DJ Dina Regine Cont..    me the ropes," says Dina, "so I had to rely on my instincts as a musican to    create my own style of mixing." Almost immediately things began happening at    the speed of light for her. Within a year's time she took over the now famous    Monday Night at Heartbrak in Manhattan's West Village, turning an authentic    50s diner by day into a throbbing hotspot after dark. This funky hangout is where    top models, actors and musicans chilled and danced to Dina's spin - a    mesmerizing mix from the 60s to the 80s.    Soon word got around town and the dance-floor was packed wall to wall from    11pm till closing at 4am every Monday for years. One of the first to introduce    hip-hop at it's infancy, and alternative rock mixes to a NYC dance crowd, Dina's    magic is her ability infuse her retro sets with breaking new sounds. It was this    mix that caught the attention of her guitar hero Keith Richards, resulting in her    DJ-ing his suprise 50th birthday party. Between stints at the China Club, Au Bar,    Webster Hall, Limelight, and her friend Amy Sacco's club Lot 61 (where she was    music director for the first year), she became the favorite DJ of the art scene. Her    work for Yvonne Force and Leo Vilareal in Mexico and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn    in NY led to her spinning at Gregory Crewdson's and Ivy Shapiro's nuptuals ("the    art world's wedding of the year," Vogue magazine called it). Dina also spends her    time contributing her talents to such causes as WWF, Breast Cancer Foundation,    and the Momentum Project.

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