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Can you tell us a little bit about your club and its history?
Jonathan Tavares: Pérola Negra Club used to be the spot for exotic entertainment, by the late ’80s and beginning of the ’90s, and it was quite a prolific space that made history, for good and bad reasons. Later on, it reopened as a burlesque project under different management till 2018. That same year, Helder took over and invited me to gather a crew to start the new project with a different direction. I’ve invited João from StudioBruto and Óscar Maia to help me with the visual identity, André for press-related issues, Nuno for photography and Instagram, Sarah as bar manager and Pedro“Rompante” as tech director. Eventually, Raquel joins in for social media and assisted me in booking-related issues. The latest additions to the family were João Almeida (liaison & production) and Filipe Moço (tech director) that joined us after Pedro left.
Where is your club located? Do you know its building’s history?
It's based in Porto, Portugal. The building was known for its programming of wild live sex performances (some included live animals and fakirs) that took place in the old...
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