Queen’s Ball

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
Republic New Orleans (828 South Peters St.)
11pm (Door at 10pm)

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General Admission, standing room only. No photography or video recording allowed during show.
Line-up subject to change.

Mistress of Ceremonies NADINE DUBOIS (Minneapolis, MN) Known for her quick wit and universal charm, Nadine DuBois is one of the nation’s most sought-after burlesque emcees.  Her extensive performance experience as a singer/actor/dancer found a home in burlesque in 2003.  With firm Midwestern roots, her prowess as an emcee has taken her across the country to New York, Seattle, San Francisco, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver and Las Vegas, where she has twice hosted shows at the Burlesque Hall of Fame.  As one of the founders of the Minneapolis neo-burlesque movement, she has produced, directed and performed in hundreds of shows with Lili’s Burlesque Revue since 2004, including the award-winning The Underpants Show and Best of Midwest Burlesk Festival. She adores anything involving whiskey or cowbell, and yes, Nadine’s Minnesota accent is authentic.
BETTINA MAY (Brooklyn, NY)  Bettina May is a Canadian dancer now based in New York, specializing in classic 1940s and 50s style burlesque.  She is also a pin-up model, vintage style instructor, and pin-up photographer. She has toured all over North America and Europe spreading glamour with her classic performances and pin-up classes, and has been featured in the New York Times, Portuguese Vogue, and on NBC.  You can find out more about her work at www.Bettina.ca.
FOXY VONTRAP (Kansas City, MO) Foxy VonTrap has earned a reputation for high flying beautiful aerial burlesque acts. However, she got her start with her feet firmly planted on the ground. She started burlesque just a mere 1 ½ years ago as a part of Kansas City’s own Burlesque Downtown Underground. Although known for her comedy pieces while on the ground, she prefers more daring, dark, and sensual aerial acts.  Her aerial acts include several different apparatuses such as the swing, lyra, aerial silks (fabrics), spinning diamond, and trapeze. Creating fabulously funny floor pieces and dramatic aerial works has been an extremely rewarding creative outlet for Foxy VonTrap. She loves to focus on the viewers experience behind every piece and create works that charm and titillate the crowd.
MISSY LISA & GINGER VALENTINE (Dallas, TX) are co producers of the Ruby Revue and The Dallas Burlesque Festival. Missy Lisa is known for her killer moves, technique and her gorgeous curves. She opened the 2010 New York Burlesque Festival with her signature act, “New York, New York.” Ginger Valentine recreates classic striptease with unabashed animalism. She is competing for the Queen of Burlesque competition in this year’s festival. These showgirls dedicate their lives to burlesque performing for rabid fans in their monthly shows in Dallas and Houston at the House of Blues. They also run Dallas’ very first burlesque studio, The Ruby Room. In 2011, they were featured on G4’s Attack of the Show.  They are bringing an over-the-top sexy duet that shows off all their best…assets.
MADAME MACKAY (Kansas City, KS) Madame MacKay is the Producing Artistic Director and Group Choreographer for Burlesque Downtown Underground. She has directed and produced over fifteen “main stage” shows since 2007, which includes the historically famed, “Burlesque Revival at the Folly”, as well as the first annual Kansas City Burlesque Festival. “Madame” has raised the bar for burlesque talent all over Kansas City. She recently performed at the Show Me Burlesque Festival in St. Louis, was showcased as a featured performer in the Kansas City Burlesque Festival, showed off her classic “shimmy” solo and danced in a quartet with Burlesque Downtown Underground at the Windy City Burlesque Festival in Chicago and on stage at the House of Blues in Dallas for the live Pinup Showcase for the Dallas Burlesque Festival.
SUGAR LEE (Bloomington, IN) You may develop a sweet tooth after watching this candy-coated siren.  Sugar Lee launched her burlesque career in New Orleans with Bustout Burlesque, performing at venues such as House of Blues, Harrah’s Casino, and Le Chat Noir. She also occasionally performed with the Billion Dollar Babydolls. Sugar Lee now hails from Bloomington, Indiana, where she is part of the Burly Q Battalion as the resident choreographer. An experienced performer and choreographer, Sugar incorporates her classical ballet, tap, and vocal training into her unique routines.
MISS PETITE COQUETTE (Sarasota, FL) Originally from Kentucky, Petit Coquette moved to Sarasota at the age of 18 to attend art school for photography. Burlesque art and magazines influenced her own art and photography which then inspired her to create the very first burlesque troupe in Sarasota following graduation.
JOLIE AMPERE GOODNIGHT (Austin, TX), a member of the illustrious Jigglewatts, is a burlesque chanteuse in love with all things decadent and delightful. Jolie Goodnight has dazzled audiences around the world with fan dances, Champagne baths, and sultry jazz singing. She is the 2011 Texas Burlesque Festival Winner of the Best Tease Award as well as the Audience Choice Award and recently performed in the Windy City Burlesque Festival. Her burlesque career began in San Diego, California with the award winning Hell on Heels Burlesque Revue and the Fishnet Follies Classic Burlesque Revue. Goodnight is a classically trained actress, singer, and dancer with a formal education in Theatre and a degree in French. A true arbiter of style and elegance, she’s the Burlesque Beacon in the Night.
MOXIE SAZERAC (New Orleans, LA) Moxie Sazerac began go-go dancing with New Orleans musicians in 2006, then started doing burlesque shortly thereafter. This voluptuous vixen is a multi-talented performer, writer, and educator who holds a B.A. with concentrations in creative writing and theatrical performance. Her acts range from campy comedy to classic numbers dripping with so much sensuality she’ll hit you like a warm shot of the rye whiskey from which she takes her name. Moxie has collaborated with the city’s finest performers on nearly two dozen stages in New Orleans, and her festival credits include Tease-O-Rama (2008), CAC’s Bourbon and Burlesque (2008-2010), The Southern Fried Burlesque Festival 2011), The New Orleans Voodoo Music Experience (2010), and the New Orleans Burlesque Festival (2009).
MEKA LA CREME (Durham, NC) is a freelance performance artist with deep roots in burlesque and modern dance. Meka began performing burlesque in Greensboro while studying contempory dance at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. While living in Greensboro she performed with various local artists and modern dance troupe John Gamble Dance Theater. Since 2007 Meka has performed as a guest artist with local burlesque troupes including: Bootstrap Burlesque out of Asheville NC, Burlesk and Purrrlesque out of Greensboro NC, and Hell Cat Vixens out of Raleigh NC. Meka has also had the pleasure to perform with some of biggest running shows on the west coast, the Hubba Hubba Revue in San Francisco and Miss Exotic World in Las Vegas. Meka continues her passion for cabaret styles of dance and offbeat performances by producing two monthly burlesque shows Burlesque Underground and Beautiful Freaks out of Raleigh/Durham NC.
PERSEPHONE ILLYRI (Seattle, WA) Tempted by rhinestones not pomegranate seeds, Persephone Illyri stepped in to the burlesque spotlight in 2009. With a dazzling grace revealing both artistic intention and unmistakable eroticism, Persephone enchants audiences in every act. Drawing from an extensive dance background including ballet, blues dancing and winterguard, this Goddess in Glitter infuses innovative performances with classic dance technique. She performs regularly across Seattle and produces Intrigue, an intimate bi-monthly burlesque review which has consistently drawn packed audiences for over a year.  She has performed in festivals including the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival, the Windy City Burlesque Festival and the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival.
SIREN SATINA (Knoxville, TN) is a burlesque performer, producer, and educator. She is the co-founder and Creative Director of Salome Cabaret and makes up one-third of The Fister Sisters, the troupe’s familial core cast. Known for her off-beat comedic hi-jinks and classically trained vocal prowess, Santina entertains audiences throughout the country as “The Southern Songbird”. In March of 2011, Miss Santina was crowned Southern Fried Burlesque Queen at the first-annual Southern Fried Burlesque Festival in Atlanta, GA.

KITTEN DE VILLE (Los Angeles, CA) “The Embodiment of Burlesque” performs across the U.S. and Europe. Kitten has been seen on television shows woldwide, and has been featured in burlesque documentaries and independent films. Some of the music videos that Kitten has appeared in are J-Lo’s “You Do It Well”, The Cramps “Ultra Twist,” and Rob Zombie’s “Feel So Numb.”. Kitten made her Hollywood acting debut in the movie “Auto Focus,” starring Willem Defoe and Greg Kinnear. Photographs of Kitten de Ville have graced the covers of books,magazines, calenders,and newspapers worldwide. Her image has inspired many artists to paint her likeness in a variety of styles. Kitten has worked with top photographers from around the world, including David Lachapelle and Bunny Yeager. Kitten has also appeared on the runways for such acclaimed designers as Jean-Paul Gaultier, Syren, and Agent Provocateur. Some of the titles that Kitten has won are Miss Exotic World 2002 and Queen of the Quake. This multi-talented kitten also produces a successful rock n’ roll burlesque show and runs her own school of burlesque in her home town in southern California.
CORA VETTE & PERLE NOIRE – Special Appearance! Cora Vette (Denver, CO) and Perle Noire (Queen of Burlesque 2009 New Orleans Burlesque Festival) put together a special act specifically for this show!