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If Albadoro were a cooking recipe, she would certainly be a delicacy. One of those intense and persistent flavors that tease the senses, awakening hidden desires and fantasies. She is all curves with a touch of madness, malice and smiles... all served to the audience with care and at the right -and of course hot- temperature. Albadoro’s costumes leave you breathless. They’re all handmade and cared for in every shiny detail. The superpower of this performer is her ability to bewitch the audience with a perfect mix of irony and sex appeal. She is a leading figure at the Italian level since she has been the first Italian performer to win the title of “Queen of Burlesque”, “Goldel Pasties” and “Crystal Corset”. She is the producer and artistic director of the “Caput Mundi International Burlesque Award”, a festival that see the biggest names in the industry compete for the win. Albadoro has also been featured in several theatrical and cinematic productions and many of you may know her for being the star of “Lady Burlesque”, a television show dedicated to the art of burlesque on Sky. In 2015 she founded her burlesque school “Gala Studio” that immediately became one of the most prestigious academies in Italy and her clothing line “Baci di Gala”. In 2019 she took part to the Venice Film Festival for being the leading actress of “Mondo Sexy”, a documentary by the great Mario Testi. She is now one of the resident performers at “La conventicola degli Ultramoderni” in Rome where she also works as a teacher.
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Anja Pavlova combines authentic jazz dance and classic burlesque dance with spectacular Art Nouveau inspired costumes. With her characteristic 20's Burlesque, she has already been on stage in major cities such as Saint Petersburg, San Francisco, Stockholm and Beirut and won the title of Best Dancer at “Miss Burlesque Russia” in 2013. During her glamorous career she has the opportunity to take part in the documentary “Burlesque Extravaganza”. The film is a diary about the journey into the magic world of burlesque directed by Grace Hall during her Tournée between Europe and the USA. This 1920s style classic showgirl is ready to add some glitter and glamour to a party or a show!
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A pinup sex kitten who’s sweet like sugar and just as bad as butter. She is a bombshell glamazon with a whole lot of sleaze. This international starlet has umped the grind at notable shows all over. She’s the classic burlesque dancer and an amazing vintage stripper. Miss Baby Daisy has trained in music theatre. Four years professional stage experience in cabarets, podium dancing and corporate events. Baby Daisy debuted her first burlesque’s act “a France romance” at Kunst Kabaret Albert Schlosh in March 2019. Since then Baby Daisy performs regularly up and down the country as well as internationally. Baby has been modelling over 5 years specialising in pinup, boudoir, alternative and vintage catalogue. Also an exclusive pinup doll for the UKS leading pinup agency “The Pinup Academy”. She has been in calendars and magazines worldwide including cover spread features.
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Bianca Nevius: her name comes from a FairyTale, everything else is pure reality. When on stage she moves, goes wild, sneaks and steals her audience’ soul as it happened in the Las Vegas of the 50s.. Bianca has a sculpted body that tells million stories through her tattos. She has breathtaking curves and feline moves. “Burlesque is a more complicated art than it looks. You don’t choose the style, the style chooses you. In my case, I was chosen by the 50s. My performances are inspired by the show girls of the time” said Bianca during an interview. Her acts are full of sequins, feathers and ‘bump and grind’. She proposes the classic striptease identifying with exotic wild dancers who reflect elegance and transgression.
She has performed in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and USA.
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Bryona Ashly is a burlesque star and pinup model on the rise to the top. Her classic beauty takes inspiration from Old Hollywood and if she could give a word of advice to any pin-up hopeful out there it would be: “The essentials for a pinup girl to have is red lipstick, classic black stockings and good pair of black heels”. At 19, Bryona began developing a portfolio of beautiful, vintage-inspired images, and began creating a buzz of excitement around her name. Over the years, she has worked for calendars and magazines, vintage reproduction clothing brands, lingerie and accessory lines. She has been particularly successful in Tokyo.
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Always adorned with thousands of Svarowski crystals, Clea de Velours aesthetic takes inspiration from the glamorous icons from the golden age of Hollywood and American pin-ups.
The first words that pop to our mind if we think about her are Glamour, Sensuality and Sparkling beauty. Clea plays with a very sophisticated idea of sensuality. To create a new act she draws from all the influences that nourish her such as painting, cinema and the history of fashion.
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Miss Dirty Martini is one of the most famous and celebrated personalities in the world of the neo burlesque. She has lead the new burlesque revolution in NYC and all over the world with her over the top physique and classical dance training, bringing vintage glamour into 21st Century. She has been featured by Karl Lagerfeld, starred in the film On Tour that also won “best director” at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, co-stars in Dita Von Teese’s touring show Strip Strip Hooray and voted number one burlesque performer in the world by her fans for four consecutive years. A favorite of original burlesque performers of 1940s and 50s, Miss Martini has become an under-ground celebrity and favorite headliner nationally and all over the world.
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Dita Von Teese grew up fascinated by the Golden Age of Cinema. This naturally blond, mid-western girl transformed herself into a glamour girl like those she admired. Performing striptease since 1992, she is the biggest name in burlesque in the world since Gypsy Rose Lee and is credited with bringing the art form back into the spotlight with a new sense of elegance and sophistication.
Taking audiences on a journey into fantasy and spectacle, Dita is renowned for her ornate sets and dazzling haute-couture performance costumes lavishly adorned with Swarovski crystal. Dita was the first guest star in history at The Crazy Horse Paris, reviving the iconic cabaret with several sold-out runs, including “Dita’s Crazy Show” to celebrate their 65th Anniversary.
In 2019, she was also the first guest star of Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show at The Folies Bergère in Paris, and walked the runway for his final Haute Couture show in 2020.
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Dita’s four full-length revues, “Strip, Strip, Hooray!”, “The Art of the Teese”, “Dita Von Teese and the Copper Coupe” and “Glamonatrix”are the biggest burlesque shows in history, showcasing a diverse cast of the crème de la crème of neo-burlesque performers of all genders, hailing from all over the world. Dita’s newest revue “Glamonatrix” debuted in Australia and New Zealand in 2019, and is set to travel across the US in 2020. The tour continues across Europe and the UK beginning in February 2021, with four nights at the historic Folies Bergère, plus a week at The London Palladium.
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This Texas girl is a performance artist, fire eater, sword swallower and burlesque performer. Emma Vauxdevil has been working in the burlesque industry for about six years now but her passion for this glamorous form of art started when she was little. Costuming and movement have always been her passion. Emma Vauxdevil loves to get strong reactions out of the audience while performing no matter if they’re of shock from sward swallowing or laughter from comedy based numbers.
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Eliza DeLite has disrobed for audiences across to globe for over a decade, going from Rome to Chicago, Berlin to New York and countless bustling cities in between. She is based in London but has earned a place on the international burlesque circuit becoming one of the UK’s top exports for burlesque. Known for her ability to evoke a sense old Hollywood glamour, Eliza brings a new angle to her performances by mixing iconic visuals with contemporary song choices. Her background in art, film and performance studies lend itself perfectly to the creative process, pulling audiences deep into her world, a place that resonates with a mix of familiarity and a fresh finesse. Eliza DeLite was also voted one of the UK's top 20 Burlesque performers by 21st Century Burlesque magazine for 5 consecutive years; 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017!
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Fanny Damour is an Italian performer born and raised in Naples. She is an art historian, cartoonist and actress that combines all her attitudes and passions in the art of burlesque. Her character is a sort of superheroine of erotic and romantic comics. She is the artist behind all of her acts, she takes care of the design of each costume and creates all of the stories she brings to the stage. Her performances take inspiration from Vaudeville, early cinema and historical avant-gardes.
Her gigs can be defined as immersive experiences in a suspended elsewhere, where comic elements, erotic élans and dreamlike journeys blend harmoniously. Fanny Damour also contributed to the foundation of the first Burlesque Academy in southern Italy. She brought her art overseas by taking part in several renowned festivals. In 2015 she started her collaboration with the Cabaret Bizarre in Switzerland where she works both as a performer and illustrator (her illustrations can be found on her Instagram page stripper_fanny_says). Fanny also directs the show “Les Folies Napolitains” on stage at the “Campania Teatro Festival”. She is a resident artist at the “Salotto Bohémien” in the historic centre of Naples.
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Frankie Fictitious first hit the stage at the tender age of 6 hula dancing alongside her mother’s Tahitian dance troupe. At that moment, Frankie knew she was destined to be onstage. Later on, in 2013, Frankie saw her first burlesque show and her infamous passion for burlesque exploded. She started taking classes in Oakland, CA. From that moment, she officially blossomed into Frankie Fictitious. After some years of hard work she started earning titles across the board becoming the forth ever Asian-American performer to win the title of Miss Exotic World. To this day, Frankie upholds the legacy of the Chinese-American performers who have come before her and who have continually inspired her while advocating for the expansion of the burlesque arts in the modern world.
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Giuditta Sin loves to make every performance an opportunity to free her imagination, showing it in its countless shades and involving you in her lucid dream. Passionate about the Fin de Siècle cultural movement and Art Nouveau aesthetics, she draws inspiration from symbolist, decadent and surrealist works, from the controversial works of Colette and from revolutionary dancers such as loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis. The woman's body is a sacred temple, an instrument to celebrate and honor the eternal beauty of nature. It itself is a sublime manifestation of it. Giuditta begins her artistic research that will lead her to create performances that reject any possible label.She defines her performances as pure acts of beauty. She is a muse for various photographers and artists from all over the world and has taken part as an actress and performer in movies, music videos and theatrical productions. I In December 2019 she presented her first multi-artistic site specific project ECOSEX (the first project in Italy dedicated to eco-sexuality) at the Macro Museum in Rome.
She is also the creator and producer of Burlesque Riot, the first independent Burlesque festival in Italy and of Cabaret Domestique.
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Her love of performance art was born after attaining a degree in Visual Arts. She's a dancer, make-up artist and fashion model. In addition to all that, her great love for the past and circuses, joined together in giving life to her art. She embodies the femininity and expressiveness of the divas of the silent cinema. You will see her on her trapeze doining intense, expert aerial acrobatics while swallowing fire and juggling a 1.5 meter flaming contact staff. She has performed at major clubs and theatre in Italy and abroad. She also collaborated with various fashion brands such as Dsquared2, Phillip Plein, Hotel Amour, Guess, Dolce & Gabbana, Billionaire, Nike.
In the TOP 10 Burlesque Hall Of Fame 20152016 - Most famous Burlesque European performer in the World.
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As soon as she turned 18, the future "Queen of Russian Burlesque", by a lucky chance, debuts with her first act. Two years later, in 2014, she won the “Best Debut” nomination at the festival "Miss Burlesque" in Russia with her signature act "Dance of the Phoenix". One member of the jury was enchanted by Katrin and invited her to become the main artist of a renowned cabaret show in Moscow. A year later she won the “Queen of Burlesque” title at the same festival that got her the job. From that moment on her career never stopped. She regularly appears as a jury member at burlesque festivals, pin-up competitions and pole-dance festivals in Russia and Europe. She also appeared as a jury member at Berlin Music Video Awards in 2018. Katrin is not only a show-stopping burlesque performer, she is also an excellent dressmaker and you can tell it by looking at the costumes she makes for herself.
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Kiki Minou defines herself as a stray kitten picked up on a rainy day by an extremely wealthy lady who put a big pink bow around her neck. She brings her seven lives to the stage, all around the world, through burlesque acts that take inspiration from movies and fairy tales. This girl is both ironic and sensual, playful, naïve and glamourous.
Kiki has studied acting for six years, attending the most prestigious academies in Milan, Rome and NY. Despite her young age, she is also known in the fashion industry: editorials, fashion shows and red carpets have been her first stages. She appeared on the Red Carpet as Special Guest and testimonial of fashion brands at the Venice Film Festival and Rome Film Festival.
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Medianoche, dubbed “Sin in an Hourglass”, has charmed audiences throughout the U.S. and around the world — from select venues in Europe and as far as Singapore, Australia, and Russia. Medianoche has been featured for nine years running in 21st Century Burlesque’s list of Top 50 Burlesque performers worldwide. She was crowned Queen of Burlesque in New Orleans, and was awarded the prestigious title of Miss Exotic World at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas.
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Millie Dollar stepped onstage for the first time at a Strip Club in Liverpool when burlesque was starting to become known in the UK. From that moment on she never stopped performing and by 2008 Millie was travelling overseas bringing her art to Paris, Milan and Geneva. Then she landed on the USA’s stages that made her style evolve. After her time in Los Angeles she reworked her performances bringing back bump and grind. In 2019 Millie was the first one to perform burlesque in the country of Nepal, at CREA's ReConference in Kathmandu.
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Minxie Mimieux is an award winning entertainer, model, artist, actor, and event producer. Known for her glamorous performances and extravagant props including her champagne glass act, Where she performs in a life sized champagne coupe filled with champagne. She has entertained for celebrities, corporate events and international audiences. She is part of the cast of “Beauty of Burlesque”, a big production by Miss Tosh that features incredible artists from all over the world. In 2021 she also became a muse of the Playboy photographer Madeline Northway that was fascinated by her timeless look and spirit.
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Miss Tosh is the queen of Glitz and Glamour. The world renowned burlesque star, entrepreneur, designer, & producer is famous for her dazzling haute-couture burlesque performances, stunning productions and LGBTQ + activism. Miss Tosh is the producer of The Glamour Ball, Envie!, and Beauty of Burlesque. Known as the LGBTQ + Glambassador, Miss Tosh advocates for inclusivity & diversity in the entertainment industries, showcasing talent and supporting artist of diverse backgrounds. Miss Tosh is an established artist and designer with over 10 years of experience in the fashion industry. Earning her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the prestigious fashion department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During her time there she received scholarships, awards, and sponsorship from Swarovski Crystals for her excellence in design & pattern making. Always pushing the boundaries and paving her own way.
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If there is ever more an apt description of Natalya Alessi, it is the one she gives herself. Whether it is the flutter of a heartbeat, the flutter of a balletic step or the flutter of an eyelash - every moment Natalya is on the stage is heartfelt. A truly spectacular dancer and an enigmatic artist - she does not seem real but somehow, is imbued with such heart and soul. Everything that Natalya does is from the heart. Watching her perform is nothing short of transcendental. Natalya is a combination of light itself - whether an old black and white Hollywood starlet leaping off the silver screen, or the neon sheens of blue and red from the original Star Wars. (Review by Alyssa Kitt) Natalya’s performing career began as a contemporary dancer for Chrissie Parrott (Australia), Disney (Japan) and danced her way through international cruise ships and casinos. Once finding the burlesque stage she became a company member of The Empire Strips Back where she toured the USA and Canada 2018 and 2019. In 2019 Natalya won the Miss Burlesque Australian ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR title. She is based in Sydney and is currently touring Australia as Virgo in Oracle the Myth by Bass Fam Creative. She’ll also be performing in Japan, Germany, Italy and France through September and October of this year.
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Perle Noire is an international burlesque performer known for her glitz and glamour. Her career started in 2003 when she starred in a burlesque musical called “Backstage At Da Fonky B” which allowed her to go on tour and perform in New Orleans and NYC. In 2008, she burst onto the mainstream burlesque scene, winning the Best Debut category during the annual Burlesque Hall of Fame weekend in Las Vegas. Then she started to perform with “Bustout Burlesque”. After her first performance at the 1950s-style burlesque show she received a standing ovation. She describes that moment as cathartic and therapeutic. To be the only black woman in the show — in the room — was so healing for her that she knew it could heal other people. Perle Noire spent several years as a cast member in Dita Von Teese’s popular “Strip, Strip Hooray, show. She is also known for funding “The House of Noire”, a burlesque house dedicated to honoring divinity, female empowerment, artistic expression, and healing through the art of burlesque
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Raquel Reed grew up living in Southern California until she moved to New York at 17, quickly becoming one of the leading alternative-scene models in the industry. Standing at 5-foot-six with bright red hair, bigbrown eyes with thick-blinking lashes, and a sassy sense of humor, Reed is best known for images and acts that shockingly incorporate sex with comedy and childhood fantasy. Her ethnic background is mostly Peruvian and African American, part Welsh and Puerto Rican. This girl has been her own manager since she was twelve. Since then she has been on the covers of Tattoo Life and Alt Magazine, been featured in Retro Lovely, Bizarre, Inked Girls, has walked runways for Ed Hardy, Patricia Field, Jared Gold, is a model for Tom Tom Fashions, and a Dr. Sketchy’s favorite, to name a few.
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Rudy Ruby is a spanish burlesque performer that harmoniously combines the classic style with incredible staging and props made by herself, to create a shocking and magical atmosphere. She has graduated as an Aerospace engineer and has worked for several years in the engineering industry. Rudy Ruby started her burlesque career only a few years ago, in 2018, quickly becoming an internetionally recognized performer. She has already travelled the word performing in the most renowned venues and has been crowned winner of 3 international festivals in 2019. Rudy Ruby was selected among the 30 best european performer and last month won the prestigious title of Miss Viva Las Vegas 2022. She also started her career as an Art Director for “Le Clab” in Madrid, where she also performs as Lady Vita, Rudy Ruby’s alter ego.
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Titì Lanoire has been performing as a burlesque artist and fire dancer since 2008. Her acts take inspiration from the noir cabaret and classic burlesque from the 50s. She has performed in Italy, USA, UK, Spain, Switzerland and Germany, collecting experiences that one day she will tell to her grandchildren reminding them that in life everything that counts is our dreams and all the things we do to make them come true. She is the founder of the “LaNoire Academy” where she teaches women to love their body and to enhance it through a natural feminine sensuality.
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Giulia Di Quilio was born as a film and theatre actress. In 2010 she discovered the powerful art of burlesque that gave life to her alter-ego Vesper Julie, an explosive Hollywood diva from the 50s. Her performances are both glamour and sensual. During her career she took part in many important festivals in Italy and overseas among which stands out the Australian Burlesque Festival. Vesper Julie has also seduced her audience at private events powered by Yoox, Mazda, Bacardi and many more.
In 2016 she published the book “Eros e burlesque ». She is currently on tour with her play "Un Passato Senza Veli - Le Grandi Dive del Burlesque", in which Giulia the actress meets July the burlesque diva. Her show brings on stage the stories of the “pioneers” divas of burlesque of which she speaks about in her book. As an actress she is known to the general public for having appeared in the Oscar film “La Grande Bellezza” and in the soap opera “Un posto al sole”.
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