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CANDICE THOMPSON |
I have spent much of the week in a landscape of invoices, packing slips, receipts, and paperwork of any and every sort, so there has not been much to bring you other than that having a small business involves a lot of accounting and organizing, no matter what. But as I have been at my desk furiously poring over purchase orders and invoices this morning, a notice of retirement has come to my attention that I would love to give tribute to here, as it represents an underground form of dance and means a lot to many people.
One of my best friends since my early days at Milwaukee Ballet School summer program and NYU, Shane Cisneros aka Shania Rendezvous, is retiring from the cabaret stage. Shania decided not to go for a professional ballet career after our first year at NYU and has since found a career in fashion and styling. However, dance has always been present, and she has been delighting NYC audiences with her drag show for the last 10 years, really putting her ballet technique to use in an alternative and often overlooked way.
She has acquired quite a cult status and there have been more than a handful of times that someone has said to me, “You know Shania Rendezvous?!” as if my best friend were a pop star. And over the years, I have realized she really is. Congratulations Miss Rendezvous on 10 years of being fabulous and giving us some serious technique in a combination never seen before on the drag stage! You are truly fierce!
Photo of Shania Rendezvous in a custom LOLAstretch leotard!
If you would like to read more about Shania Rendezvous’s career and scheduled retirement at the Night of 1000 Gowns on March 28th, you can read her blog at the Gayzofourlives website.
