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Danceteria Flyers 1982-1986

The fantastic Gallery of Danceteria flyers 82-86, complete with a clip of owner Rudolph on Nickelodian’s Livewire; n the pantheon of NYC nightclubs, Danceteria was known for dominating the early 80s downtown scene with a unique brand of performance and multimedia experimentation and was frequented by post-punks, poets, rockers, rapppers, Rastas, art stars, drags, suits, and more. Viva Haoui Montaug and No Entiendes!

Legendary club. And what an image: memories flood back.

My club-going started around 1985, so I only went to Danceteria a couple of times. The first was to see a performance by The Fabulous Pop Tarts — Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, who still work together as World Of Wonder, a production company with many successful TV and film credits under their belt. The rumor was that Madonna was somewhere in the club that night, which made sense to us because M. did a lot of her earliest performances there.

The club’s graphics were striking. Rudolf knew what he was doing.

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