Angela Mae....clown bellydance extraordinaire

photo by Eric Gillet

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Angela Mae was birthed into the world of bellydance in 2002. She first studied Egyptian Cabaret with Jodette's Bellydance Academy in Sacramento, CA.  She performed in the local restaurant scene, Renaissance Faires, and at the CA State Fair.  She acted as student teacher, and was the troupes resident snake dancer.  By accident, she was introduced to the fusion styles of bellydance that literally blew her imagination.........she began to seek out new inspirations and decided, that for herself.........the rules of "tradition" must be broken, and so she ventured out and co-created her own troupe deemed Eternal Gypsy, performing at various bellydance events such as Tribal Fest, Rakkassah
, and Whole earth Festival. She also began dancing with the metal band Sexciety, performing with them regularly throughout the Sacramento area for nearly 2 years......until finally having to retire due to an injury from too much headbanging.........

                                                                            photo by Eric Gillet

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The troupe was short lived, but only because of what was to happen next............CIRCUS!!!!!
She was asked to perform the afterparty for Unmata's Blood Moon Regale. The theme for their show was batman, so on a whim, Angela decided to be the Joker........it was her first clowning of sorts, and was enough to get the word out all the way to San Francisco where the notorious clown band Gooferman reside. They were made privy to the fact that there was a clown bellydancer in Sacramento that they should see, and so they requested her presence at the Bohemian Carnival for a "working audition".  Angela Mae did her thing for the first time at the Bohemian Carnival in November 2007, and was hired without question............next step.....RUN AWAY AND JOIN THE CIRCUS!!!!


photo by Jeff Spirer

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Since then she has been Gooferman's Lead dancer, an active sexy painted lady of Sisters of Honk, and is now a member of the highly esteemed Vau De Vire Society. She is apart of VDV's rollergirls, is skilled in the art of poi, and has been know to increase her tiny stature with the help of stilts.  She is deeply involved with the Burning Man community, performing for their various events throughout the year such as Decompression, Precompression, BRAFF Benefits, SpiderBall, and of course BLACK ROCK CITY!!! She has also performed with Gooferman and Vau De Vire at Bumbershoot, Download Festival, Outside Lands Festival, Lightning in a Bottle, Electric Daisy Carnival, Toyota Scion Party on Alcatraz, Sand By The Ton, Edwardian Ball, Sea of Dreams, Wanderlust, Symbiosis, and nearly every Bohemian Carnival since.  Angela Mae has also worked with Mutaytor, Angelo Moore's "Dr. Madd Vibe's Orchestra", Shadow Circus, Sexciety(Sacramento metal band), Kaura(SF band), Tornado Rider(SF band), The Rootabega Opera by Dan Cantrell(fire arts expo), and City Arts in SF.

                                                                                                    Angela Mae with Angelo Moore(fishbone)photo by Benjamin Wester

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Angela Mae has a style that is a unique fusion of her very own...............consisting of influences such as Egyptian Cabaret, Tribal Fusion, ole school pop n' lockin, krump, ballet, JaZZ HanDs, DrUnkeN MasTer, Saturday morning cartoons, sassafrass, music boxes, cotton candy, tin men, and Ani-Mae.................to name a few...........she likes to call it "Drunken Clown Bellydance"....................you just gotta see it!!!!