The Burlesque Artists

This is a partial list of the performers scheduled for 2010. More as they are confirmed.

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	Aerialistas Visit website The original aerial girl gang! The Aerialistas are inventive and skilled artists dedicated to bringing glamour, excitement and flirty fun to aerial performance. Their vintage elegance and intoxicating charm will transport you to an era of underworld speakeasies and questionable morals. Poppy Daze, Lillian Dish, Viola Sugarlump, Lucy Rose, Maxine Meringue, and Opal Divine, are pleased to present an exquisite collection of new ladies for this years act. Together these beauties guarantee a night of unexpected delights. Powerful Sexy!
	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.
	Belle Cozette Visit website Belle Cozette has been performing burlesque in and around the Seattle area for over four years. She combines effervescent wit and intoxicating beauty to create narrative masterpieces that titillate and tantalize the audience. With extensive classical music training and natural grace, her performances include vintage cabaret and burlesque dance movements topped off with captivating facial expressions, gorgeous costuming and slapstick humor. Belle is delighted to be joining with Evilyn Sin Claire for a fun performance in this year's Moisture Fest.
	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."
	Buxom Visit website Cowgirl cabaret duo, Buxom, is formed by cellist/vocalist Ashia Grzesik and guitarist/vocalist Amanda Richards. These two met as finalists in one of Portland’s open mic competitions in 2008. Their outrageously funny and off-color material found them competing head to head for a cash prize of $1,000. Ashia ended up taking home the cash, but the dirty duo was formed regardless for the love of sultry vocal harmonies and beguiling racy lyrics. Amanda Richards’ bohemian country background and fingerstyle guitar-work lays a handsome foundation, while Ashia liberally inserts whimsical alt-cabaret cello lines that will leave the listener begging for more.
	Craig Sutherland Craig Sutherland has more flavor with less calories. He builds strong bodies twelve ways. Craig is America's sweetheart. He rights wrongs and ... what the hell is he doing with that gorilla head?
	Duo Rose Visit website Duo Rose present a passionate romantic trapeze performance incorporating unique dynamic elements with aerial contortion. Their act never fails to elicit a powerful emotional response overwhelming the audience with the seamless integration and flow of highly technical skills and intense passion. Samuel and Sylvia have worked together for three years to combine their different backgrounds in aerial arts, gymnastics, and contortion in the creation of this dynamic aerial adagio act. They have performed for weddings, festivals and various corporate events as well as larger productions including the Zoppe Family Circus and Dreamcast Entertainment’s 2009 cirque style production, “Taganai.” In February, 2010 they were invited to compete in the International Circus Festival of Albacete, Spain, where they were honored receive the prestigious Critics Choice Award and to perform in the awards gala among the top acts internationally.
Photo by Kevin R Kauer	Evilyn Sin Claire 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 she is very excited to collaborate with Belle Cozette in "Porcelain Promenade". Evilyn is also known as professional belly dancer, Laura Rose, and teaches in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle Washington (http://visionarydance.com/seattle-studio/teachers/laura-rose/).
	Flying Caribe Girls Visit website The Flying Caribe Girls are Martha Enson and Esther Edelman. Both are founding members of UMO Ensemble. Their have flown together and solo on rope, tissue, bungee, trapeze, lyra and on the high wire. They have performed acrobatics on the outer rim of the space needle at 520’. They are not afraid – but you should be. The Flying Caribe Girls can be found by clicking the link or entering the url: www.silkaerial.com
	Foolz Visit website Two performers: one outwardly calm, the other wound tighter than a spring. If there is a dim-witted innocence about them, it's because their childlike charm permeates their world, placing them in situations where something almost always goes wrong. Veterans of film, television, radio and the stage, Dapper Dane & Woodhead have performed for audiences on six continents. Their new show, "FOOLZ", is a character-driven amalgam of theater, music, comedy and juggling that visually demonstrates the power of cooperation between performers with vastly different dispositions.
	Frank Olivier Visit website Frank Olivier developed his unique off-beat brand of humor in San Francisco's comedy clubs. He was soon sharing the bill with Dana Carvey, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, and others. New York producers spotted his talents, and quickly signed him. He performed his act for the next three years in the Broadway hit show 'Sugar Babies'. Olivier has a growing number of television appearances including The Tonight Show, Comic Strip Live, and shows for PBS, HBO, BBC, Disney and more. He also headlines Las Vegas, comedy and theater festivals, and performs countless corporate shows.
	Fuchsia FoXXX Visit website With over 11 years of bellydance performance, Fuchsia FoXXX embodies the sensual, athletic, decadent, intense and powerful persona's on stage as a bellydance-burlesque fusion sensation- voted Seattle's "Sexiest Bellydancer" 2007 & "Sexiest Burlesque Performer" 2008. Fuchsia specializes in combining a variety of traditions and experiences creating her own unique hybrid of exotic dance. Fuchsia has been known to hypnotize audiences near and far with her stellar musicality and unforgettable energy. This jet setter has performed on the T.V. show "Americas Got Talent", in the "London" & "Amsterdam International Burlesque Festivals" & tours regularly with bands. When not clearing security with her pink luggage full of sparkles Fuchsia is a highly sought after bellydance instructor at Miss Indigo Blues "Academy of Burlesque" based here in Seattle.
	Heavenly Spies Visit website The Heavenly Spies — known for their death-defying high kicks and gravity-defying hair — joined forces in 2003 when they were doing time as Seattle Seahawks cheerleaders. After a trip to perform at 2006’s Super Bowl, the girls were happy to turn in their pom-poms for pasties. They made their mark in the Neo-Burlesque movement as winners at the 2007 Miss Exotic World Pageant and have continued to wow sold-out audiences with their special blend of contemporary dance and the art of tease. The Heavenly Spies have made their mark at venues such as Can Can, Triple Door, ACT Theater, Pink Door, Moore Theater, On The Boards and in the Seattle International Cabaret Festival and Moisture Festival. Members of The Heavenly Spies include creator Fae Phalen AKA Agent Rhinestone, Honey Sexpot, Kimberly Galore, Nightingale Noir and Cobra Kai. Their combined specialties include fishing for clues, fishnets, venom tolerance and vodka tolerance! Look out for their new show "xoxox" opening at Can Can in May 2010!
	Heidi Von Haught Visit website Moisture Fest burlesque veteran Heidi Von Haught returns this year for the first time as a soloist! Heidi is a founding member of Seattle's now defunct comedy burlesque troupe, The Von Foxies, and was honored to help them win the title of Miss Exotic World Best Burlesque Troupe in 2007. Heidi has performed across the country, from New York to San Francisco, and is known for her ability to embody contradictions, giving her audience an intimate glimpse at a woman who is simultaneously innocent, sophisticated, and shockingly filthy. Heidi can be seen producing and reading at the monthly salon entitled Naked Girls Reading. She can also be seen at the Theatre Off Jackson for her upcoming production of Smells Like Tease Spirit: A Burlesque Tribute to the 90s.
	Hot Pink Feathers Visit website "Best of the Bay" dance company Hot Pink Feathers is in it's 10th year of Delighting the World, One Showgirl at a Time. The Feathers spread joy and wonder through their passionate and playful samba burlesque and world cabaret antics. Awarded First Place in Original World Dance twice at San Francisco's Grand Carnaval Parade, these dancing darlings are veterans of Tease-O-Rama (featured dancers in all showcases since 2002) and two-time Miss Exotic World troupe finalists. The Feathers leave glitter and grins in their wake, and by watching them, you risk being hips-notized by their hips! Carnaval SF 2008 Queen Kellita is the Head Feather and she is joined at Moisture Fest by the luminous core Feathers Kerri "Dusty Jewel" Myers and Jennifer Bruce. Hot Pink Feathers extends a warm invitation to YOU to join us in San Francisco for the Grand Carnaval SF Parade on May 30th!
	Inga Ingénue Visit website Inga Ingénue, "The Little Blonde Bomb", infuses her bubbly personality with traditional bump 'n' grind, resulting in an adorable mix of sexy blonde ambition and innocent "ingenuity". Ooh la-la! Mlle. Ingénue was born and raised in Seattle, where beginning at age two she studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern dance and choreography for dance and theater. Since joining the Seattle burlesque community in 2005, Inga has become an international burlesque star, and in 2008 was honored to compete for the title of Reigning Queen of Burlesque at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Competition in Las Vegas. She performed in Lily Verlaine & Jasper McCann’s 2008 & 2009 productions of “Land of The Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker”, and played the lead role of Alice with Lou Henry Hoover in “Through the Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice In Wonderland”. In 2009 Inga was one of only five American performers accepted into the first annual Amsterdam Burlesque Festival, and will soon grace the stages of the 2010 London Burlesque Week. She is also a founding member of DANCE BELT, Seattle's brand new burlesque/dance power trio, along with Waxie Moon and Lou Henry Hoover, with whom she also co-teaches pop-culture choreography classes for The Century Ballroom (CenturyBallroom.com). In addition, Inga is an instructor for the world-renowned Miss Indigo Blue's Academy of Burlesque. Visit LittleBlondeBomb.com and AcademyofBurlesque.com for more info on Inga Ingénue and The Academy!
	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 7.
	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. Now that she is back in sultry Seattle she is pleased to be seeing you at the Moisture Festival Burlesque show again. All of you.
	Manuela Horn Visit website Manuela Horn, the Austrian Amazon, is riding the whirlwind! We're so pleased to have her join our Moisture Festival cast. Manuela is a yodeling, dancing, acting comedic force of nature. Back in 2000 Manuela performed with Pomp Duck & Circumstance, the mother ship of the dinner cirque movement that spawned "spiegeltent" shows like Europe's Palazzos and America's Teatro Zinzanni. She quickly evolved her initially modest role into a beloved and enduring character and in 2002 Zinzanni brought her to Seattle. She became a permanent member of that cast with her yodeling dominatrix and many other memorable roles. The media world has now caught on and Manuela has appeared in the film "Rent" and then with America's Got Talent. She is now recording an Oktoberfest party album, an Alpen Rock comedy album, and a tribute album to the classic yodels of her childhood. She is also performing at October fests and Corporate Events across America Whew! But this spring, here in Seattle, we have her hosting Moisture Festival shows. Don't miss Manuela.
	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. Once again they will open the show and allow access to your evening of Libertease Burlesque fun. The 2010 Moist-ettes feature the hot and spicy vocals of Ms. Caela Bailey, accompanied by the aerial pleasures of Cathy Sutherland, Martha Enson, Esther Edelman, Carrie Anderson, Rachel Strickland and Tamara the Trapeze Lady, topped off with the sizzling dance moves of Rhonda Sable, Fae Phalen, Kimberly Galore and Yulia Hancheroff. Whew! What a line up! The Moist-ettes ... our idea of good clean fun.
	Pidgeon Von Tramp Visit website With the goal of making you laugh infused into every piece she creates Pidgeon Von Tramp brings humor into everyday events brought to the stage. Of course she may also try to sneak in a little taboo and a smidge of thought provoking politics. Pidge currently produces quarterly shows with Pidgeon Coop Productions.
	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!
	Swedish Housewife Visit website The Swedish Housewife was born in Stockholm and raised a broad. This Sintillating Smorgasbord and Peeler" aka Ginger! is a Seattle based international performer and nationally working producer. The Village Voice coined her “The Queen Bee of Seattle Burlesque” and named “Reason Number 41 “SHOCK” of the 65 Best Reasons to live in Seattle, by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine.
	Sydni Deveraux Visit website Sydni Deveraux "Miss Yum Yum Give Me Some" and "The Golden Glamazon" hails from Seattle, Washington. Burlesque peeler, producer, teacher, chanteuse, host and creative director of 4 Horsemen Productions SIN ON HEELS, Sydni has a tendency to pull her audiences into her glamorous land, only to show them that sometimes glamour is twisted, flamboyant and thoughtful. Towering at 6'1" and sometimes 6'6" in her heels, Ms. Deveraux's ass is like a metronome and smile is like a beacon. With Sydni Deveraux you’ll see a burlesque artist who takes the work of being sexy and fun (and funny) seriously. It doesn’t look like work while she dances and entertains you, and it shouldn’t, but she didn’t settle for natural talent, she continues to find ways to give to the art form and … to the audience. Yum. Called "A Glorious Creature" by no other than legend herself, Catherine D'Lish, The Golden Glamazon's show is not to be missed!
	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!
	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).
	Zebra Kings The Zebra Kings are the house band for each of 2010's Moisture Festival Burlesque shows. As you can imagine, some of the band members will miss having their regular springtime positions around the watering hole but most readily agreed that this would be a worthwhile and educational engagement and would be worth the sacrifice. Please do not attempt to feed them, wild animals look cuddly but they can also be surprisingly dangerous.