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Late for Work's Ammy Juliet Garcia (left)
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Miami New Times: Sometimes you reach a point where you're pretty convinced you've seen
it all. But in Miami, we're always looking for new ways to reinvent the
party wheel. Rather than become
jaded by the same old nightlife offerings week after week, creative
collective Late for Work came together this past October with one
mission: to create unique experiences.
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Rita Bello
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Composed of Ramhofer and Ammy Juliet Garcia,
Late for Work has launched a
series of "experimental dance parties" across the city. "I've always had a thing for contortionists," Garcia says. The idea
for Flex, a new dance party every third Thursday at Las Rosas, was born
out of her love for the sort of hyperflexible, spandex-clad performance
artists typically associated with the circus. It's extreme,
physical, dramatic spectacle. These performers can sometimes be found
twisting around giant metal hoops at SoBe clubs. At Flex, Garcia
and Ramhofer offer a variation on the theme: female bodybuilders.
"There’s this one lady at the YouFit [gym] on 79th [Street]," Garcia says of
Rita Bello, Flex's inaugural performer. "She's superbuilt,
so she's kinda the inspiration behind it." At the first Flex party last
month, Bello accompanied a lineup of DJs and live performers by posing live
— showing off her physique in competition wear. She also judged a
flexing competition in which party guests attempted to mimic some of
Bello's classic and most challenging poses.
The second iteration of the monthly event, Late for Work will present two new female bodybuilders. But the idea for Flex isn't limited to bodybuilding. The party plans to
expand to contortionists in the future — "anything out of the ordinary
within the theme of flexing," Garcia says.