#dava huesca

[per-the-jellicle-magician]

Another clip from Cats: the Jellicle Ball aka Cats PAC NYC

Baby Byrne as Victoria, Primo as Tumblebrutus, Jonathan Burke as Mungojerrie and Dava Huesca as Rumpleteazer

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[junkyard-gifs]

have you heard about this ballroom-style production happening in nyc this summer? i'm so intrigued!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6EnK7xuf8_/

Yes! It's been on my radar for a while though I don't think I've posted anything about it yet - at least, I haven't decided on a tag for the production.

Honestly, going by my usual tagging system it should probably be '2024 pac' or '2024 nyc' but. For these guys. I sort of want to name it after its most prominent attribute which is. '2024 ballroom' 😌

Anyway have a promo clip, from their official insta, and some random cast photos out of costume.

(We don't have a lot of costume photos yet but we do know that these Jellicles will be fully humans, not feline: they are people existing within the ballroom cultural milieu of the period and 'jellicle cats' is just the pride name they use for themselves and each other. So if you strongly prefer your cats as cats, this might not be the show for you—but it's certainly a show that speaks to somebody else!)

(Also I'm just really enjoying the flurry of excitement from former Jellicles in comments on this production's posts.)

Dudney Joseph: Munkustrap (Emcee) (he/him).

Dava Huesca: Rumpelteazer (she/her)

Jonathan Burke: Mungojerrie (he/him)

Andre Deshields: Deuteronomy

Sydney Harcourt: Rum Tum Tugger

Baby: Victoria

Choreographers Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles. (Obvs we're not going with Dame Gilly's choreo here.)

"A radical reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Inspired by the Ballroom culture that roared out of New York City over 50 years ago and still rages around the world. Staged as a spectacularly immersive competition by Zhailon Levingston (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Chicken & Biscuits) and PAC NYC Artistic Director Bill Rauch (All the Way), with all-new Ballroom and club beats, runway-ready choreography, and an edgy eleganza makeover that moves the action from junkyard to catwalk.  Come one, come all, and celebrate the joyous transformation of self at the heart of Cats and Ballroom culture itself." (X)

[rabnerd28]

For all the Victeazer shippers out there, Dava Huesca (PAc NYC Teazer) said that Teazer and Victoria have crushes on each other

[real-reulbbr-band]

Pac nyc Spoilers!!

Good enough, welcome back Victeazer <3

Baby Bryne as Victoria the dancing cat and Dava Huesca as Rumpleteazer. Backstage at Pac Nyc, from Baby’s instagram story.

[per-the-jellicle-magician]

Some of the make-up looks Dava Huesca sported as Rumpleteazer so far in Cats: the Jellicle Ball aka Cats PAC NYC, all done by Desiree Easton-Dennis

As far as I can tell Teazer is the only one having her look changed so frequently and so dramatically

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[per-the-jellicle-magician]

Another interesting costume piece from Cats: the Jellicle Ball aka Cats PAC NYC

Custom wig changes for Victoria and Tumblebrutus, modelled after the creators cats

In the clips Baby Byrne, Dava Huesca and Ivy Mugler as Victoria, Primo as Tumblebrutus

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[per-the-jellicle-magician]

A fragment of "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" form last night's dress rehearsal of Cats: the Jellice Ball aka Cats PAC NYC

Primo as Tumblebrutus, Dava Huesca as Rumpleteazer, plus in the back Emma Sofia as Cassandra and Xavier Reyes as Jennyanydots