South of the Border with Serge Becker

The Blue Angel Cabaret on Walker Street didn't just jumpstart the modern burlesque revival back in 94 when Drew Barrymore used to strip and make a scandal of herself and all concerned. It also produced professional operations from many of it's performers and definitely of much of it's clientele. Serge Becker used to revel in it's excesses where Flambeaux headlined with his partner Lilah. This was also where his fire headdresses appeared to mimic the tribal culture of the underground 90s.
Becker whisked Flambeaux off to Bowery Bar and Grill, Joe's Pub and the Box. Now, 2 decades later, Becker has opened 'Bodega Negra' - a boutique Mexican Restaurant geared more towards raucous fun than to authenticity, at 16th Street's fashionable 'Dream Hotel' (launched with FF shows in 2009)
Think 'Dawn-to-Dusk' Mexico. Hot vampire girls and Herradura Tequila and all.
Says Becker to Flambeaux....."Set the place on fire Flammie.....safely!"

'Flammie' went straight for the new FF-girl team and snatched up Paula Kaiser (ex-P Cult), back from Brazil, with Natalie Hope to form the fun team for the A-list excess crowd of celebs that cram into Bodega Negra on Monday nights. And he looked at what he had made and found it good, for it was, but it needed something.
"We'd started rocking out fire gigs with Stefan Zeniuk and his flaming saxophone at the Gowanus Ballroom. THAT was what we needed!"
Set the place on fire? Uh....naaaah! Make it LOOK like they set the place on fire? Uh......yaaaah!

"Church of Girl' Human Candelabra Collection

The Times Square gala for Chashama arts organization was the setting for a developing vision; the 'Church of Girl', featuring wax-covered models 

Cassandra Rosebeetle, Ali Luminescent, Christine Geiger, Christine Pawlovski and Kim Kahuna.
Weeks of drip-dripping of melting candles preceded it with Zen-like patience but the result was a shrine to beauty where the audience could worship and light candles upon their favorite goddesses. 
It was an extension of last years' interactive candelabra with Sarah Sparkles where the audience dripped the candles directly onto her, forming the wax encasement.
All these things are now a line of live candles/wax installations and experiences made by Flambeaux for events and gatherings, so give us a call if you'd like them. And much thanks to Chashama arts organization who have supported us through the years and whom we enjoy contributing our works to annually for their Times Square gala.....