{"id":2187,"date":"2018-07-12T12:55:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T11:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2018-07-16T14:25:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T13:25:24","slug":"helene-de-joie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2187","title":{"rendered":"H\u00e9l\u00e8ne De Joie"},"content":{"rendered":"

PAUL OSBORNE speaks to Burlesque dancer, model and club promoter Helene De Joie and finds out about her forthcoming night to celebrate MOOF magazine\u2019s first birthday<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Emma Aylett Photography \u2013 emmaaylettphotography.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cI was definitely born with a love of music and rock \u2019n’ roll and the desire to express myself through dance and fashion,\u201d explains club promoter, model and burlesque dancer extraordinaire Helene De Joie. \u00a0\u201cI went on to study dance and take classes in various disciplines. When I moved to London in 2010, I started a course in burlesque (with Burlesque Baby) and then started performing a year later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Helene has been wowing audiences over the last seven years with her unique take on the Burlesque art form, and it\u2019s an approach which means she\u2019s able to combine all of her influences. \u201cMy performances are heavily influenced by roc k\u2019n\u2019 roll and come from the soul, rather than being over-choreographed.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s this connection with her rock \u2019n\u2019 roll roots which has seen her collaborate with several musicians, most notably when she joined the recently reformed Thee Hypnotics on stage at their London show.\u00a0 \u201cThat was a FUN night and an amazing opportunity! It actually came about when I had mentioned to a mutual friend of Ray\u2019s that I was looking for a ticket to the show, and the next thing I knew, she had told him about me dancing etc. and he got in touch asking me if I wanted to dance with them. I obviously didn\u2019t need to think twice!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emma Aylett Photography \u2013 emmaaylettphotography.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Helene added further strings to her boa when she decided to bridge the gap between her performances and musical influences and promote her own events, and following her initial foray into promotion with an evening dedicated to Nick Cave, she eventually set up Factory de Joie<\/em>, her very own night of live music, burlesque and hedonism. \u201cI wanted to bring together the music scene and the burlesque\/cabaret scene (both of these are passions of mine and I felt there were not enough nights combining the two) and create a night that was immersive, hedonistic and visually stimulating. I was inspired by Warhol\u2019s Factory and the sounds and aesthetics of the \u201960s\/70s, and so Factory de Joie\u00a0<\/em>was born on the 28th<\/sup>July 2016!\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday, 4th<\/sup>August will see Helene collaborate with Melanie Xulu, founder of the excellent MOOF\u00a0<\/em>magazine, to celebrate the magazine\u2019s first anniversary under the name A Playground Of Psychedelia<\/em>.\u00a0 What can people expect from this exciting meeting of minds? \u201cYou can expect the usual Factory de Joie\u00a0<\/em>hedonism and rock \u2018n\u2019 roll psychedelia with added folky obscurity and tripped-out occult vibes\u201d explains Helene. \u00a0\u201cAnd because it\u2019s our BIRTHDAY PARTY we have gone all out and booked Twink (The Pretty Things), who is playing with The Lysergics, to headline! We also have Velvet Candy coming down (or rather up from Portsmouth!) to put on a full-on psychedelic liquid lightshow!\u201d<\/p>\n

Sound good readers? Well there\u2019s MORE! \u201cWe also have Factory\u2019s resident garage band, The Pacers, Wax Machine (from Brighton), The Mason Dixon Brothers, a sitar set by Rod from Flare Voyant and spoken word and a rare acoustic set from Tim Briffa of My Drug Hell. PLUS burlesque and Go-Go dancers, three DJs playing \u201960s\/70s vinyl, tarot readings and a few more birthday treats thrown in for good measure!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Laura Kensington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tickets for Factory De Joie and <\/strong><\/em>Moof <\/strong>Mag Present: A Playground Of Psychedeliacost \u00a38 in advance or \u00a310 on the night and are available here<\/a>
\n<\/strong>For more information visit the Factory de Joie<\/a> and Helene’s<\/a> Facebook pages. The night also celebrates the Factory’s second birthday<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PAUL OSBORNE speaks to Burlesque dancer, model and club promoter Helene De Joie and finds out about her forthcoming night to celebrate MOOF magazine\u2019s first birthday \u00a0 \u201cI was definitely born with a love of music and rock \u2019n’ roll and the desire to express myself through dance and fashion,\u201d explains club promoter, model and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[533,532,534],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-factory-de-joie","tag-helene-de-joie","tag-moof"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}