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Archive of material relating to Sweatbox Dance Parties

Throughout 1989 there was a dance party in Sydney every week, often on both Friday and Saturday. At Sweatbox dance parties, the music was frequently provided by DJ's Mark Alsop, Pee Wee Ferris, Stephen Ferris, Stephen Allkins, Robert Racic, Ben Drayton. There were several themes injected into the Sweatbox parties: Let The Eat Cake was a baroque extravaganza with a rococo theme; Royal Command was a performance based dance party; Barbarella had a space ship on the dance floor - drag queen Cindy …

Summary

Object No.

2009/62/1

Object Statement

Archive of material relating to Sweatbox dance parties including posters (23), audio cassette tapes (10), VHS video cassettes (5), paper / plastic, various manufacturers, used by Victor Li and Richard Weiss, Australia, 1988 - 1993

Physical Description

Archive of material relating to Sweatbox dance parties including posters (23), audio cassette tapes (10), VHS video cassettes (5), paper / plastic, various manufacturers, used by Victor Li and Richard Weiss, Australia, 1988 - 1993

Source

Credit Line

Gift of Victor Li and Richard Weiss, 2009

Acquisition Date

5 August 2009

Cite this Object

Harvard

Archive of material relating to Sweatbox Dance Parties 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 29 March 2023, <https://ma.as/397950>

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/397950 |title=Archive of material relating to Sweatbox Dance Parties |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=29 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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