Valentine’s Burlesque 2012

Tickets On Sale Now

JM Kennedy Entertainment is hosting their annual Valentine’s Burlesque Show Saturday, February 11, 2012 at The House of Mood located in Pawtucket RI.  It will feature a variety of different performances that include Singing, Chair Dancing, Belly Dancing, and Pole Dancing. It’s a one of a kind show that everyone will enjoy.

Dinner Show tickets include a beautiful 3 course meal provided by Cresta Bar and Restaurant.

Tickets on Sale now for $65 per person.

Tickets are on sale for $65 per person or $100 per couple. Cocktail show tickets are $25 online and $35 at the door. Tickets are being sold online at www.jmkennedyentertainment.com. Priority Seating will be given to those who have reservations. For VIP tables please call 401 305 3400. Doors Open at 7:00 pm and the first Show Starts at 8:00 pm.

Jennifer Kennedy, owner of JM Kennedy Entertainment, has been performing for over 30 years at different venues around the world. She started her Rhode Island based Burlesque Troop 4 years ago. What makes her show stand apart from other local Burlesque Shows is the use of the Pole. This unique art form, often associated with Cirque Du Soleil, combines the grace and beauty of dance with gravity defying technique.

Cresta Bar and Ristorante

Dinner Show Menu 

– Rhody Farm Salad in Golden Sherry Vinaigrette

– Stuffed Chicken Crespelle, Cacciatore Style

– Tortellini with Pancetta, peas, cream and parmigiana

Zuppe de Portofino with Linguine (mussels, clams, shrimp)

– Tiramisu

Buy you tickets for:

The Dinner Show click here

The Cocktail Show Click here

Happy Holiday’s!!!!

Happy Holiday’s from everyone at JM Kennedy Dance & Pole Fitness Studio. We are excited about all of the changes we’ve made this past year and are looking forward all the new classes and events we have scheduled for 2012.

For more information visit the website and our facebook to see the most current pictures and videos. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!!!

We had a Great End of Session Winter Cabaret

Everyone did a great job at The End of Session. We had an unbelievable group of performers and a great audience!!!

The ladies worked hard and it payed off. All of our performers spent the past 6 weeks preparing for this and it turned out excellent.

This show featured Chair Dancing, Pole Dancing, and

Solo’s by Jennifer, Kerri, Alaina, and Briana. For more pictures from the show click here.

End of Session Class Cabaret

Date: December 10, 2011

Time: 7:30 -10:00

Admission: $10

At JM Kennedy Dance & Pole Fitness Studio we offer our students the chance to perform in front of there friends and families at our End of Session Class Cabarets. This is a fun evening of music and dancing. Admission is $10 and it includes an open bar.

Our End of Session shows feature a variety of different group and solo performances. Including group pole dance routines, chair dancing, and  burlesque skits. This is a fun night for everyone. VIP seating is available. Must be 21+ to attend this event.

To learn more about this event visit www.jmkennedyentertainment.com.

Click Here for Tickets.

Dee is JM Kennedy Entertainment’s Performer of the Week

Ever since Damaris Rivera (Dee) was a little girl, she has dreamt of becoming a professional dancer; Inspired by music such as Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Micheal Jackson and Madonna, Pop, Hip Hop, Dance and Freestyle became her favorite type of music to dance to. Shortly after Dee turned 17 she auditioned for the Roxy Night Club as one of their dancers and got the job! Dee has performed at over 50 different venues since her first job and continues to keep her dream alive with JMKennedy Entertainment doing what she loves the most… DANCE!

Breast Cancer Survivor Jennifer Kennedy

OCTOBER 31, 2011 

Jennifer Kennedy – Pole Dancer, Cancer Survivor Role Model.

Written by Tinu exclusively for Pole Spin magazine.

It has been an eventful and exciting journey that began for Jennifer Kennedy some 55 years ago in Derby England. Born to Jamaican immigrants, Jennifer wanted to learn ballet, dancing was something she was born to do.
A kindly German neighbor meant ballet classes for the little Jennifer and a stint with Irene Bell’s Cabaret Troop when she was 17 meant that Jennifer did manage to live dancing dream at least somewhat.

Jennifer Kennedy

Marrying Edric, she moved to Chicago soon after and went on to have a wonderful family and a long married life of 27 years. Edric however died of heart attack in 2001, a wonderful, wise, loving man who, for Jennifer was the personification of Gandhi, his illustrious compatriot.

Jennifer continued to be strong for her sons but there was more to follow – in 2005 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and a little later she was laid off from her 10 year old job with an airline.
What followed was a struggle to say the least. There was the pain and seeming hopelessness of her disease on the one hand, and the need to keep it all together on the other. Her struggle was fierce, but in the end it was her tremendous spirit that won out. She refused to let the pain and the difficult process of cancer treatment (which can often be worse than the disease itself according to so many survivors) get in her way and continued to live life on her own terms.
It was the fact that Jennifer never stopped dreaming, and that she had the sheer determination that helped her hold her life together and she decided to continue her education. Not letting the pain and her circumstances or her age stand in her way, she decided to go to college and went on to earn herself a degree.

And this wasn’t all. Her passion for dance dictated that she had even loftier goals in mind – her dream of dancing ballet at London’s Covent Garden had undergone a slight alteration and it took the concrete form of a 500 square foot pole dance studio, the J M Kennedy Dance Studio. The studio size soon started to grow to its present size of 3000 square feet and Jennifer’s remarkable ability to bring happiness and empowerment to women by virtue of her dance instruction grew along with it. 
If Jennifer wants to send out the message to women to stay strong, then she certainly knows what she is talking about. Overcoming cancer 5 years ago, and starting afresh in life are monumental tasks; to be successful in your chose sphere at relatively later in life even more so!

It makes it all worthwhile for Jennifer when a client’s husband asks her why his wife looks so happy when she walks out the door of their studio! While Jennifer and her studio continue to empower women and educate them of their own worth, she also contributes to charity events to try and give back to the community, in whatever way she can; all the while staying true to her own mantra in life Never Stop Dreaming!

More stories on other cancer survivors can be seen in the October-December 2011 print issue of Pole Spin magazine now on newsstands and bookstores. Also available for worldwide delivery though theSubscription page.

This is a Pole Spin Magazine exclusive. ©2011 Pole Spin Magazine. All rights reserved.

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This article was written by Tinu

Published on PoleForACause.com 

Visit  http://poleforacause.com/2011/10/jen/ 

Murder Mystery Burlesque

Evil Night - Opening Number of The Murder Mystery Burlesque

Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you so much for coming to The House of Mood’s first annual Murder Mystery Burlesque Show!!! It was a great success!!!

A special thank you to all the performers, staff, and the members of Johnson & Wales SES Club!!! We couldn’t have done it without you.

At the end of the show the audience voted and the killer was… “The Ex”, Alicia Heaney.

The Ex - Voted the Killer

Murder Mystery Burlesque at The House of Mood on October 22, 2011

MURDER MYSTERY BURLESQUE ON OCTOBER 22, 2011

FROM 8:00 -10:00

AT THE HOUSE OF MOOD

461 MAIN ST. UNIT D2, PAWTUCKET RI 02860

TICKETS ON SALE NOW CLICK HERE

ON OCTOBER 22, 2011 WINSTON, A RICH PLAYBOY KNOWN FOR HIS CRAZY PARTIES AND SEXUAL ESCAPADES, WAS FOUND DEAD IN AN ABANDONED MILL BUILDING LOCATED IN PAWTUCKET RI. THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. ALL THAT WE KNOW IS HE WAS MURDERED BY ONE OF THE WOMEN LISTED IN THE FACTS BELOW.  

FACTS:

1. HE HAD AN ESTIMATED NET WORTH OF $7.2 BILLION. 

2. HIS WIFE WAS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY TO HIS FORTUNE AND WAS KNOWN FOR HER HOT BODY AND EQUALLY HOT TEMPER.  

3. HIS SECRETARY KNEW THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO LOOSE EVERYTHING. THEY HAD BEEN SCENE ARGUING ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS ABOUT AN INCIDENT WITH A “DESK”. SHE REFUSES TO DISCUSS IT. 

4. HIS BI-POLAR MISTRESS JUST RETURNED FROM ONE OF HER FREQUENT TRIPS TO “THE HAMPTONS” AKA “THE MENTAL INSTITUTION”

5. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED THEY FOUND A STRANGE WOMEN CLAIMING TO BE A PSYCHIC CHANTING NEXT TO WINSTON’S LIFELESS BODY.   

6. BEFORE CALLING THE POLICE THE MAID THOROUGHLY CLEANED THE CRIME SCENE CONTAMINATING AND DESTROYING ALL THE EVIDENCE THE KILLER MAY HAVELEFT BEHIND. 

7. A LOUNGE SINGER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCEFOUND AT THE CRIME SCENE. 

8. EVERY HALLOWEEN HE HOLDS A MASQUERADE PARTY AT ONE OF HIS HISTORIC MILL BUILDINGS LOCATED IN PAWTUCKET, RI. 

9. THE AUTHOR OF AN ADULT THEMED BOOK TITLED “THE SAFE WORD IS DIE” WAS PUT IN CUSTODY AFTER GETTING INTO A HEATED ARGUMENT WITH WINSTON’S WIFE. SHE KEPT YELLING “DIE” “DIE” EVERY TIME THE WIFE CAME NEAR HER. (IT WAS RUMORED THAT WINSTON WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE MAIN CHARACTER IN THE AUTHORS BOOK.) 

10. A BROKE ACTRESS “FRIEND” OF WINSTONS WAS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE HIM ALIVE. DURING THIS LAST ENCOUNTER WINSTON TOLD HER HE WAS NOT GOING TO FINANCE HER ONE WOMEN SHOW TITLED “ME, MYSELF, AND I” A MODERN, HISTORICAL, FICTIONAL BUT NON-FICTION BASED , DOCUMENTARYABOUT HER LIFE STORY WHERE SHE PLAYS THE BOTH THE  INTERVIEWER AND THE SUBJECT OF THE INTERVIEW.

11. HIS NURSE REFUSES TO RELEASE HIS MEDICAL RECORDS CLAIMING THAT HE WAS A “WOMANIZER” AND DESERVED WHAT HE GOT… SHE IN CUSTODY FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

12. HIS EX WAS ALSO FOUND ON THE SCENE WITH HER NEW BOYFRIEND… SHE REPORTEDLY  CRASHED THE PARTY IN AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW WINSTON WHAT HE WAS MISSING. 

Zumba w/ JMK at the 13th annual Pawtucket Arts Festival!!!!

Zumba in the Park

Ditch the workout and Join the party with Jennifer & Andrea at this years Pawtucket Arts Festival. We will be at Slater Park from 12:00pm – 3:00pm on Saturday September 17th & Sunday September 18th!!! Join us for two fun days of Zumba in the park!!

ZUMBA FITNESS Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music with easy-to-follow dance steps that everyone enjoys. Dance to your Favorite Salsa, Marange, Bachata, Reggaeton, and top 40 music!

Zumba for Kids!!!

PARENTS Bring your kids for a fun day of Zumba in the park. Burn calories while spending time with your families & friends. Parents love this program because of theeffects it has on kids, increasing their focus and self- confidence, boosting metabolism and enhancing coordination.

Date/TIme: September 17th & 18th from 12:00 – 3:00

Location: Slater Park, Pawtucket RI

For more information click here or call 401 305 3400

Join Jennifer & Andrea for Zumba in the Park

Click here to watch Pink Pastie Burlesque Video

On July 24th, 2011 JMK Entertainment hosted their first annual Pink Pastie Burlesque Show at Roots Cafe located in Downtown Providence. We raised over $1,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Thank you to everyone who participated in this event!!