Dark cabaret
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Dark cabaret is a music genre that draws on the aesthetics of burlesque, vaudeville and Weimar-era cabaret, generally played by groups with origins in rock music.
The Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer
The Dresden Dolls
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The Dresden Dolls is an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione. The two describe their style as "Brechtian punk cabaret
Dark cabaret
…Williams and Gitane Demone's Dream Home Heartache (1995). During this decade, the neo-burlesque movement began, which allowed acts in the 2000s such as the Dresden Dolls, the World/Inferno Friendship Society, Jill Tracy and Katzenjammer Kabarett to gain mainstream attention. Amidst this period, the genre's influence…
Amanda Palmer (left) and Brian Viglione (right) in 2002
The Dresden Dolls, 2002 Photo by Kyle Cassidy
The Dresden Dolls, 2002