DOMINUS VON VEXO - PRIDE SERIES PIN-UP
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Catherine Muxworthy gets up, close and personal with Dominus Von Vexo, the Birmingham-based, award-winning burlesque and drag perfomer whose House of Allure is stomping all over the West Midlands ) Dominus Von Vexo’s (they/them) work
“aims to entertain, inspire and empower those around me enforcing the empowering agenda: You Walk With Thunder”. They also work as a choreographer, producer, creative director, and instructor, but took some time out to talk to Scene about their work and plans for the future after being awarded funding from Arts Council England. Over the years of their career in drag and burlesque, Dominus has worked at countless
events and festivals, including Birmingham Pride Festival, Worcestershire Pride Festival, Cherries On A Cloud in Gloucester, Elsker in Oslo, and Glitterbug Burlesque in Leicester. They have also received critical acclaim through various awards, including Wicked Wonderland winner – June 2020, Midlands Zone LGBT Outstanding Contribution 2020, and Birmingham Live’s 30Under30. This year, they also débuted an act inspired
by the film The Emperor’s New Groove (much parodied in the drag community), made up as the film’s villain Yzma, at Yshee Black’s Church of Yshee lip-syncing contest which is held on Sundays at The Village in Birmingham. At the time of writing, Dominus has progressed to the finals, bypassing the semi-finals all together. Dominus found their love of performance as a teenager and began dancing at the age of 16. “I watched the movie Step Up and knew
