Our Mistress of Ceremonies...
Lauren 'Onça' O'Leary
Lauren 'Onça' O'Leary is a career entertainer, event producer, nationally touring performer, and internationally published author and artist working out of Asheville, NC.
She stages several major festivals annually, as well as myriad other events. Staged in Asheville, NC, her award-winning ABSfest: the Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival, is now is in its fifth year of bringing together artists from around the world to perform, study and network. Onça's annual festival TribOriginal: Tribal Dance, Music & Culture Camp has been nominated for Best Event, and her dance company Baraka Mundi as been nominated likewise for both Best Kept Secret and Best Dance Company.
Onça currently travels the country teaching and performing song, dance and sultry antics of Luscious Cabaret & Balkan Ruckus with the Mezmer Society, and with the Accidental Circus, directed by Jester of England, Paolo Garbanzo. She illustrated and co-authored The World Spirit Tarot, an instant classic, which has been translated into Spanish.
It is her stalwart belief is that "The greatest expression of Rebellion is Joy."
www.hardestworkingwomaninshowbusiness.com
She stages several major festivals annually, as well as myriad other events. Staged in Asheville, NC, her award-winning ABSfest: the Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival, is now is in its fifth year of bringing together artists from around the world to perform, study and network. Onça's annual festival TribOriginal: Tribal Dance, Music & Culture Camp has been nominated for Best Event, and her dance company Baraka Mundi as been nominated likewise for both Best Kept Secret and Best Dance Company.
Onça currently travels the country teaching and performing song, dance and sultry antics of Luscious Cabaret & Balkan Ruckus with the Mezmer Society, and with the Accidental Circus, directed by Jester of England, Paolo Garbanzo. She illustrated and co-authored The World Spirit Tarot, an instant classic, which has been translated into Spanish.
It is her stalwart belief is that "The greatest expression of Rebellion is Joy."
www.hardestworkingwomaninshowbusiness.com
Dolly Dee
Founder and owner of Bizarro Burlesque Productions, Dolly Dee is the pioneer, flagship, and cornerstone for burlesque entertainment in her home state of South Carolina. She is a burlesque performer, costume designer, pin up model, go-go dancer, independent film actress, makeup / special effects artist, and promoter. Since introducing burlesque to her local community, Dolly has been the go-to guru, and mentor to those interested in the art and culture. She is the founder, director and production designer of the annual "Charleston Burlesque Festival", the winter feature "On with the Showgirls", the annual fan appreciation and toys for tots drive "Bizarro Burlesque Xmas Bazaar". Dolly was named one of Maxim Magazine's "Girls of Dragon Con". She performs at Charleston's most debauched and indulgent Halloween extravaganza "Skinful" and Charleston's premier bi-annual arts festival "Kulture Klash". Dolly has produced burlesque events in nearly every venue in her hometown and was voted "Best Stage Show 2010" by the Charleston City Paper. She has toured with the "Coney Island" and "Yard Dog" road shows and performs up and down the East Coast including North Carolina's "Heavy Rebel Weekender" and Manhattan's "Nurse Bettie" in New York City. Dolly hosted a night of "Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go Go" from New York City during their national tour. She has organized charitable events and donates to local charities, performs annually at Carabet for the Cure for the Susan G Komen Foundation and is a featured guest at national USO (United Service Organization) events to benefit our brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces.
www.dollydee.com
www.dollydee.com
Skye Paige
Skye Paige is the sultriest, sexiest burlesque siren in the Southeast. Whether she is wisping you away to Hawaii with the sounds of her ukulele, or luring you back to her coffin for a midnight snack….she will steal your heart and soul forever more. Also known as the Diva of the Rockabilly Blues slide guitar of her band, Skye Paige and the Original Recipe.
Selia d'Katzmeow Carmichael
"That Rawkin' Lil Gypsy Gal"
Selia d’Katzmeow Carmichael is a burlesque artist hailing from the heart of North Carolina by way of her authentic Gypsy roots. With a shimmy in her step and a tassel on her ta, she’ll reveal…SHE’S d’Katzmeow of TEASE!
d’Katzmeow performs all over the USA with international traveling performance artists, satisfying her primal needs to keep it movin’ and shakin’! She has performed with and shared stages with The Coney Island Roadshow, The Koffin Kats, Big John Bates & The Voodoo Dollz, Pretty Things Peepshow, and hundreds of other musical and vaudeville acts.
Selia d'Katzmeow is the creator and producer of the first and longest-running monthly Burlesk Revue in NC. She has performed in three Greensboro Fringe Festivals, producing two of the shows. She is an experienced and published Model; with work in international trade-shows and magazines. The organizer of Heavy Rebel Weekender's 'Wiggle Room,’ d’Katzmeow continues to promote and produce shows, spanning from burlesque, art openings, music, and large fundraisers.
WWW.SELIA-DKATZMEOW.COM
Selia d’Katzmeow Carmichael is a burlesque artist hailing from the heart of North Carolina by way of her authentic Gypsy roots. With a shimmy in her step and a tassel on her ta, she’ll reveal…SHE’S d’Katzmeow of TEASE!
d’Katzmeow performs all over the USA with international traveling performance artists, satisfying her primal needs to keep it movin’ and shakin’! She has performed with and shared stages with The Coney Island Roadshow, The Koffin Kats, Big John Bates & The Voodoo Dollz, Pretty Things Peepshow, and hundreds of other musical and vaudeville acts.
Selia d'Katzmeow is the creator and producer of the first and longest-running monthly Burlesk Revue in NC. She has performed in three Greensboro Fringe Festivals, producing two of the shows. She is an experienced and published Model; with work in international trade-shows and magazines. The organizer of Heavy Rebel Weekender's 'Wiggle Room,’ d’Katzmeow continues to promote and produce shows, spanning from burlesque, art openings, music, and large fundraisers.
Cherry Von Bomb
From modeling to performing to doing hair and makeup Cherry Von Bomb is a jack of all trades. Combining classic burlesque with neo rockabilly roots makes for a wonderful time. Formerly a part of La Petite Mort Burlesque in Charlotte, Cherry is also a part of a group called Kaberett Vulgare which has more of a sideshow twist. Cherry loves to perform for any kind of audience and loves the odd things in life. Eyes flutter and hearts putter, sweeter than a maraschino, Cherry Von Bomb!
Rachel Riot
Careful, baby, there’s a Riot in town, and that’s Miss Rachel Riot to you. North Carolina born and bred, she’s a honey-sweet gal by day, a fire-hot vixen by night. She’s your good-girl, bad-dream bombshell, baby, a red-lipped firecracker with moves to make your mama cry. Co-founder and former member of Raleigh's Hellcat Vixens, she has performed for crowds all over the Southeast. As burlesque coordinator for WInston-Salem's Heavy Rebel Weekender in 2009 and 2010, she booked over 40 dancers for one event. She pioneered burlesque in Raleigh, founding the area's first burlesque troupe, the Demon Dolls, in 2008.
Lips Sealed
Lips Sealed performs regularly for Feline Entertainment and Fanatique de Glam in Greensboro, NC. Lips made her debut in BURLESK! during the Greensboro Fringe Festival of January 2009. She can be found in various variety shows in and around the Carolinas. Lips Sealed hit the stage with her brand of neo-retro theatrics at Heavy Rebel Weekend in July 2009.
www.misslipssealed.com
www.misslipssealed.com
Sydney Vigotov
Singer Kenny Chesney said it right; “Southern girls are God's gift to the entire male population. There is absolutely no woman finer than one raised below the Mason-Dixon line, and once you go Southern may the good Lord help you - you never go back.”
Sydney Vigotov is the most sinuous, serpentine superhuman in the South. Hailing from the center of the Old North State, this 5-year veteran of the underground combines 18 years of classical ballet training with a baffling bat of her eyelashes, bringing the most brawny of brutes to his knees."
www.sydneyvigotov.com
Sydney Vigotov is the most sinuous, serpentine superhuman in the South. Hailing from the center of the Old North State, this 5-year veteran of the underground combines 18 years of classical ballet training with a baffling bat of her eyelashes, bringing the most brawny of brutes to his knees."
www.sydneyvigotov.com
Deanna Danger
Deanna Danger is known as “the starlet from Virginia.” Her sometimes scandalous, always crowd-pleasing performances have graced stages from her home, Richmond, Virginia, up and down the east coast to New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., New Jersey, Tennessee, and North Carolina. She has performed with all of Richmond's burlesque troupes, as well as Sugar Shack Burlesque out of NYC, Trixie Little & the Evil Hate Monkey, the World Famous Pontani Sisters, and Tigger. She was also chosen to perform in the 2010 New York Burlesque Festival!
Deanna also owns her own burlesque accessory business. She designs pasties, fascinators, mini top hats and more, and gladly accepts custom orders (www.deannadangerdesigns.etsy.com). Deanna is also a go-go dancer, model, actress, makeup artist, promising aerialist, and graphic designer. Deanna has a classically trained dance background, reaching all the way back to 3 years of age. She learned ballet from students of Martha Graham, tap from former Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, and musical theater from original Broadway cast members of “Cats” and the movie “Dirty Dancing.” She took national competition titles by the age of 7, and competed all throughout high school with her dance studios’ select company, as well as high school dance team. After some time away from dance in college (where she gained a Bachelors in Communication, and Minors in Studio Art and Creative Writing), and some time being a career record store nerd, Deanna re-discovered her dance roots in Richmond’s budding burlesque scene. She quickly shimmied to the top and is proud to help put Richmond, Virginia on the map in the burlesque, sideshow, and vaudeville community.
Deanna also owns her own burlesque accessory business. She designs pasties, fascinators, mini top hats and more, and gladly accepts custom orders (www.deannadangerdesigns.etsy.com). Deanna is also a go-go dancer, model, actress, makeup artist, promising aerialist, and graphic designer. Deanna has a classically trained dance background, reaching all the way back to 3 years of age. She learned ballet from students of Martha Graham, tap from former Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, and musical theater from original Broadway cast members of “Cats” and the movie “Dirty Dancing.” She took national competition titles by the age of 7, and competed all throughout high school with her dance studios’ select company, as well as high school dance team. After some time away from dance in college (where she gained a Bachelors in Communication, and Minors in Studio Art and Creative Writing), and some time being a career record store nerd, Deanna re-discovered her dance roots in Richmond’s budding burlesque scene. She quickly shimmied to the top and is proud to help put Richmond, Virginia on the map in the burlesque, sideshow, and vaudeville community.
Lysa Strata
After being dropped on her head as a baby Lysa Strata developed an unnatural attraction to leopard print and shiny things. Later in life after being fired from both the circus and Starbucks she began a career as a fabulous showgirl.
Bonnie Voyage
Bonnie Voyage is Fayetteville, NC's resident sexy songbird. She is the newest permanent cast member for Pretty Things Peep Show and has a sultry, sexy voice that will give you goosebumps. She tours nationally each year as well as monthly in both Raleigh, NC and Fayetteville, NC. She is the head hair and makeup artist for Pretty Things Academy.
Tallulah Bordeaux
Tallulah Bordeaux is a burlesque performer, belly dancer, pin-up model, and instructor of contemporary fusion belly dance and belly-q. In addition to performing regularly around the triangle, she leads the HipGnosis student belly dance troupe and is a member of the NC Performers Society, an organization dedicated to fostering unity and collaboration within the NC variety performers community, promoting the arts as a vehicle for social and personal change, empowering performers, and continually raising the standards of performance.
Porcelain
Hang onto your britches! This gal is always on the go, and could be coming to a town near you! With a 1920's shimmy that'll make you quiver and a modern woman's mindset that'll make your knees buckle, how could you resist catching her in action! With a slew of underground fetish, alt, and pinup images that would eat any man alive, you best believe there is a disclaimer for the real thing!
Lola Rose
Lola Rose is a classically trained dancer who uses her talent and technique to create delightfully fun burlesque routines. She has been seen dancing en pointe in a tutu; drunkenly kicking the Charleston around the bar room; and strip teasing to the Veggie Tales.
Laura has performed and taught throughout the United States, in places such as New York, Los Angeles, San Diego and, most recently, Las Vegas. She has become quite popular as a Zumba teacher - both in person and on YouTube.
Laura has performed and taught throughout the United States, in places such as New York, Los Angeles, San Diego and, most recently, Las Vegas. She has become quite popular as a Zumba teacher - both in person and on YouTube.
Miss Sweet Tea
Miss Sweet Tea is an up-and-coming performer whose heart will always belong to her hometown of Central, South Carolina! She has been onstage and part of the New York City theater and burlesque scene since 2009 . Miss Sweet Tea has danced burlesque with Purple Repertory Theater Company, as well as with Geek Girl Burlesque and Princess Sunshine at the Bowery Poetry Club. Her background is in theater, gymnastics, and breakin' hearts.
theresachristine.com
theresachristine.com
Viva La Muerte
Viva La Muerte is a Chicago Heavy Metal and Horror Burlesque Performer, & Producer of Hot & Heavy Burlesque.
In her nearly four years on the scene as a burlesque performer she has taken audiences on a wild ride with her creative no holds barred performances. She began performing locally in Chicago in early 2007, producing her own show ‘Hot & Heavy Burlesque’ in January of 2008, and in 2009 Viva burst onto the national scene with performances across the country including: Fangoria Weekend of Horrors Los Angeles (2010 Fangoria Spooksmodel Finalist), Texas Burlesque Festival, Toronto Burlesque Festival, A Performance on a Jerry Springer Too Hot For TV Pay Per View Special, Guest spot on JBTV (a long running rock TV Program in Chicago), and the Chicago Horror Film Festival. Not slowing down a bit in 2010 Viva performed at Dallas Burlesque Festival 2010, 2 appearances at the Detroit Dirty Show in February, The Boston Burlesque Expo, Windy City Burlesque Festival, Texas Burlesque Festival 2010 where Viva won the award for ‘Most Original’, Vancouver International Burlesque Festival, Toronto Burlesque Festival and New York Burlesque Festival. 2011 is off to a promising start with a successful 2nd run of the Hot & Heavy burlesque tribute to Pink Floyd’s THE WALL in January, and trips to MN for The Best of Midwest Burlesk Festival and Detroit for the Dirty Show. Embracing the neo burlesque style, Viva La Muerte creates strong character based routines that are both engaging and surprising. Her specialties are heavy metal and horror movie inspired burlesque acts with extra flair and theatricality. She can be seen performing with her Hot & Heavy production as well as regular appearances with many local Chicago Burlesque productions.
In her nearly four years on the scene as a burlesque performer she has taken audiences on a wild ride with her creative no holds barred performances. She began performing locally in Chicago in early 2007, producing her own show ‘Hot & Heavy Burlesque’ in January of 2008, and in 2009 Viva burst onto the national scene with performances across the country including: Fangoria Weekend of Horrors Los Angeles (2010 Fangoria Spooksmodel Finalist), Texas Burlesque Festival, Toronto Burlesque Festival, A Performance on a Jerry Springer Too Hot For TV Pay Per View Special, Guest spot on JBTV (a long running rock TV Program in Chicago), and the Chicago Horror Film Festival. Not slowing down a bit in 2010 Viva performed at Dallas Burlesque Festival 2010, 2 appearances at the Detroit Dirty Show in February, The Boston Burlesque Expo, Windy City Burlesque Festival, Texas Burlesque Festival 2010 where Viva won the award for ‘Most Original’, Vancouver International Burlesque Festival, Toronto Burlesque Festival and New York Burlesque Festival. 2011 is off to a promising start with a successful 2nd run of the Hot & Heavy burlesque tribute to Pink Floyd’s THE WALL in January, and trips to MN for The Best of Midwest Burlesk Festival and Detroit for the Dirty Show. Embracing the neo burlesque style, Viva La Muerte creates strong character based routines that are both engaging and surprising. Her specialties are heavy metal and horror movie inspired burlesque acts with extra flair and theatricality. She can be seen performing with her Hot & Heavy production as well as regular appearances with many local Chicago Burlesque productions.
The Mezmer Society
The Mezmer Society
Based out of Asheville, NC, The Mezmer Society demonstrates to the general public that, after a 60 year hiatus, it is once more permissible to dance to an accordion. Hard-riding highwaymen of mayhem, this duo missionize the Mezmer gospel throughout the United States. Uppity bellydance antics, torchsongs, and sinister accordionism are blended at high speed into a tall, cool, glass of delicious and intoxicating performance. Perfect for geeks, goths, and anyone who wants extreme festivity.
August taught himself to play accordion as an angsty teenager, and after discovering Middle Eastern music, began working with Tribal dancers in 1999. In addition to The Mezmer Society, August is a member of the quartet Ashes in Order, maintains a career as an internationally represented figurative painter, and travels in the US and Europe teaching and performing. He is the president of the Institute for the Advancement of Occultism and Aerophonics (previously Asheville Accordion Club), and he has released albums with the cinematic trio Soora Gameela, and Greek fusion band Makari. When not running away with the Accidental Circus, August lives in Asheville, North Carolina. He is currently finishing his first solo album.
www.augusthoerr.com
Based out of Asheville, NC, The Mezmer Society demonstrates to the general public that, after a 60 year hiatus, it is once more permissible to dance to an accordion. Hard-riding highwaymen of mayhem, this duo missionize the Mezmer gospel throughout the United States. Uppity bellydance antics, torchsongs, and sinister accordionism are blended at high speed into a tall, cool, glass of delicious and intoxicating performance. Perfect for geeks, goths, and anyone who wants extreme festivity.
August taught himself to play accordion as an angsty teenager, and after discovering Middle Eastern music, began working with Tribal dancers in 1999. In addition to The Mezmer Society, August is a member of the quartet Ashes in Order, maintains a career as an internationally represented figurative painter, and travels in the US and Europe teaching and performing. He is the president of the Institute for the Advancement of Occultism and Aerophonics (previously Asheville Accordion Club), and he has released albums with the cinematic trio Soora Gameela, and Greek fusion band Makari. When not running away with the Accidental Circus, August lives in Asheville, North Carolina. He is currently finishing his first solo album.
www.augusthoerr.com
Stripsters
It can be hard to find a gentleman to dance, ahem, "exotically" for your amusement. Never fear- Stripsters are here! Hot indie hipster types, peeling down to our briefs for sheer entertainment value. No muscle-bound man-scaped meat-heads on our roster... we are just normal college guys trying to earn our PBR money for the week. Nothing skeezy about it- we're more nervous than you are! We are adorably awkward, totally amateur, and very non-threatening. Just out to do a little something for the ladies!
www.stripstersinc.com
www.stripstersinc.com
Melissa & The Amazing Brian
Death-defying feats of skill and stupidity! Bystanders beware. Melissa and the Amazing Brian dazzle audiences by manipulating the elements with and through their bodies in sharp, pointy, spectacular and only occasionally injurious ways. Ta Da!
Our beautiful Stage Kitten...
Eva Von Kitten
This little minx is every performer’s right hand woman on stage and off. I am proud to have the very best stage kitten in the industry handling this year’s performers. From setting up the stage to wrangling our garments Eva is on the scene. This gorgeous gal is a delicious treat to watch gliding on stage. Her light hearted personality and drop dead curves are sure to captivate your eyes & hearts.