Fat Reign THIS WEEKEND (6/13-6/14) in Oakland!
We are so excited we can barely stand it! Fat Reign is THIS Saturday (6/13) and Sunday (6/14) at Laney College in Oakland and the show is looking AMAZING! Be prepared to be moved, entertained, challenged, thrilled, intrigued, excited and more. Do you have your tickets yet? What are you waiting for? Get them NOW so we can see all your beautiful faces in the audience this weekend and so you can experience all that Fat Reign has to offer. Here is a line-up of Fat Reign performers, as well as a sweet preview pic of emFATic DANCE in the Fat Reign dress rehearsal:
emFATic DANCE is the resident company of Big Moves and has been delighting audiences around the Bay Area and beyond since 2001. emFATic DANCE is bringing fourteen dancers and six dances to Fat Reign showcasing high energy jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and live singing!
Raks Africa is Oakland’s award-winning bellydance duo. Etang Inyang and Tammy Johnson have been shimmying together at venues across the country since 2006. They also are the co-directors of the Girls Raks Bellydance and Body Image Program for young women ages 13 to 24. raksafrica.com.
Shapes & Shades Dance Company is a brand new contemporary/ hip hop company focused on promoting diversity in dance and they also teach dance and body positivity to youth.
The Tartlettes are a glamour-loving group of gals who aim to pay homage to the 20s and 30s with their synchronized chorus line, dancing historically-accurate routines with charleston, lindy hop, and tap.
Magnoliah Black breaks all boundaries as a dancer, singer, mc and producer by blending modern burlesque with performance art and activism. This quadruple threat got her start with the round and rowdy award winning troupe Rubenesque Burlesque six years ago and continues to shake up the scene with every sashay and sway.
PawsUP! is fatter than your average garage band and queerer than a $3 bill. Between us we play 8 instruments and have 7 pets.
The House of Lordes is a performance collective with members Brock Cocker and Tyrone Peaches. Tyrone Peaches is a down home boy with a lot of sugar in his tank. He has performed with the All Black Drag King Group – Nappy Grooves and as Nefarious Vulvaleen, his Glamazon counterpart. Brock Cocker loves all kinds of people especially those with a little jiggle in the middle and has performed up and down the West Coast.
Sarah and Tigress began dancing together as the fulfillment of a Scorpio pact in 2013. This is their third performance together in the Big Moves show. Follow Sarah at notblueatall.com. Follow Tigress at iofthetigress.com.
The FFE Models represent fat glamour in sizes 14 and up. As representatives of Full Figure Entertainment, they help get the party started at Full Figure Fridays and help spread the word about body love and size acceptance. Check outfacebook.com/ffemodels or follow @effieoakland on Instagram for more information.
Lucia N. Habitions, burlesque performer and long time member of Rubenesque Burlesque, is what you get when you cross growing up in the childrens’ Beauty Pageant circuit, 30+ years of dance and theater training, and an obsession with all things vintage.
Ms. Juicy D. Light is a Fierce, Radical, Fattie Femme. Founder and Artistic Director of Rubenesque Burlesque and Producer of First Friday Follies and Salacious Under-ground, she, as a solo performer and with Rubenesque Burlesque, has traveled all over the country and Canada changing minds and hearts regarding the sensuality and beauty of fat women.
Photo by Lilia Faith