The Burlesque Artists

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	Babette La Fave Visit website Originally hailing from Vancouver, BC, Babette La Fave is a Canadian burlesque pioneer. An original member of The Fluffgirl Burlesque Society, she left for more ambitious endeavors, to run her own non-profit, theatre-dance troupe called The Empire Follies. The Empire troupe toured the U.S. and Canada and garnished great success and admiration along the way. After four, long, fun years together, each member of Empire went their separate ways to continue their solo ambitions. Babette moved to Seattle WA, joined The Atomic Bombshells and has been performing with them under the moniker, Ivy St. Spectre. Keep your eyes peeled for her frolicking about town with the bombshells, or on her own solo performance adventures.
	Bellini Twins Visit website Their mother was a trapeze artist in The Bohemian National Circus. She was, as they say, a real swinger. Therefore this next act came to see the light of day as one of nature's most unusual experiments. These twins are from the same mother but have different fathers. Please welcome,,,, the Bellini Twins
	Blanche DeBris Visit website If America had a sweetheart, Blanche DeBris would be her well-meaning but less attractive best friend. Miss DeBris has been entertaining herself and occasionally others for more years than she is able to reliably count, and has performed internationally and in Canada (accidentally). Reviews range from "Devastatingly adequate!" and "Surprisingly sufficient!" to "Not as appalling as some others!" She is pleased as champagne punch to be invited back to the Moisture Festival. In a recent interview, Ms. DeBris is quoted as saying, "I always love appearing at high-class functions, and The Moisture Festival is among my favorites!" Blanche DeBris...putting the "ass" in "High-Class."
	Booby Trap Players Performing Variety/comedy sketches both new and old, with humorous twists … we expect to be surprised.
	du Caniveaux Dancing Bears The bears have been doing their sweet dance number now for almost twenty years and they still don’t have it down. No matter, they’ll have you bending over backwards as the four bears simply bend over. This year for the festival they’re adding a new acrobatic number. What could possible be more pleasing?
	Duo de Luna Visit website When the two ladies of this stunning and sexy new duo met, it was trapeze love at first sight. Together, Cameron and Marina as Duo de Luna, relay through their movements the complexities of any relationship; the light and the dark, and in particular, the challenges of being in love with your art. Circus is a hard task-mistress, she will bruise you and break you in a second. And yet, if you put in the work, if Circus blesses you...well, that's just the start of the story. As Duo de Luna, Marina and Cameron began performing together in June of 2011. In August they performed in San Francisco at Teatro ZinZanni's "Cabaret Lunatique." In December they traveled to Europe to perform in Cascade's "Equi-Libre" in Utrecht, Netherlands, then rang in the New Year performing at Supperclub Amsterdam. Regulars at Supperclub SF and with TrapezeWorld production company, Duo de Luna consistently thrills their audience.
	Evilyn Sin Claire & Sinner Saint Visit website Moisture festival burlesque veteran, Evilyn Sin Claire brings mouthwatering magnetism to cabarets all around the Northwest. Sinner Saint Burlesque's "Wild Child" is popular for her sultry, sensual and sometimes downright dangerous portrayal of the femme fatale, but this wild red head cooks up more than just ferocious fare. From Miss Piggy to Le Petit Mort, debutante to dumpling, Evilyn brings a unique character to each professionally choreographed and beautifully costumed act. She dabbles in a little of everything; comedy, classic, political, theatrical, sexy, rambunctious, and avant garde. She loves working with themes, and can be seen regularly with the performance ensembles Sinner Saint Burlesque and Get Loweded and frequently with 4 Horsemen Productions. This year's offering is performed with Sinner Saint.
	Fuchsia FoXXX Visit website With over 12 years of bellydance performance Fuchsia has been voted Seattles' "Sexiest Bellydance" (07) & "Sexiest Burlesque Performer" ("08). This jet setter has performed on the T.V. show "Americas Got Talent" in Las Vegas, in the London & Amsterdam International Burlesque Festivals ('08 & '09) & tours nationally with bands such as metal legends "Queensryche" and San Francisco's vaudeville heros "The Yard Dogs Road Show" bringing some hot pink heat to their shows. When not clearing security with her luggage full of sparkles Fuchsia is a highly sought after bellydance instructor at Miss Indigo Blues "Academy of Burlesque". With a BFA in painting Fuchsia can also be found painting sets & props for productions such as for Ben DeLaCremes "Homo for the Holidays" & styling for "Shena Lees Pin Up Photography". Show Dates February 10, 2012 @ 7:30pm
	Heavenly Spies Visit website The Heavenly Spies began as a little known cabaret/burlesque group titled: Ultra and the Satin Dolls by a group of eager-to-perform Cornish graduates in early 2004. In 2005 after many changes the defunct Dolls, changed names, members and became The Heavenly Spies. They made their mark in the Neo-Burlesque movement in 2007 as the winners in Burlesque’s most prestigious competition The Miss Exotic World Pageant and have continued to wow sold out audiences with their death defying high kicks and gravity defying hair. The Heavenly Spies have performed in venues such as Can Can, Triple Door, ACT Theater, The 2006 Super Bowl, Qwest Field, Safeco Field, Pink Door, Moore Theater, On The Boards, The Pampas Room, Benaroya Hall and Seattle Art Museum and in festivals such as The Seattle International Cabaret Festival and The Moisture Festival. Members of The Heavenly Spies include founder and choreographer Fae Phalen AKA Agent Rhinestone, Honey Sexpot, Kimberly Galore, Coco Capone, Violet Hour and Sultry Songstress + host Caela Bailey.
	Inga Ingénue Visit website Inga Ingénue, "The Little Blonde Bomb", recently won the title of Miss Viva Las Vegas 2011 at the Viva Las Vegas international burlesque competition! Born and raised in Seattle, WA, Inga joined the Seattle burlesque community in 2005 and has since performed in shows all over the world. She is a founding member of DANCE BELT, a member of The Atomic Bombshells Burlesque, and is Blue Velvet Burlesque Revue's resident "Cabaret Girl". Inga is also an instructor for Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque, and was featured in the burlesque documentaries A Wink And A Smile and Waxie Moon, as well as in the upcoming film Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewel.
	Iva Handfull Visit website Iva Handfull is a modern heathen in the Burlesque world, an albino Grace Jones, both a fashion Icon and rock & roll Diva. She’s co-producer of Discontinued Trim Productions, producing Burlesque shows raising money for local Seattle charities, and co-owner of Haute Under the Collar, rhinestone ties for fabulous necks.
	J. Von Stratton Visit website J. Von Stratton has been delighting audiences in the Seattle area for years. She began her career as "The Doe-Eyed Darling" Honey D. Luxe, in the critically acclaimed Atomic Bombshells (www.theatomicbombshells.com). J. Von Stratton/Honey D. Luxe has been fortunate enough to have shared the stage with some of entertainments most intriguing performers: Dita Von Teese, Richard Cheese and Lounge against the Machine, Tura Satana, El Vez, and comedian Margaret Cho. These past years have been a whirlwind of excitement, having performed around the U.S, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Finland, and touring with The Atomic Bombshells to Portugal and Shanghai, China as part of an Olympics Opening Ceremonies Party. J. Von Stratton is not only a performer, but is also a nationally recognized designer. She has worked with clients across the nation, Seattle businesses ranging from Microsoft to The Washington State Lottery, and a wide range of Dance and Theatrical companies.
photo by Chris Blakeley	Jesse Belle-Jones Visit website Jesse Belle-Jones, "The Modern Sexual Intellectual," cut her burlesque teeth in 2007 while completing her graduate studies at the University of Washington and is currently a principal dancer and co-producer with Sinner Saint Burlesque as well as co-producer of the Seattle chapter of Naked Girls Reading. She has been on the steering committee for BurlyCon every year since its 2008 inception, serving as the Volunteer Coordinator, a Presenter and the Lead Events Coordinator. Offstage, she works closely with organizers for both the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture and the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival. Jesse performs and produces shows across the country as well as in Europe. Having just returned from two months abroad in the cast of "The Sacred and the Profane" with Sinner Saint Burlesque (Brick House, London), her other recent credits include Carolee Schneemann's "Within and Beyond the Premises" (Henry Art Gallery, Seattle), "The Beebo Brinker Chronicles Pulp Cabaret" (ACT, Seattle), "Through the Looking Glass: A Burlesque Alice in Wonderland" (Triple Door, Seattle), "Electric Burlesque" (Brick House, London), and "SHINE: A Burlesque Musical" (Fringe Festival, New York).
	Jonathan Rose Visit website Jonathan Rose’s interest in circus arts began in Mexico, where he was a roustabout in a small, family-owned circus. For several months he served as caretaker of the many exotic animals, including Maurice, the elephant and Pepe, the hippopotamus. When he tired of pounding stakes and shoveling animal dung, Jonathan returned to Seattle and began studying aerial acrobatics at the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA). He dreams of running away with the circus again, only this time as an aerial artist.
	Kaleb Hagan-Kerr Kaleb Hagan-Kerr, has been performing in seattle a little over 12 years. He is the Lead singer of soul inspired band “The Witness”, the Current Mr. Beltown, 2012 Mazen award winner, and the Co-host of “Burlesque behind the Pink Door” Kaleb has gained notoriety for his outlandish humor, striking sincerity, and occasional stints as a rouge pastor.
	Karolina Lux Visit website Karolina is a professional, theatrical, and burlesque style belly dancer based on the West Coast. She is also an actress, vocalist, trumpet-player, educator, and producer. She is the founder of Catalyst Arts Performance and Production, a fiscally sponsored non-profit group through Fractured Atlas. She is currently spearheading the Indiegogo campaign Swingtime, Catalyst, & Wanderlust Present: The Mata Hari Hustle ("What happens when two singing belly dancers, a swing dance duet, a juggling sword-swallower, and the nation's premier emcee extraordinaire take to the road? A traveling tale of bowlers, shimmies, garters, swords, and intrigue!")
	Kevin Joyce Visit website Kevin is Creator and Host of the variety show Big Night Out on the Seattle Channel. With his wife Martha Enson he runs EnJoy Productions, which produces live entertainment for corporate and special events, as well as music, videos and leadership training, He was a Co-Founder of UMO Ensemble and a principal performer and Director of Teatro Zinzanni. An avid singer/songwriter, Kevin’s CD, Say It, is available on CD Baby. His daughter Ruby regularly pins him in wrestling matches. She is 8.
photo by Shena Lee	Lady Tatas Visit website A Seattle native, Lady Tatas has been twirling and teasing around town since 2007. "The Debutante of Derriere" approaches the medium of burlesque with camp and extravagance, dabbling in comedy, melodrama, and golden age refinement. Member of Sinner Saint Burlesque since 2008, Lady Tatas can be seen weekly at the Noc Noc, Seattle. Having just returned from a 7 week residency in London for Sinner Saint Burlesque presents "The Sacred and the Profane" (Brick House, London), her credits also include Sinner Saint Burlesque presents “Electric Burlesque” (Brick House, London), The Vancouver International Burlesque Festival (Vancouver, Canada), and “The Beebo Brinker Chronicles Pulp Cabaret” (ACT Theater, Seattle).
	Lily Verlaine Visit website "A Living, Breathing Work Of Art" Lily Verlaine is a classically trained ballet dancer turned burlesque artist. She has appeared alongside such talent as Dita Von Teese, Julie Atlas Muz, Dirty Martini and author Andrei Codresceau. Miss Verlaine is the director and producer of the Spectacle Of Ecdysiastic Pageantry, "Land Of The Sweets, The Burlesque Nutcracker" which plays annually at The Triple Door.
	Luminous Pariah Visit website Nationally recognized burlesque sensation the Luminious Pariah brings you saucy, intelligent satire, witty comedy, avant garde artistry, and tantalizing tease. Luminous draws upon his dance and physical theater experience to present you with a fresh form of storytelling: Neo-Burlesque, the innovative striptease. Mr. Pariah believes burlesque should be an exciting and entertaining form of art as well as a body positive inspiration for change.
	Madame X Mme X is just back from traveling around the world in a very, very, very slick black stretch limo. It really is a jungle out there. It was so hot… so wild… so many small people. Her attorney is likely to make an appearance ... let's wish him well. Now that she's back in sultry Seattle she is pleased to be seeing you at the Moisture Festival Burlesque show again. All of you.
Photo by Broken Glass Photography	Midnite Martini Visit website Midnite Martini is the "Mile HIgh Flying Tease" from Denver, CO. She combines her aerial acrobatic skills with the art of tease. Midnite has titillated audiences across the world from Las Vegas casinos to the Atlantis Resort Bahamas to New York nightclubs and Montreal theatres. Midnite won "Best Soloist" at the Great Burlesque Exposition 2011 and was named one of the Top 50 Burlesque Figures of 2011 by 21st Century Burlesque. This martini is best known for her dramatic aerial burlesque, where pieces of beautiful costuming fall to the ground while Midnite spins, drops, and soars through the air on lyra, tissu, and trapeze. She has also been lovingly deemed "Stocking Girl" for her unique and innovative stocking peels. Her athletic stocking peel from her Burlesque Hall of Fame Reigning Queen of Burlesque routine in 2010 won her "Most Innovative Move" by the Burlesque Innovation Guild. You can see Midnite soar weekly as a headliner and producer at Lannie's Clocktower Cabaret in her hometown of Denver!
	Miss Indigo Blue Visit website Sexy, funny, irreverent and ingeniously clever, Miss Indigo Blue flirts with the edgy, exotic and erotic fringes of burlesque. Evoking the elegant tease of legend Gypsy Rose Lee, and inspired by the brilliant comic wit of Whitney Biennial recipient Julie Atlas Muz, Miss Indigo is more than just a great practitioner of the ol' bump and grind; she enlivens her performances with a heady blend of brainy and bawdy that makes audience's mouths water, as their minds whirl.
	Moist-ettes The Moist-ette Ensemble is the Festival’s very own troupe of ever changing beauties. As the curtain rises, they will once again heat up the stage and intentionally elevate your temperature a bit to assure you a pleasurable evening of Moisture Festival’s signature Libertease Burlesque. The 2012 Moist-ettes feature adapted choreography by Miss Cathy Sutherland and the red-hot vocals of Miss Blanche De Bris, who joins us direct from The Vegas Strip. Adding to this visual buffet are dancers Carrie Anderson, Caela Bailey, Diana Cardiff, Martha Enson, Inga Ingenue, Lucky Penny, Rhonda Sable and Cathy Sutherland. These ladies got serious Steam Heat!
	Paris Original Visit website Paris Original is poetry in motion, exuding the graceful elegance of balletic beauty. This international burlesque star calls on his extensive experience in many forms of dance and theatre to craft his unique style of burlesque. Possessing a statuesque aesthetic, he utilizes his affinity for movement to captivate, inspire and capture the hearts of audiences wherever he goes. Paris is also a founding member of the Neo-burlesque troupe Mod Carousel.
	Polly Wood Visit website Polly got her start at Miss Indigo Blue’s Academy of Burlesque back in 2006, where she is now the Executive Secretary and Teacher in Training. She’s also on the Steering Committee for BurlyCon, and co-producer of NakedGirlsReading Seattle and The Jack & Wood Show. From snowsuits to nocturnal animals, from barbecue sauce to Irish Dancing, Seattle’s Tinseled Tart will have you seeing stars with her special mix of Bump’n'Grind and campy charm!
	Shanghai Pearl Visit website The Shanghai Pearl is The Tantalizing Temptress from Taipei and Princess of Pulchritude! She infuses traditional bump and grind with her signature Shanghai sweetness. Her range is broad; spanning the burlesque gamut from tantalizing tongue in cheek tease to irreverent vaudevillian vignettes. Always entertaining and full of sizzling striptease, her moxie and bravado is not to be missed! Catch her on a stage near you and allow her to Shanghai your heart!
	Sydni Deveraux Visit website Classic striptease artist and singer Sydni Deveraux hails from Seattle, Washington. She has performed internationally and in such acclaimed shows such as The New Orleans Burlesque Festival, Amsterdam Burlesque Festival, Seattle Erotic Arts Festival, Seattle international film festival, Tease-o-Rama and of course-the "superbowl of burlesque"-Exotic World (also known as) The Burlesque Hall of Fame. With beautiful exotic features, and at a statuesque and very leggy 6'2", she is one of the tallest established performers in the business. Sydni's charming performance style is an entertaining mix of wit, finesse and sophisticated musicality. "The Golden Glamazon" is a trained jazz singer, host, teacher of performance and burlesque privately and through Miss Indigo Blue's Academy Of Burlesque. As a producer of over 100 successful shows over the last few years- including Seattle's longest running weekly review with a rotating cast "Burlesque Behind the Pink Door" (in The historic Pike Place Market)-Sydni Deveraux has been a fixture in the burlesque community for over 6 years.
	Tamara the Trapeze Lady Visit website Tamara "The Trapeze Lady" is well known for her entertaining and producing prowess. Her aerial feats leave you breathless, her comedic flair leaves you in the aisles, and her bawdy, witty stage presence leaves you thinking "Who's she kidding with that LADY bit?". But seriously folks.... In 1995 Tamara produced the first of what would be ten years of "Fallen Women Follies" shows. These raw, almost anything goes variety events gave the stage to sex workers of all sorts to explore sexual / sensual expression to an audience whose main objective was NOT how soon you were going to be naked and how much it would cost. The fare ranged from gymnastic stripper pole antics, poetic rants about the politics of tipping, scantily clad classical violinists, Tamara's own early aerial efforts and included the emergence of some of Seattle's most notable neo-burlesque stars of today. Miss Indigo Blue, Pidgeon Von Tramp, Lydia McLane and Chica Boom all credit the Follies with helping them find their uniquely "burlesque" personas. In 2001 Tamara started the now legendary "Burlesque Behind The Pink Door" at the already legendary Pink Door Restaurant. Here, over the next three years she honed her hosting and burlesque skills to a super fine edge while scouting and collecting myriad variety acts. Tamara moved on in 2004, but still makes guest appearances hosting and performing at the show which continues to this day every Saturday night. In 2005, armed with her battalion of skills and a terrific bevy of highly talented entertainers in her sparkly black book, the "lady" produced the Columbia City Cabaret, a very spicy event featuring completely different variety performers every week. The Columbia City Cabaret went monthly in 2008 and still features a unique show each month starring the best of naughty variety entertainment and Tamara herself hosting and performing burlesque and aerial. The Trapeze Lady trains and teaches at the Versatile Arts aerial gym in Greenwood. Come take a class!
	Terry Crane Visit website Having languished long enough in higher education, Terry Crane finally surrendered to restless urges that lead him to walk calmly away with the circus at the tender age of 20. Since then, his thirst for movement and performance mentoring has been a zigzag constellation of off the beaten path destinations, taking him to the San Francisco Circus Center, Montreal's National Circus School (of Cirque du Soleil fame), and the Beijing International Acrobatics School. He has now performed in countless countries, on 3 continents. Terry is a longtime practitioner of capoeira, contact improvisation, hip hop dance, physical theater, and tree climbing. He infuses his work with these influences as well as his own fiercely unique style. Terry loves the sublime experience of circus performance, and daring to reach across the fourth wall to share with all his audiences.
	Top Hat Dancers Jennifer Sutherland became a life-time member of The Royal Famille Du Caniveaux the hard way: She married one of them. She can often be seen performing bits that include singing and dancing, but never at the same time. Jennifer is very excited about reprising the infamous Top Hat dance at this year’s Moisture Festival, a feat she hasn’t attempted since nursing her two small Du Caniveaux children. In her spare time, she is the mayor of Vashon Island. Back in the roaring mid-1990s, Tessa Francis was Line Producer at Annex Theatre, and was in a couple shows, too, including “The DivaClassification System” and “Lippizaner, Teeth Apart – The National Tour”. Tessa’s previous Moisture Festival appearance was while she was pregnant with her second child. Most of the time, however, Tessa is an aquatic ecologist who thinks about food webs.
	Trixie Little & the Evil Hate Monkey Visit website Baltimore's Trixie Little and The Evil Hate Monkey are an award-winning, acrobatic burlesque superduo who have been making fun sexy and sexy fun since 2002. Described as "smart, funny and dumb in all the best ways", this talented twosome has flipped-n-stripped on "The Gong Show with Dave Attel," have opened for John Waters, are the winners of the 2006 Exotic World Best Burlesque Duo trophy and are regular late night fixtures in New York City, Baltimore and beyond.
	Waxie Moon Visit website Miss(ter) Waxie Moon is a gender bending queer lady "boylesque" performance art solo stripping sensation. He has performed at various venues throughout Seattle including The Seattle Repertory Theater, Bumbershoot, The Triple Door, ACT Theater (Moisture Festival) and On The Boards. She is a featured performer in "Land of the Sweets, A Burlesque Nutcracker" (performing both men's and women's roles). His solo performance, "Waxie Moon: EXTREME Boylesque"was featured at On The Boards in the Northwest New Works Festival and her original play, Waxie Moon; Boylesque Cinematique was produced by Next Stage. She is featured in the documentary film," A Wink and a Smile" (directed by Deirdre Timmons, Golden Echo Films) and is the subject of the documentary "Waxie Moon" (directed by Wes Hurley, I Ate My Eye Films).