romantic gay comedy ''

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''.IMDB, accessed July 21, 2009
/ref> Their costume designer is Matthew Flower, better known as Machine Dazzle, who has noted in an interview wit
Imagine Fashion
that his designs are like sacred objects to him and believes in the transformative quality of costumes.''Sacred Objects''
Imagine Fashion interview with designer Machine Dazzle (2011)

References

External links

Official Myspace Page
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