Manuela Horn's Naughty St. Patty's Day Party

Manuela Horn

Manuela Horn, also known as the Austrian Amazon, is a yodeling, dancing, acting comedic force of nature. In 1999 Manuela Horn graduated from acting school. After small roles in independent movies and her own children’s TV show, she turned her 6 foot 2 inch height into an asset as a comedic host for corporate events, and galas.

In 2000 Pomp Duck and Circumstance, the mother ship of the dinner cirque movement, hired her as a leg model. Six months later Manuela, had evolved her role into one of the most beloved, longest running and irreverent characters in Pomp history. Teatro ZinZanni imported Manuela to Seattle, Washington in 2002. With the Yodeling dominatrix and a dozen other characters she quickly became a beloved member of the ZinZanni cast.

In 2005, she acquired her SAG membership with an appearance in the movie “Rent.” Performing until she was 8 months pregnant, Manuela took a short break with her daughter Louise (Lou Lou). She returned to the mirrored spiegeltents of Europe in 2007 with the dinner cirque company PALAZZO. After her second child, Maximilian, was born in 2008 she performed with PALAZZO in Frankfurt.

The TV show “America’s Got Talent” found Manuela in 2009 and inspired her to expand her repertoire. Manuela is currently recording three albums, an Oktoberfest party album, an Alpen Rock comedy album, and a tribute album to the classic yodels of her childhood. She is also performing at October fests and corporate events across America.

Mr. Big

Mr. Big is an experienced interactive comedy troupe member of Frank Harlan's Social Circumstances Comedy Troupe. He has also appeared at Little Red Studio, as well as emceed and performed in comedy sketches for the Seattle Erotic Art Festival (SEAF). A local actor and model, he has appeared in advertisements, movies and TV. Mr. Big is also a very active volunteer. Mr. Big also appeared with Manuela Horn in the Oktoberfest Show at the Puyallup, WA Fair in 2011. This will be his second late night show at ZinZanni.

This December, Mr. Big vacationed in Peru and Ecuador with his father. His father, ever the proud parent, spent his time promoting the Manuela Horn brand when meeting new folks from the U.S. and around the world. He knows a good thing when he sees it.

Pantera Blacksmith

Pantera Blacksmith's career began as an exotic dancer in 1999 where she immediately took to the pole like a monkey. With help and influence from some of the best dancers, pole artists, and fitness professionals around the world, her performance evolved into an innovative athletic endeavor. It took several years of hard work, trial and error, and education, but Pantera eventually honed her craft to the point where she could leave the strip clubs behind and earn the title of the World's Most Famous Pole Dancer™.

Angelique DeVil

Known for her eclectic style of hip hop and neo-burlesque, Angelique DeVil shines among Portland's burlesque stars.

Angelique is a resident cast member for Portland's monthly burlesque extravaganza "The Rosehip Revue", and performs regularly in other local weekly, monthly and quarterly shows and is the host for Portland's chapter of Naked Girls Reading. Outside of Portland, she has performed in New York ("Kitty Nights","Shaken and Stirred Burlesque"), Seattle ("Pink Door Burlesque", "Sinner Saint Burlesque"), San Francisco ("Hubba Hubba Revue"), Dallas ("Dallas Burlesque Festival 2012) and had the honor to compete in the Best Debut category at the Burlesque Hall of Fame 2011.

Angelique DeVil- she puts the pop-n-lock in the bump-n-grind!

Giulio Lanzafame

Giulio is a complete circus artist! After two years of studies in FLIC Circus School in Torino, Giulio left his home in Italy for Canada to further develop his craft at the prestigious National Circus School of Montreal. After graduation, Giulio performed in several stages in Europe and the Americas: PALAZZO Colombino, Kristal Palast, Thou, Teatro Stabile Catania, S.A.N.C.A. Annex, Polo Circo Buenos Aires, Sol Y Circo, Mercantia, and the Golden Circus Festival. It was at these hallowed institutions where he honed and then performed Momento Poetico, an acrobatic number guaranteed to take your breath away.

Giulio’s current act is the perfect union of dance, movement, acrobatics, and juggling. A performance incorporates his hands, feet, and a simple chair in a creative and unique manner sure to inspire the circus performer within everyone. Prepare to be amazed.

Alchymeia

The practitioners of the ancient art of alchemy often sought to transform or combine a variety of elements. In a similar manner, the members of the ensemble Alchymeia gather folk song ingredients from various cultures and arrange them in new and fascinating ways. The repertoire reflects the varying backgrounds of the ensemble's founding musicians.

Nadia Tarnawsky has been studying Eastern European singing techniques for nearly two decades with Ukrainian singers Mariana Sadowska, Lilia Pavlovska, Albanian singer Merita Halili, and Bulgarian singers Maria Bebelekova and Donka Koleva. She has taught workshops in Ukrainian village-style singing for the Center of Traditional Music and Dance (NYC).

Brandon Vance is a two-time Open U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion and the youngest player ever to attain the national title at age 14. Brandon has performed with numerous Celtic artists including Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas, Carl Peterson, Maggie's Fury, and Clumsy Lovers.

Nadia and Brandon began performing together in 2008 and in 2010 they enlisted some of Seattle’s finest musicians to create Alchymeia. Recent performance venues include the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Company (NYC), the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (NYC), the Ukrainian Museum (NYC), the Northwest Folklife Festival (Seattle), the Pink Door (Seattle), Columbia City Theatre (Seattle), Cafe Paloma (Seattle), and the Mandolin Café.

Poppy Daze

Poppy comes to us from Texas U.S.A.! This glittering gorgeous lady has traveled, trained, and performed throughout North and South America. Inspired by her experience as a stowaway on an Arctic crabbing vessel, Poppy created a revolutionary new apparatus, the aerial anchor! In this one of a kind routine, Poppy combines expert aerial skills with a fresh and appealing character persona. Unfortunately Poppy has become hardened by her years in the traveling circus and now always keeps a pistol close by. When asked if she would ever settle down she replied, "I have come to a point in life where I will marry any man who can bring me pearls the size of my eyes".