DDI is Going to Smukfest - photo by Ed

This fall, Dance Dance Immolation will be having a special run. While we’re very used to running DDI on the desert, this August we’ll actually be running on water for the first time! In addition, we’ll also be running on the other side of the ocean! Dance Dance Immolation is getting a passport and is going to Denmark for Smukfest in our first international run.

Smukfest is a 5 day music festival set in the woods of Skanderborg, Denmark with headliners such as Kylie Minogue, Fatboy Slim, The Streets, Aqua, etc. The multi-stage festival is set amongst trees, so at the request of fire officials we will be running away from such flammable objects. The best place to run fire art? On a raft in a lake.  We’re looking forward to this unique run, and even moreso to the chance to convince Kylie Minogue to give the game a try so we can shoot her with fire while she dances to her own songs.

Nicole steps, Photo by Reed

We built this thing called Dance Dance Immolation inspired by the ever popular game Dance Dance Revolution. We had to make all our own hardware, hack together the software, and basically build it from scratch. Now we have this awesome version complete with fire, but unfortunately that doesn’t work very well indoors. So we’ve been on the hunt for a Dance Dance Revolution machine for the last few years. Well, we found one, but now we need to raise the money for it.

As one of the Interpretive Arsonists that can’t play DDR (and subsequently DDI) worth anything, I’m personally asking for your help so that I can practice on DDR and then test DDI without getting shot in the face with fire so much.  Please use the donate button below to contribute to this cause.  Your dollars could help save my eyebrows some day.

If we don’t win this auction (please don’t bid against us!) then the donations will go into a “Get DDI a DDR” fund for a future purchase of a machine.  Thanks!

Don’t forget that the Universe is being destroyed this Saturday at NIMBY!  Dance Dance Immolation will be running and shooting rivetheads in the face with fire.  Not only is it a night of good industrial music, fire, dancing and fun, it’s also a benefit for SRL’s Todd Blair.

SAT 25 April – @ NIMBY in Oakland
8410 Amelia st., Oakland, CA 94621-1836
(All Ages)
5 pm – ? am
Massive Festival event at NIMBY’s 35,000 Sq. Ft. space!
Music, Machine-Fire Art, Dance, Performance Art, Crazy Antics
SIXTEENS, SWANN DANGER, BAD UNKL SISTA (Butoh inspired dance), THE ART OF BLEEDING, CROOKED COWBOY and the FRESHWATER INDIANS, SORIAH, SWORDS OF FATIMA, TOILING MIDGETS, SCOTT ARFORD, THE COPPERTHIEF, BIRTH,
Interactive Machine-Fire Art: DANCE DANCE IMMOLATION, LIFE SIZE MOUSETRAP,
THERM related artists: EVAN TRACY, RYON GESINK, ALEX NOLAN, VANCE CEARLEY (Exothermia – Fire/Ice sculpture)
Visuals and DJs: CHKNFSH, MOLITOV, POST-PUNK.org
“Industrial Culture” film screenings: DECODER, F-SPACE @ Thunderdome, etc.

$9 – $20 Sliding Donation