Parties
Motley Hue NYC
June 19-21, 2026
This year we will knock your socks off with our fantastic cross continental DJs and live music!
And we just added a “Motley Hue Warm Up” party on Thursday night hosted by Dance at Dusk. 🎉
All our venues in Brooklyn, near Prospect Park.
We’ll be returning to our chic underground Brooklyn Loft, and Saturday night we’ll find ourselves in the beautiful 1920’s style Brooklyn Botanical Ballroom.
Everything is within easy reach and close to more reasonably priced hotels and airbnbs for those coming from out of town.
Venues
Friday & Sunday Nights
+ Classes
Enter into your home for the weekend: a stylish vintage Brooklyn loft, complete with tons of comfy seating and a bar with delicious drinks.
Saturday Night
A hidden gem next to Prospect Park, The Brooklyn Botanic Ballroom has gorgeous wood floors and original 1920's art deco decor.
It's big enough to fit everyone! And it will be especially air conditioned just for us.
Info by night
Thursday Night
*Not included in your Motley Hue Ticket
Warm up for Motley Hue with one of NYC's regular monthly parties called Dance at Dusk.
Dance at Dusk is a warm, welcoming monthly fusion partner dance where all styles, backgrounds, and bodies are invited to join. This fluid, improvisational space is all about moving, connecting, and playing together. It's a queer, BIPOC, and gender-inclusive space.
It’s at the same venue as most of Motley Hue, and it’s a great way to settle in, meet people, and start your weekend early.
- Full bar and lounge
- Two large HEPA filters and central air
Schedule:
7:00 Doors open
7:30 Intro lesson w/ Flouer Evelyn
8:30-1:00 Open dancing
Pricing:
Lesson + dance: $40
Dance only: $30–25 sliding scale
Late night entry after 11 PM: $15
Tickets available at the door via cash or Venmo.
Questions? Reach out to Foxie Lou (@Mxfoxielou) or Gavin (@Gav.a.good.time) on IG.
Friday Night
Our opening night party
Lesson with David Accurso from Olympia, WA:
Moves from Around the World
(& their cultural contexts.)
Class is for full pass holders.
Live music with our duo from Seattle:
STANKLIN
Their welcoming tunes and cozy vibe with kick off our weekend with rich rhythms and a little spark of magic. 🪄
Tickets:
Right now tickets are only available for full pass holders, though if we have room we will open it up for purchasing at the door after online registration closes (the Tuesday before the event).
Watch our instagram (@motleyhue.events) for announcements.
Venue Details:
- Full bar & lounge available
- Two large HEPA filters and central air
- Bring your ID for entrance
Saturday Night
On Saturday we venture into another venue and an altered realm...a deep sea adventure full of mystery, vintage dancing royalty, and glistening under water treasure.
Theme: Neptune's Ballroom
Descend beneath the waves into an underwater world of art deco glamour, drifting elegance, and oceanic sparkle. Dress in pearls, scales of sequins, flowing silks, sea-creature shimmer, sunken royalty, jellyfish glam, treasure-chest gold, or anything that catches the light like water at midnight. ✨🌊
Lesson with Alyssa & Justin from Atlanta, GA & Durham, SC:
Currents of Connection
Beneath the surface of familiar handholds lies an ocean of possibility. In this class, we’ll explore how to transfer energy through unexpected points of connection, discovering new pathways beyond traditional frames and positions. Tap into that octopus-brain as we problem solve, navigate small spaces and wade through important transitions. Find your inner water bender 🌊✨
*class is open to everyone
DJ Ulsa
Our main act for the night comes all the way from Italy!
She will make sure your booty is shaking with her artistically mixed set of hot tunes.
Not every song will have a break! Take responsibility for beginning and ending dances when you choose.
Venue Details:
- This is a huge space and is open to all.
-Tickets are available online presale and at the door.
- BYOB, and make sure to bring your own water bottle!
Sunday Night
Sunday we return back to our home venue... only to discover that it has been transformed into a living art museum!
Theme: Midnight at the Museum
The gallery has come alive! Join us for an immersive evening of dance and live drawing where movement becomes art and the dance floor transforms into a living museum. Represent your favorite masterpiece: a Monet? Dalí? Van Gogh? Rodin? Arrive as an artistic era, paint-splattered muse, gilded frame, charcoal sketch, or as the beautifully unfinished work of art that is all our humanity. 🎨 ✨
Art Experience with Brendan & Ariel of Pearling Principle
Multimedia Live Drawing + Dancing
In this live art experiment, participants rotate between embodying different art mediums on the dance floor and capturing the moving dancers in gesture drawings at the easel. What if your body moved like watercolor — fluid and unpredictable — or danced like graphite, precise and weighted?
*class is open to everyone
DJ Ulsa
Our main act coming all the way from Italy.
Her sets are artistically mixed, so not every song will have a break! Take responsibility for beginning and ending dances when you choose.
Venue Details:
- Full bar & lounge available
(don't be shy in purchasing drinks to support the bar!)
- Two large HEPA filters and central air
- Bring your ID for entrance
Special Acts
stanklin
(Seattle, Wa)
Friday night
At its heart, STANKLIN blends live-looped music, partner dancing, and storytelling into an immersive, joy-forward experience designed for dancers and non-dancers alike. Some people come to move. Some come to watch. Most end up doing both.
DJ ulsa
(Turin, Italy)
Saturday & Sunday Nights
She started djing 15 years ago, playing bass-driven, eclectic sets in clubs across Europe. Recently she has brought that experience into the fusion dance scene, exploring a wide range of rhythms while staying rooted in electronic music. She likes to add occasional surprises by mixing two songs in real time, to add emotional shifts within a dance: fusing music to fuse your dances more!
DJS
DJ Tony Sciscio
DJ Rémy Baheux
DJ Misc... DJ Jess
Tony (Seattle, He/Him) has spent over a decade in the fusion scene traveling across the country to hear, record, and DJ moments of musical magic (MoMM). He tends to play variety and sometimes hits themes, but in every set you can almost always expect moments for solidarity, familiarity, collaborative chaos, and throwdowns. He wants to bring music that provides comfort and play for partner dances, while also encouraging more solo dancing, cyphers/jams/battles, and allows more 3 space for creatures and clowns to come out.
A lifelong dancer and foodie, Rémy (Seattle, they/them) continues to love the art of the party. Finding the vibe and creating a tasty energy that excites dancers to move and be inspired ✨️ Spinning tunes coast to coast, they’ve found so much joy in the exploration of music. Testing the limits of what can be danced fusion and not being sorry 😌 Music that’ll make you feel, music that will make you shake! Booty werkin’ to oooey gooey. They are hungry to share the treats they’ve curated over their 16 years of DJing to take you on a delectable audio journey ✨.
Jess (DJ Misc.) started DJing late 2024 to bring more micro-fusion to NYC. As a semi-reformed chaos demon with a growing appreciation for stillness, Jess is excited to bring you eclectic multi-layered music to inspire experimentation across the energy spectrum.
DJ Justin Johnson
DJ Neil Benen
DJ Flouer
Neil has been DJing Fusion and Blues dances for about 15 years and has a love for beautiful textured music. He has DJed for both festivals as well as local dances in New York, Philadelphia, Connecticut, North Carolina, Montreal, and Toronto and is happy to be back again this year for Motley Hue, 2026. He likes to shake things up with different genres that play well together.
Comfort, Contrast & Texture” is Flouer’s mantra while DJing for a room full of Fusion dancers. Hailing from New York City, she now lives happily in Turin, Italy when she isn’t traveling the world creating magical dance experiences. While DJing, the dance floor is her tapestry as she spins rich, colorful portraits full of creativity and eclectic sounds from many places. In her world, she seeks to lull you with the sweet sounds of familiar rhythms- then skyrocket you into starry realms, far past where you ever thought music could take you. Dance is your playground, music is your jungle gym