Applied Mechanics

We danced under the stars ✨
We sparkled under the lights. 💡
We stuffed dollars into our beloved friends go-go shorts. Ballet! Ballroom! Little Orphan Annie! So many memories and so much joy; we have to thank our beloved community for making the Fancyfancy such a success. Thank you thank you thank you.

See you in October for the premiere of Run Ben Run!

With love and fancy,
Applied Mechanics

Just when you thought we couldn't get any fancier... Performer spotlight on Stefan Tuomanen! To help us get our fanciest merengue hips on, the FancyFancy features a live ballroom dance lesson from former United States 9-Dance Pro-Am National Champion Stefan Tuomanen. Stefan was the 2018 US Pro-AM Gentleman Smooth Champion and is ready to bring his smooth moves to the Fancyfancy. A true credit to the Tuomanen name!
This isn’t the last tango in Paris, baby, it’s the best Fancy Dance Throwdown this town has ever seen! Prepare for some classy b***y shaking, Philadelphia – we’ll see you on the dance floor!

For tickets, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fancy-fancy-tickets-1984385495435

FANCY FANCY Performer Spotlight!

Thomas Choinacky (they & he) is the current artist-in-residence at the Leather Archives & Museum. They study forms of gathering from live performance to kinky fe**sh. They have been self-producing rule-breaking performances for 20 years. They maintain an ongoing letter writing correspondence, give them your snail mail address!

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PERFORMER SPOTLIGHT for FANCY FANCY on April 11!

Pax Ressler (they/she) is a non-binary transfemme composer, organizer and cabaret theatre artist who uses music as a participatory tool to invigorate our collective imaginations towards social change, with humor and humanity at the center. They invite the performer-audience collective to rehearse their values and imagine a better world together through political cabaret (The Bearded Ladies’ Contradict This! & GIRL DOLLS: The American Musical with Jackie Soro), communal singing with Rise Choir Collective (), and trans and non-binary advocacy in the Philadelphia theatre sector with Genderfunk Philly (). Pax is an F. Otto Haas Award finalist and Barrymore Award-winning composer whose work has been performed around the world, on the streets in parades and protests, and at cultural institutions like The Guggenheim Museum, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, and La Mama ETC (Jarbeaux’s “Rose: You Are Who You Eat”). paxressler.com

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Performer Spotlight for FANCY FANCY: Chris Davis (actor/writer) is a writer and performer residing in Philadelphia, PA. His solo shows have toured throughout the United States and Europe. His solo play The 40-Year-Old Ballerino will be presented in Philly Theatre Week April 25, Sat, 5:30pm & May 2, Sat, 7pm before it makes its way to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2026.

Recent projects include solo shows One-Man Nutcracker, The 40-Year-Old Ballerino, The Presented (★★★★ - The List), The Last Emperor of Mexico, One-Man Apocalypse Now (★★★★★ - “superbly crafted” - Underdog Reviews), Juan-Winfield, Bortle 8 (“…a strikingly original writer and performer.” - The Scotsman), Drunk Lion (“A potent success” ★★★★★ - Wee Review), and Violence of the Lambs (“…absurd comedy at its very best." ★★★★★ – The Student Newspaper ). He performed in the Edinburgh Fringe from 2014-2019 and will be returning again in 2026.

April 11: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fancy-fancy-tickets-1984385495435

Let’s dance the night away like only the fancy among us can.
And girl?
You’re the fanciest.

A fantastic lineup of performers, ballroom dance instructor, and raffle prizes!

SEE YOU APRIL 11TH FOR THE BALL/FUNDRAISER/PARTY/RUCKUS OF THE CENTURY
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