Headliners:
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Blanche DeBris (Las Vegas, NV)
Rocky Topless Blanche DeBris has been entertaining herself and occasionally others for more years that she can reliably count. Reviews range from "devastatingly adequate" to "not as appealing as some others". If America had a sweetheart, Blanch would be her well-meaning but less attractive best friend. She made her burlesque debut in 2008 at The Moisture Festival in Seattle, and has returned repeatedly as a performer and co-host. Since 2012 she has been an emcee of the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender, the burlesque world's premiere annual international event. In 2015 she premiered her Holiday Show "The Blanche DeBris Emergency Xmas Broadcast" to rave reviews and packed houses, at the Onyx Theatre is Las Vegas, Nevada. Blanche is also an instructor, having taught classes in emceeing and character/act development at BurlyCon in Seattle, Washington and across the country. Most of all, Blanche strives to brighten the burlesque world with her boundless joy, enthusiasm, optimism, and bewilderment.
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Gabriella Maze, Burlesque Legend (Charleston, SC)
Rocky Topless Born in Boston Lincolnshire, England in the 1950's, Gabriella Maze began performing in 1970 and has enjoyed a successful career including work in multiple disciplines; as a showgirl, a burlesque dancer, and an exotic dancer. She celebrated the art of burlesque as long as she could but, as its popularity declined, eventually began performing as an Exotic Feature Dancer. Her beauty and talent took her around the world, landing her work in exotic locales such as Cyprus, Egypt, Spain, Iran, Iraq, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, and North Africa. Gabriella moved to the United States upon retirement, but was later lured back into the spotlight when she discovered the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 2011 this burlesque legend hasn't stopped! She has been a featured legend in shows across the country (Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington DC) and has headlined the Caribbean Burlesque Festival in Negril, Jamaica. Gabrielle did her first "Walk of Fame" at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender in 2013 and her first BHoF performance the following year. She has many styles of performance, from classic to neo, and was voted the 2013 winner of "Best T&A". Gabriella is also the owner and producer of the Golden Legends Champion Challenge, a mentoring program that pairs up-and-coming burlesque performers with living legends. (www.goldenlegends.org)
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Gigi La Femme (Nashville, TN)
The Burlesque Barnburner Conceived in The Big Easy, born in the Heartland, raised in The Big Apple and now residing in Nashville, TN, it's no surprise this showgirl has found her home on stages from Anchorage to Key West and everywhere in between. A multi-level threat since 2005, GiGi is neo-classic burlesque performer, go–go dancer, pin-up model, chanteuse, host, and producer. She has traveled across the US & Canada multiple times on her own and with the ladies of Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go-Go performing her super-hot signature acts.
Miss La Femme has been featured in The Huffington Post as one of the 20 Burlesque Stars to Know and Their Wildest Acts in addition to being a multiple Golden Pastie Award winner at The New York Burlesque Festival (Best Booty Shaker and Perfect Posterior). She holds the titles of Producer, Host & Performer with Wasabassco Burlesque AND Miss Coney Island 2010. It's no doubt that GiGi La Femme really is "The Girl Dreams Are Made Of"! |
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Iva Handfull (Seattle, WA)
Rocky Topless Seattle’s Iva Handfull is the multi-fierceted rock star of burlesque. A fashion icon in the burlesque world, she’s a neo-burlesquer known for her inventive, epic, and often impersonating performances. Crowned the 2013 Kansas City Burlesque Festival Queen, Iva has had the pleasure of headlining burlesque festivals and shows across North America, including performing at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas for six years in a row. She’s one-half of IvaFiero Productions creating Edge-of-Your-Seat Burlesque Entertainment and co-owner of Haute Under the Collar rhinestone neckwear.
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Lola LeSoleil (Atlanta, GA)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue With a repertoire ranging from reverential to ridiculous, Lola LeSoleil's brand of burlesque has launched crowds to their feet from coast to coast. As the reigning Queen of the Great Southern Exposure Burlesque and Variety Pageant, Lola's tease is the culmination of a lifetime of dance, theatre, and music... and knowing silly can be sexy too. She lives to challenge her own creativity and in her hip pocket are 20 plus years of dance and performance and a degree in music production from Georgia State University, which when combined with her unique DIY approach to costuming, craft her art to life. Lola LeSoleil is a special topics instructor at the Atlanta School of Burlesque and is a member of Atlanta burlesque ensembles The Candybox Revue and Mayhem Femmes.
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Midnite Martini (Chicago, IL)
Rocky Topless Midnite Martini is the Burlesque Hall of Fame's Queen of Burlesque Miss Exotic World 2014. She is also inventor and creator of the “Midnite Finger Fans" design and has been named one of Burlesque’s Top 50 Figures by 21st Century Burlesque Magazine multiple times. Midnite Martini headlines around the globe and performs in weekly burlesque and variety shows in Chicago. She also instructs aerial, burlesque dance, barre fitness, aerial yoga and dance fitness. This martini mixes the most delicious ingredients of aerial arts, dance training, striptease, and circus performance. Part innovator, part instigator, all finely shaken into a cool drink of entertainment that's sure to knock you on the floor!
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Emcees:
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Avery Wolf (Atlanta, GA)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Avery Wolf has been a burlesque emcee specializing in nerdlesque entertainment since 2014. He has hosted or provided in-character standup shows for Syrens of the South, Fat Cat Cabaret, Candy Box Revue, Delinquent Debutantes, and most notably Hysteria Machines Nerdlesque Collective. He's hosted Hysteria's Harry Potter themed Sexpelliarmus shows as Snape, their monthly Joystick Gamebar Cosplayground shows as a new, theme-specific character, and goes through three costume changes for the annual 221B Con "Spot of Tease" burlesque show, appearing as such fandom favorites as Sherlock, Hannibal, and Tina Belcher. His treatise, "Ten Rules for Burlesque Emcees" is regarded as important reading for anyone who wants to host a show and get called back. You'll be Facebook friends within a year.
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Big Gay James (Knoxville, TN)
The Burlesque Barnburner Big Gay James, "The Largest Queer in Captivity", is an award winning burlesque emcee from Knoxville, Tennessee. Gay began his career in the industry nearly eight years ago, when the producers of Salomé Cabaret had the idea to hand him a microphone and put him in front of a crowd. They clearly had no idea of the monster were creating. Gay soon took the reins as emcee for the troupe and spent the next seven and a half years running his mouth for them. He has also had the pleasure and honor of emceeing several festivals and special events, including The Southern Fried Burlesque Festival (2012-2015), The Carolina Burlesque Festival (2014), BurlyPics Kentucky (2015), The Indianapolis and Knoxville productions of The Best Show Period (2015/2016). Additionally, Big Gay James has appeared as a dancing performer in The Freaks and Cheeks Burlesque Revue at YamaCon (2015) and in Geektastic at GeekOut (2016) in Asheville, North Carolina. Big Gay James is pleased as goddamn pie to be performing in the second annual Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival, and would like to thank the producers and volunteers for all of their hard work.
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Blanche DeBris (Las Vegas, NV)
Rocky Topless Blanche DeBris has been entertaining herself and occasionally others for more years that she can reliably count. Reviews range from "devastatingly adequate" to "not as appealing as some others". If America had a sweetheart, Blanch would be her well-meaning but less attractive best friend. She made her burlesque debut in 2008 at The Moisture Festival in Seattle, and has returned repeatedly as a performer and co-host. Since 2012 she has been an emcee of the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender, the burlesque world's premiere annual international event. In 2015 she premiered her Holiday Show "The Blanche DeBris Emergency Xmas Broadcast" to rave reviews and packed houses, at the Onyx Theatre is Las Vegas, Nevada. Blanche is also an instructor, having taught classes in emceeing and character/act development at BurlyCon in Seattle, Washington and across the country. Most of all, Blanche strives to brighten the burlesque world with her boundless joy, enthusiasm, optimism, and bewilderment.
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Harry Dixon (Athens, GA)
The Scruffy City Showcase Harry Dixon is the drag alter-ego of Athens, GA based Miss Effie of Effie's Club Follies. He is a lounge lizard in the tradition of Tony Clifton. He's the genetically engineered love child of Tom Jones, William Shatner, and Zapp Brannigan. Harry's been on the scene since 2003 as an emcee, dancer, and sometime crooner. Gird your loins ladies, this guy's a panty-dropper!
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Rhoda Dairyheir (Knoxville, TN)
The Burlesque Barnburner Born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, Rhoda Dairyheir has trained in various types of dance including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, belly dance, and cabaret. She is a grinduate of the Salomé Cabaret Burlesque Academy and currently performs monthly with the troupe. In addition to performing, Rhoda is the director and producer of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Tennessee Theatre and co-producer of Freaks & Cheeks Burlesque Revue at Yama-con in Pigeon Forge. Rhoda has danced and emceed her way across stages from coast to coast. Her quick wit and contagious smile are sure to steal any heart. Admirers should however be warned; she truly lives up to her moniker as the "Sassysquatch of the Southeast!"
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Performers:
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Ali Cornetti and Black Mariah (Dallas, TX)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Ali Cornetti started her stage life with shadowcasting the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and when she discovered the world of burlesque, quickly realized how easily her enjoyment of casual nudity in front of hundreds of people could transfer over. Playing male roles on stage also led to a concurrent path into drag and draglesque, where she can be found performing under the name Brandon Rider. Recently, she has joined Black Mariah as a producer of the Texas Burlesque Peepshow, and looks forward to learning and growing, both as a dancer, and promoter of burlesque and related art forms.
Black Mariah has a long history in many facets of burlesque, from her roots in Knoxville to her current home in Dallas and across the country. She is currently a producer of Mustache & Panty Productions, a monthly drag, queerlesque, and gender-bending variety show in Dallas's gayborhood, as well as a founder/producer of Texas Burlesque Peepshow at the historic Texas Theater. She has extensive experience both performing in and producing burlesque festivals, notably as co-producer of the Houston Burlesque Festival and Dallas Burlesque Festival. Being able to support her hometown's own festival from its inception onward is a special thrill for her. |
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Allura Fette (St. Louis, MO)
Rocky Topless Allura Fette is a performance artist with a flair for nerdiness and geekdom, mixed with a dark and devious edge. She has been strutting, shimmying, and burning her way across St. Louis stages and beyond since 2009, displaying her unique blend of burlesque, belly dance, fire dance, and fetish for captivated audiences.
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Anne Atomic (Knoxville, TN)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Anne Atomic has been performing in Knoxville, Tennessee and the surrounding areas since 2013. She is a "grinduate" of the Salome Cabaret Burlesque Academy and a member of Salomé Cabaret. Additionally, she is the co-producer of the Yama-Con Freaks and Cheeks Burlesque show. The mistress of the macabre and every geek's wet dream, it's Anne Atomic!
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Ava Dahl (Nashville, TN)
The Scruffy City Showcase If you're looking for a package of beauty, brains, and brass, you needn't look any further than Ava Dahl. With a background in theater and a longstanding love of circus, vaudeville, and early 19th century history, burlesque was true love at first sight for this performer. After graduating from Nashville's own burlesque finishing school, Delinquent Debutantes, in 2011, Ava has taken her special brand of glamorously weird and ran with it. She has been seen performing with various troupes all over Nashville and beyond, and she's never met a Comic Con she didn't like. Bumping her way from the heart of the Grindland, it's Ava Dahl!
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Bea Trouble (Montpelier, VT)
Rocky Topless Bea Trouble was just another girl on the farm until one day she stumbled into a countryside tent revival. This was no ordinary roadside event. Instead of Bibles, there was BLING! Instead of Jesus, G-STRINGS! Since that fateful day, Bea has denounced the unadorned world of man to become an International Missionary of Burlesque, spreading the good word of the bump and grind to all who come. She's proof that while good girls go to heaven, bad girls go wherever they damn well please.
Bea is the founder of Viva Vermont! Burlesque, a quarterly show shaking up the sleepy capital town of Montpelier, and she performs regularly throughout New England. For the past three years Bea has had the honor of working with The Burlesque Hall of Fame on their Oral History Project, recording the testimony of our Living Legends of Burlesque. |
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Bearcat Betty (Frederick, MD)
The Scruffy City Showcase Bearcat Betty is an old soul, named in irony for not being a feisty tempered lady as the name "Bearcat" would imply. She is habitually voluptuous and rarely ferocious. A vaudevillian overachiever, known for her yearning to acquire skills she cannot use during her daytime professional life, Bearcat Betty continues to see the world with awe and a desire to learn. Her sideshow stunts bring the audience to the edge of their seats in excitement and fear, while her wit and charm are seen throughout her sideshow, burlesque, and variety acts.
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BeBe McQueen (Nashville, TN)
The Burlesque Barnburner BeBe McQueen was born in a rural Tennessee hospital that is now the county jail. Her mother was an aerobics instructor and her father was a tobacco farmer. While her father rarely understood her dramatic nature and zest for life, her mother let her do her thing and could often be heard telling curious onlookers, "I refuse to stifle her creativity."
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Bettie Bupkiss (Knoxville, TN)
The Scruffy City Showcase Born in South Florida, Bettie Bupkiss unexpectedly shimmied her tushie up to the Bible Belt to share her love of latkes, lox, and lamentations. A babe in the woods of burlesque, Bettie has been performing since May 2016, finding her ecdysiast way through Knoxville and the Southeast. She is "The Hebrew Hussy", it's Bettie Bupkiss!
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Black Mariah (Dallas, TX)
Rocky Topless Black Mariah is a 13 year veteran of burlesque. Performing and producing out of Dallas, Texas, her roots are in Knoxville, Tennessee. She is also the co-producer of the Houston Burlesque Festival, Dallas Burlesque Festival, and the Texas Burlesque Peepshow.
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Bobby Barnaby (Austin, TX)
Rocky Topless He's a real handy dandy, and has been delighting audiences for two decades solid. Bobby Barnaby's love of the stage has earned him awards and nominations for his work in dance, choreography, and acting alike. Past/Present company member of: SF Boylesque, the first all male neo-burlesque revue in the US, the Bohemian Brethren, Fou Fou Ha, Red Hots Burlesque, The Devil-Ettes - Miniskirt Mob, the Tartlettes, the Phishnets, producer and host of Barnaby's Babes, and is a recent graduate of the Clown Conservatory at the San Francisco Circus Center, which is not only the most extensive Clown training program in America, but also the first and most prestigious Circus school in the country. Bobby has appeared in over 20 Burlesque Festivals across the world including: Vienna, NYC, Seattle, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Knoxville, Toronto, Tucson, Austin, Edmonton, and the festival that started it all, Tease-O-Rama in San Francisco. In the fall Bobby will also be competing in the inaugural Swiss Burlesque Festival. A master tassel and assel twirler, Bobby is known as the Shimmy Shocker!
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The Boomettes (Richmond, VA)
The Burlesque Barnburner The Boomettes are Richmond's kitchy, sassy, and adorable dance troupe of Boom Boom Basics Burlesque & Performing Arts Studio. Inspired by Richmond's historic Byrd Theatre's chorus line "Byrdettes" dance troupe, The Boomettes are choreographed by Headmastress, Deanna Danger and perform both neo-burlesque hilarity and classic style with vintage vaudeville appeal! They have performed in several of Virginia's finest theaters, including the Altria Theater (formerly the Mosque Theater), the Byrd Theatre, and CenterStage in Richmond, the Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, and the State Theater in Alexandria! Formed in 2012, the Boomettes have appeared in the 2014 Virginia Burlesque & Sideshow Festival and at the 2017 Elbys Awards presented by Richmond Magazine.
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Bourgeois Betty (Atlanta, GA)
Rocky Topless Bourgeois Betty is a theatrically trained actress graduating from Florida State University. She has been performing in some capacity since 1980, but began her burlesque career in January 2010 while still a member of the United States Air Force. Betty specializes in comedic variety performances and is the winner of the following awards: Southern Fried Burlesque Fest 2011 Best Variety and Most Humorous, Southern Fried Burlesque Fest 2012 Best Duet, Burlypics 2013 Most Daring (with costar Dutchy Tulips). Betty is a founding member of The Augusta Burlesque and co-creator of Augusta’s Dirty South Burlesque and Cabaret. She performs regularly with Syrens of the South, Mayhem Femmes, Dirty South Burlesque and Cabaret, and was a headliner for Candybox Revue's 2016 New York Stripped.
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Bridgee von Bombshell and Hailee Hydra (Knoxville, TN)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Bridgee von Bombshell started performing burlesque after seeing that no matter your shape or size you can be beautiful and sexy. She continues performing burlesque in hopes to spread that feeling to others and make them laugh at her weird sense of humor she shares with each act.
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Bubble Bordeaux (Atlanta, GA)
The Scruffy City Showcase Bubble Bordeaux is a body positive advocate, writer, and burlesque performer on a mission to help people discover the vibrant beauty in their bodies and themselves. She recently became a Brand Ambassador for Livi Rae Lingerie, a body positive lingerie boutique in Atlanta, which allows her greater opportunities to spread the body positive message. She is interested in expanding the conversations in and about body positivity to be inclusive of all bodies, because every person who has a body has had at least one issue with that body at one point. Bubble shares her take on body positivity through writing and her burlesque performance. She's a member of the Mayhem Femmes and a graduate of The Atlanta School of Burlesque.
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Bunny Wigglebottom (Atlanta, GA)
The Burlesque Barnburner Bunny Wigglebottom , or “The Juiciest Peach in Georgia”, would like to cordially invite you to her T & A party! While studying improv with The Groundlings, Bunny was exposed to a documentary that would change her life: "The Velvet Hammer Burlesque". Her obsession led this "Alabaster Hourglass" to make her inevitable burlesque debut with Salome Cabaret in 2012. Bunny has also performed with The Candybox Revue, Effie’s Club Follies, the Hubba Hubba Revue, The Purrrlesque! Follies, The Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival and the Hollywood Burlesque Festival. Bunny regularly performs with Syrens of the South in her hometown of Atlanta, GA.
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Connor MacLoad (Crockett, CA)
Rocky Topless "The Immortal" Connor MacLoad delights in blending old school cool with timeless rock star glamour. A graduate of the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts in New York City, Connor is a cast member of the bizarre and beautiful David Lynch-inspired cabaret, Black Lodge Burlesque and a featured performer of the renowned touring variety production, Caravan of Glam.
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Cougar Cantrell (Knoxville, TN)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Cougar Cantrell is an independent burlesque performer from Knoxville, TN.
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Deanna Danger (Richmond, VA)
The Burlesque Barnburner “Professional Purveyor of Good Times,” Deanna Danger is an international performance artist, events producer, and headmastress of Boom Boom Basics Burlesque & Performing Arts Studio. Ms. Danger is Richmond’s reigning, voted “Best Burlesque Performer,” and Richmond’s 2016 “Entertainer of the Year.” She is the producer/director of Butchertown Burlesque, a vintage-classic, live jazz + burlesque nightlife show series appearing in Richmond and Charlottesville, producer/director of Byrlesque at the Byrd held at the historic Byrd Theatre, founder/producer of the Richmond Tattoo & Arts Festival Miss Pinup RVA Competition, co-producer/co-director of The Haunting of Poe: A Burlesque Masquerade and the co-founder of the Capital City Burlesque & Vaudeville Festival.
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Dee Flowered (Athens, GA)
Rocky Topless The “Doris Day of Dropping Trou,” Dee Flowered has been sharing her special brand of glamour and subversive humor with audiences since joining Athens, GA based Effie’s Club Follies in 2009. Dee's work is influenced by old Hollywood musicals and includes some rather comedic prop reveals. She has performed on stages and in festivals across the country, including an appearance this year at the Freezing Tassel Burlesque Festival in Alaska. You can also see her work as an actor and filmmaker in the independent feminist films of Gonzoriffic.
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Delinda d'Rabbit (Knoxville, TN)
Rocky Topless Delinda d’Rabbit is an award-winning burlesque performer with the infamous Salomé Cabaret in Knoxville, TN. Since beginning her burlesque career in 2009, Delinda has become known for her love of neo-classic burlesque, horror and gore, as well as her more cartoon-like comedic performances. Delinda holds medals in the art of twirling tassles (on more than one part of her body), vocal performance, striptease, and multiple group and variety performance awards that were won alongside her troupe, Salome Cabaret. Delinda has been known to frequent the stages across the South performing with some of the biggest names in Burlesque. Her current projects include spreading the Gospel of the Bump-and-Grind at Salome Cabaret’s Burlesque Academy and adorning the nipples of the world with her custom pastie creations.
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Diego Wolf (Athens, GA)
The Scruffy City Showcase Diego Wolf has been thrilling audiences in Northeast Georgia and further afoot for well over a decade. He is a seasoned veteran of the spotlight. Diego’s audiences will attest that he brings a shockwave of energy and sex appeal to the stage. Whether it’s his smoldering darker side or sweeping them away with an older tune and a more classic burlesque number, this magnetic bad boy mesmerizes his audience.
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Ebony Delight (Knoxville, TN)
The Burlesque Barnburner Ebony Delight is a 2016 "grinduate" of the Salome Cabaret Burlesque Academy in Knoxville, TN. She has performed regular with her troupe Salome Cabaret for a year now. She is a Member of Knox Fringe and an avid supporter of all in her local fringe community.
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Edie Bellini (Savannah, GA)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Savannah, Georgia's bubbly little oddball Miss Edie Bellini has been cutting a rug and delighting audiences across the East coast since 2013. Her high energy, no holds barred performance style has shown out everywhere from dive bars, drag shows, and renowned stages like the Asheville Burlesque Festival, Great Southern Exposure, and most recently the Texas Queerlesque Festival. With a deep love for showmanship and all things vaudeville, Edie is known to bring the camp and the neo-vintage flavor that will turn up the party and make you glad that bellinis aren’t just for brunch anymore!
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Effies Club Follies (Athens, GA)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Effies Club Follies was founded in 2005 and is made up of entirely of Athens-based performers who bring together a combination of the weirder side of SNL's glory days, a dash of good drag, a sprinkle of raunchy humor (think Mae West... or even Sarah Silverman), and a pinch of Broadway – all with delicious striptease as the cherry on top!
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Ember Blaize (New Orleans, LA)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue This pint sized fireball has been burning up burlesque audiences for three years. Don't let that fool you, because she has over 20 years of dance and seven years of choreography training! She is now the proud owner of Ember Blaize Productions, sponsored by Suzette's Romantic Boutique. She has performed in the Snakeoil Festival, The Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival, and the Nola Nerdlesque Fest. You may also spot her dancing in a movie, TV show, or music video. She is "Fire Made Flesh"... Ember Blaize!
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Flame Cynders (Atlanta, GA)
The Burlesque Barnburner The starlet that would one day become Flame Cynders began her journey into performance at the tender age of four, studying classical ballet, tap and jazz dance. Her love of movement coupled with years of vocal training afforded her many opportunities to perform throughout the world and to gather a strong sense of style all her own. She has graced cities such as New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Berlin, Milan, Manchester and London with her performances. Flame Cynders is also an established ecdysiast educator. She has taught her burlesque classes internationally, has run the Fishnet Follies School of Burlesque in Los Angeles, and is the Co-Creative Director of the Atlanta School of Burlesque in Atlanta. In Los Angeles, she Produced, Art Directed, and contributed to costume design and construction for many of sold out shows of the Fishnet Follies Burlesque Revue, for which she continues to serve as Emeritus Art Director. Flame Cynders aspires to help every woman portray strength, self-reliance, confidence and power through sensual movement; to break free of judgement and create a safe place to explore the more feminine side of dance. Burning up stages all around the world, it's Flame Cynders!
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Fritz Krieg (Atlanta, GA)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Fritz Krieg is well-known in Georgia burlesque, having emceed and performed for the Mayhem Femmes, Hysteria Machines's Sexpelliarmus, Effie's Club Follies, and Syrens of the South as well as performing for Sadie Hawkin's Men's Room and Last Pasties Standing shows. He is honored to bring his quirky, body-positive performances to the burlesque stage. He is a lightning fast strike of sexy to your senses, all hail Fritz Krieg!
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Gregory Sockgarter (Knoxville, TN)
The Scruffy City Showcase Gregory Sockgarter is a theatre-trained performer who likes to mix comedy, crazy and over-the-top theatrics into his numbers. Settled in Knoxville, Tennessee he has lived and performed theatre in four states and has been a part of over 50 theatrical productions. He's the leader of loonancy, Gregory Sockgarter!
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Jack N' Thacox (Savannah, GA)
The Burlesque Barnburner Hailing from Savannah, GA, Jack N' Thacox is the finest piece of meat in the Southeast! Performing with the Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue, he is a burlesque veteran of four years already with international renown. Ready at the drop of a hat and can fit his whole costume in a nap sack, Jack is about to drop his pants at The Smoky Mountain Burlesque Fest!
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Kandra Vega (Knoxville, TN)
Rocky Topless Kandra Vega is a jump roper, burlesque performer, actor, and producer from Knoxville Tennessee. She is a nerd and lover of all things strange.
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Kay Sera (Baltimore, MD)
Rocky Topless Whether turning a trope on its ear, poking fun at societal norms, or playing up on pop culture, 21st Century Burlesque calls Kay Sera, “…an imaginative and memorable performer.” Burlesque Beat says, “Despite her smoking-hot body, her gaze and smile dictate the crowd’s response.” And world-famous emcee Scotty the Blue Bunny proclaimed, “She is f*cked up!” Kay Sera has spread her unique blend of sexy and strange across North America, from Alaska to Baltimore, DC to Denver, and the Big Apple to Motown, including The Burlesque Hall of Fame Movers, Shakers and Innovators showcase. She is an avid and active supporter of the burlesque community, serving as head of communications and social media for the Burlesque Hall of Fame. She runs the Twitter handle @BHoFBill for performers in recovery, and as co-founder of Bawdy Shop Burlesque, helped raise the most in a single night for the Legends Challenge.
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Kinetic Kristen (Nashville, TN)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue, Rocky Topless Kinetic Kristen slings hoops, rides and wrangles a Cyr wheel, and flips, kicks, and splits her way through every performance. After following her love of music to Nashville, this bendy badass ran away with the real circus, performing as a professional circus artist across the US and Canada on a regular basis and teaching hula hoop and acrobatics at the Delinquent Debutantes studio. Infamous for existing solely on caffeine and rock ‘n’ roll, Kinetic Kristen imbues her acts with a fierceness to rival any mythical warrior and tricks to make you say, “What. The. F*%^?” In 2016, she represented Nashville’s nerdlesque community at the Second International Nerdlesque Festival in New York City and the inaugural Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival. Kinetic Kristen also spent two years as a featured act in Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari "World of Wonder” production. She appears with ensemble troupes, burlesques, and cabarets throughout the country. Kristen is a 2014 graduate of the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) Professional Training Program, with training in Roue Cyr, Acrobatics, Contortion and Partner Acrobatics under former members of Cirque du Soleil, Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey, Cirque Eloize and Cirque Mechanics.
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Lily Star (Las Vegas, NV)
The Scruffy City Showcase Lily Star is a theatrical performer turned burly girl and has been performing burlesque in Las Vegas since 2012. Lily is a musical theatre choreographer and dance instructor who has been privileged to stage opening numbers for the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender hosts, Blanche DeBris and Jonny Porkpie. Lily also performs with burlesque legends Tiffany Carter and Lovey Goldmine. She would like to thank the producers for including her in this year's festival and for the opportunity to visit one of the most beautiful places on earth.
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Lipstick Lamarr (Frederick, MD)
The Scruffy City Showcase Lipstick Lamarr is Frederick, Maryland's very own punk rock pinup. She lives for unexpected twists on classic burlesque and wants you to ignore that vague sense of dread you have when she takes the stage. Her repertoire of characters includes everything from naughty lunch ladies to Irish fan dancers to Leatherface to a good two thirds of the current Presidential administration. If she leaves you feeling confused and slightly disturbed about being kind of turned on, she's done her job. Prepare to be seduced in the most amusing way by Lipstick Lamarr!
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Luna Legare (Ann Arbor, MI)
The Scruffy City Showcase Celestial body Luna Legare descended from her interstellar throne in 2010 and took up residence in Ann Arbor, Michigan as a performer, teacher, and producer of burlesque. As the Boss Lady of Guilty Pleasures Burlesque, Luna brings together kings and queens, rovers and rebels from across the country, serving burlesque and performance art to the Southeastern Michigan masses. As a performer, Luna's background in ballet, jazz, and musical theatre, dancing through the heavens and twirling 'round constellations, infuse every act with soul, style, and femme sassiness; and her signature slow burn will leave... you... breathless.
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Marble City Performance Company (Knoxville, TN)
The Scruffy City Showcase Marble City Performance Company was established in 2016 and has since graced stages all over Knoxville. Offering a wide array of talents, these girls are ready to tease and please, providing entertainment in a body positive and sexy way.
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Marie Merlot (Nashville, TN)
The Scruffy City Showcase Marie Merlot, from Nashville, TN, is embarking on her 3rd year as a burlesque performer! She has been dancing since she was a child, and has trained in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, and (most recently) pole. She has performed in Nashville for Music City Burlesque, Divination Burlesque, Delinquents Debutantes, and Wasabassco at City Winery Nashville. She was fortunate enough to perform in her first burlesque festival last September, the FIRST Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival, and this April is flying to New York to perform in The 3rd International NERDlesque Festival! Marie thoroughly enjoyed her experience in Knoxville last year and is eager to participate once again!
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May Hemmer (New Orleans, LA)
The Burlesque Barnburner May Hemmer is known as "The Sassiest Thing in New Orleans" and has been dubbed the "Cocoa Barbie" by Vita DeVoid of Florida. This lady has a larger than life personality and has been gracing stages with nerdlesque, neo-burlesque, and much more since 2011. A member of the Storyville Starlettes and The Bluestockings, she performs regularly at Burlesque Ballroom, Big Deal Burlesque, and many more independent shows and private events around NOLA. Her solo career has included performances at The Southern Fried Burlesque Festival, Arizona Burlesque Festival, Great Southern Exposure, and many other productions for the troupe BurlEscapades in Phoenix, Arizona. She was recognized in 2015 as the Master of Tassels in the Louisiana Regional Burlypicks and is both the 2016 Shimmy Showdown "Siobhan Atomica Brown Noser" and "Jeez Loueez Boo Bitch Bye" award winner. She was also a featured performer in the Golden Legend Champion Challenge and is the 2016 Pit Bulls and Poodle Skirts Pin Up Queen.
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Meredith Sparkles (Charlotte, NC)
The Burlesque Barnburner Hailing from Charlotte, NC, Meredith Sparkles has been an creative and innovative burlesque performer since 2008. She takes her mantra straight from the life of little Shirley Temple who was told to "Sparkle, Baby, Just Sparkle!” Currently in residence with Big Mamma D's House of Burlesque in the Queen City, she is an independent and touring artist who has performed all over the East Coast including Atlanta, Raleigh, and Washington, DC.
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Miss Ruby Redd (Greensboro, NC)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Miss Ruby Redd is Greensboro's fiery gem that has been shaking and shimmying since 2011. She is best known for her classic style and rhythmic tease and can easily bring an audience to the edge of their seats with her supersonic shimmies and tantalizing tassel twirls. When it comes to Nerdlesque, bringing animated characters to life is her specialty. She has been featured in conventions all around the southeast, such as YamaCon, Geek-Out, XCon, and DragonCon. After being an independent performer for a few years, Ruby is now a proud member of the Discordia Dames of Greensboro, NC.
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One Chance Fancy (Denver, CO)
The Burlesque Barnburner The face of an angel with the body of a sinner... a beguiling blonde combination of rock n' roll glitz and retro glamour, One Chance Fancy is an independent burlesque dancer and producer. She has performed at Viva Las Vegas, Colorado Burlesque Festival, Southern Fried Burlesque Fest, and the Show-Me Burlesque Festival. She has taken her acts all the way to New York City, Chicago, California, and Vancouver, BC. When she's not shimmying on the burlesque stage, she's behind the lens as the creator of award-winning La Photographie. After calling Nashville home for many years, she packed her tassels in 2015 and moved to the Mile High City - Denver, Colorado!
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Pan d'Orable (Knoxville, TN)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Pan d'Orable is the "Dancing Bear Extraordinaire" of Knoxville,TN's award-winning Salomé Cabaret. Having grown up in the theatre, he's been gracing the burlesque stage for more than half a decade. He's appeared all across the South East and has had the honor of performing at the Southern Fried Burlesque Fest, Alabama Burlesque Festival, and Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival. In 2013, he took "Most Humorous" at the Carolina Burlesque Festival and is still the reigning "King of the Sweet Tease." With a style that ranges from the comedic to the strange, Pan is ready to entertain and titillate you.
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Rebel (Charlotte, NC)
The Scruffy City Showcase Rebel is a boylesque performer hailing form Charlotte, North Carolina. Launching his performance career in 2014, this "rebellious vogue boy of boylesque" recently won the title of Prince of The Great Southern Exposure for 2016/2017. He doesn't see himself stopping anytime soon, so he keeps dreaming big and crossing his fingers that one day he'll be gracing that BHoF stage.
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Rebel Belle (Savannah, GA)
The Burlesque Barnburner Rebel Belle is the Co-Founder, Producer, and Choreographer for The Savannah Sweet Tease Burlesque Revue in Savannah, GA! This award winning troupe has been performing all over the nation since 2013! Rebel's style is high octane, bad to the bone, and rule breaking! She hopes to be be bustin' balls and breaking molds for many years to come!
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Rosey Lady (Knoxville, TN)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue Rosey Lady specializes in costuming, props, crafting, burlesque, and variety performance art. She has been attending conventions and creating costumes since 1999, and has been an active member of Salomé Cabaret in Knoxville, TN since 2010.
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Ru Bella (Indianapolis, IN)
The Scruffy City Showcase Ru Bella has been taking her clothes off her entire life! Burlesque, on the other hand, has been a passion of hers since 2012. After being away from the stage since high school, she was lucky enough to have been introduced to the world of burlesque through a few fellow performers. She's the co-producer of Fetish Friday, a one-night celebration of alternative sexuality and a member of Creme de les Femmes. Be careful; She's the fever you're dying to catch!
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Salomé Cabaret (Knoxville, TN)
The Scruffy City Showcase Salomé Cabaret offers a liberal and modern interpretation of burlesque and vaudeville. The cast throws convention aside along with their bras creating shows that are original, innovative and new. Performances are sometimes risqué and often suggestive, but always retain the modest sensibility of the era in which the art form of burlesque originated. True to the history of vaudeville, the sultry stripteases are balanced by live vocal performances and laugh-out-loud comedic hijinks, which is almost as much a reason to see a show as the performers themselves. Salomé Cabaret’s unique brand of humor straddles the line between smart wit and outright Baptist blaspheme and is definitely not for the weak of heart or easily offended. This campy, vampy show is sure to leave you feeling teased in more ways than one! Salomé Cabaret... It's burlesque you'll lose your head over!
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Schatzi Love (Nashville, TN)
The Burlesque Barnburner Schatzi Love is living proof that sexy things come in small packages. A soft southern belle with a hot German temper, she has curves to spare and a shimmy to die for. She is a graduate and a member of the team at Delinquent Debutantes, Nashville's only burlesque finishing school. Schatzi is a prolific performer in the Nashville burlesque scene and an ambassador of body positivity hoping to increase acceptance of all body shapes through the joy of the jiggle.
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Siren Santina (Knoxville, TN)
Rocky Topless Siren Santina is an award-winning burlesque performer, educator, and producer from Knoxville, Tennessee. Miss Santina has traveled throughout the country, performing at burlesque and vaudeville festivals from coast to coast including notable events such as The New Orleans Burlesque Festival, The Show Me Burlesque Festival, and The Burlesque Hall of Fame’s “Movers, Shakers, and Innovators” showcase. She is the 2011 Queen of the Southern Fried Burlesque Festival, the winner of the 2014 Palme d'Or prize at The Oregon Burlesque Festival, and is a regularly recurring instructor at BurlyCon in Seattle, Washington. Additionally, in 2012 Miss Santina represented the United States at the World Burlesque Games in London, England. Siren is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Salomé Cabaret Burlesque Revue and a principal instructor at the Salomé Cabaret Burlesque Academy. She has two Chinese Crested pups and enjoys drinking hard liquor.
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Starry DeLight (Knoxville, TN)
The Scruffy City Showcase Starry DeLight is the “Tease of the Twilight.” Starry hails from Knoxville, Tennessee, where she is a featured performer with Salome Cabaret, a cast member of The Ooh Ooh Revue, a polesque performer of Sheer Inspiration Pole Fitness, and an independent stage performer/actress/model. Starry has shared the stage and studied with burlesque greats and Legends, as well as with many multi-talented performance and fringe artists. She has performed in burlesque festivals, competitions and venues from Alabama to New York! Starry continues to explore her creative galaxy and shoot for the stars!!
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Talloolah Love (Atlanta, GA)
The Scruffy City Showcase Talloolah Love is a burlesque performer and producer. She is the leader of the Burlesque Atlanta Society, and Studio Manager and part owner of The Atlanta School of Burlesque. She is the head producer and director of Hearts A'blaze entertainment, and she is a choreographer, project head, and performer with The Candybox Revue. She has won multiple titles, led the #IamBurlesque body positivity online campaign in 2015, and runs the Burlesque Atlanta podcast. Her style ranges from classic and opulent to gritty and thought-provoking. She always knows how to give just enough to make them keep coming back for more. She truly earns the title of the Queen of the Subtle-Tease.
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Tilda Titillation (Chicago, IL)
The Scruffy City Showcase Towering in at exactly five feet tall, Chicago-based performer Tilda Titillation knows how to fill up the stage with her dynamic and quirky acts full of unexpected reveals and eccentric characters. She might be tiny, but she has been regularly tickling crowds around Chicago and recently at the Wisconsin Burlesque Festival. Tilda is sure to titillate you...almost as much as she titillates herself!
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Tittiana Sprinkles (Athens, GA)
The Burlesque Barnburner Tittiana Sprinkles is a nerdlesque performer with Effie’s Club Follies in Athens, GA. She has been performing throughout the Southeast for four years, serving up absurdist humor and sick dance moves topped with a pop-culture-soaked cherry. Tittiana works with Bump & Grunge Burlesque as an instructor and a co-producer of the annual Mammoriam show. Call her Tittiana Sprinkles, just Titti Sprinkles, or Sprankles for short – Tittiana is going to be a star, senpai!
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Two Leggy Reds (Nashville, TN)
Rocky Topless Two Leggy Reds met while taking classes at Delinquent Debutantes in Nashville, TN. Marie Merlot started performing burlesque in 2014 and Brooke Brunello followed suit in 2016. They are both classically trained dancers and share a love of wine, yoga, Vikings and 1980's pop culture. This is their first duet together. Earlier this year they discovered that they follow the same choreographers on social media (and the YouTube), so they thought they would combine their favorite pieces of choreography along with their burlesque teachings. What resulted was a fun, flowy, contemporary ecdysiast routine, that has laid the foundation for a great partnership... maybe even the beginnings of a troupe!?!?
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Ursula Undress (Atlanta, GA)
The Burlesque Barnburner Thanks to her strong musical theatre and dance background, and her advocacy for body and age positivity, Ursula Undress has become an Atlanta staple in the burlesque scene. Known for her fearlessness of womanly sexuality, she sends her burlesque message to the world through storytelling and sensual movement. She has danced on the stages of The New Orleans Burlesque Festival, The Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival, The Texas Burlesque Festival, Alabama Burlesque Fest, The Dallas Burlesque Festival, Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival, and was a runner-up in 2010’s Viva Las Vegas 13 Burlesque Competition. Currently, she spends her time producing shows under Glittering Moon Productions, heads, choreographs group numbers, and creates graphics for The Candybox Revue, and is co-creative director, and instructor of The Atlanta School of Burlesque - Atlanta's only dedicated Burlesque School, which is but a part of Metropolitan Studios in East Atlanta Village - of which she is a co-owner.
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Vivi Voom (Florence, AL)
The Late Night Nerdlesque Revue As a child, Vivi Voom was abducted by morticians and forced to train in the restorative arts. One day, while performing a routine embalming, she saw an advertisement for a traveling burlesque troupe; mesmerized by the glitz and glamour, she decided it was time to plan her escape. At that show, Vivi discovered her true calling. Determined to perform, she convinced the troupe to take her under their wing and teach her the art of the striptease, but she was never able to completely shed her morbid roots. Now, she titillates her audiences with her unique brand of comically macabre burlesque.
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