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Drinking & Dancing
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Rotonda
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Issue 11
November 4 - December 2, 2004
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Jennifer Chater |
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DJ upstairs: Rotonda |
If you think Moscow clubbing is all about face control and trendy footwear, Rotonda well and truly breaks the stereotype. Not only is there no face control, there’s also a shoes-off rule if you want to go upstairs to the no-smoking, no-drinking dancefloor. A recent “Shiva i Gagarin” party saw revelers rolling around in styrofoam packing beads as a man, stripped to his underpants, beat a laughing woman with an inflatable banana. Meanwhile, other patrons danced around them, doing a hillbilly jig in a conga line. In the bar downstairs, you can drink, dine and smoke a hookah, and watch bearded, beaded men in sandals and socks massaging blissed-out flower children. Tea seems to be the beverage of choice, although beer and other alcoholic beverages are also available at democratic prices.
Rotonda
18 Leninsky Prospekt, Building 2 (M. Oktyabrskaya)
954-2985, noon-midnight, Fri. & Sat. noon-6am
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