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SHELLY "The Singing Siren!" WATSON has taken every artistic option available to become her own brand of entertainment. An award winning Juilliard graduate and Metropolitan Opera young artist, her radio segment; "Hip Hopera" (where she arranges hard core rap songs in an operatic style) is currently celebrating its 8th season of national syndication. Her Jazz, Cabaret Emcee and Burlesque skills were honed at Windows on the World, The Slipper Room, Highline Ballroom, Joe’s Pub, The Rainbow Room and Mo Pitkin's (where she earned the title "Cabaret Star of the Year".) Whether it’s Burlesque, Broadway or Bellini, she delivers an impressive display of wit, improvisation and vocal virtuosity unmatched by any other artist to date.This combination earned her the N.Y Times quote: “ Shelly Watson is rambunctious, over the top and of considerable charm".
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BB HEART BB Heart is a Brooklyn based artist and a founding member of Storybook Burlesque. She graduated with a BFA in studio art, but has since then taken her art of the the studio and onto the burlesque stages of New York City, Boston, San Francisco, Toronto and beyond. She loves bringing her expertise in movement, dance and vocal training to the burlesque stage and fusing the art of strip tease with her love of the dramatic.
JO BOOBS WELDON Jo is the Headmistress and Founder of the New York School of Burlesque, and is one of the most recognized burlesque instructors in the world. She has been interviewed for or mentioned in countless major press articles, films, documentaries, news items, and television shows. Internationally renowned as burlesque personality Jo Boobs, she's rounded her heels on stages from Coney Island to Sydney Harbour. Garo Sparo named her one of the Top Ten Badass Burlesque Babes, and she was recently voted one of the Top 3 Burlesque Performers in the World. She's taught thousands of women (and men!) to twirl tassels, and has conducted performance workshops producing some of the most respected new performers in burlesque. She recently taught burlesque to disabled performers at DaDaFest in Liverpool. She's the winner of such exotic titles as Best Bump N Grinder, Best Teacher and Mentor, and Biggest Cougar in Burlesque! She has worked with performers from Leonard Cohen to Spinal Tap, and has been featured on television shows from CBS Sunday Morning to Gossip Girl. She's taken it off in the grimiest strip clubs and at the most esteemed venues, including The New York Public Library, and has performed and headlined at dozens of festivals all over the world. She is Co-Director of Education at The Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, Co-Curator of Burlycon, and conducts the Master Class in Burlesque at Coney Island USA. She has released three acclaimed how-to burlesque DVDs, and her book The Burlesque Handbook, with a foreword by Margaret Cho, was released by HarperCollins/ItBooks in 2010.
LIL’ MISS LIXX "The Candy-Coated Cutie" is a classically trained ballerina turned burlesque starlet. She is known for hypnotizing audiences with her cute sass, flirty smile and naughty Lolita-like look. She captivates crowds with her classical striptease, comedic knee-slapping scenarios, and hilariously sexy off-the-wall antics. Lixx was crowned Starshine's 2008 Summer Starlet and named "Hottest Freshman" at The 2009 New York Burlesque Festival. She was a regular cast member in the long-running hit Off-Off Broadway show, "This is Burlesque" at SoHo's popular Corio Supper Club. In the summer of 2010, Lixx co-produced her own international tour, "The Best Night of Your $!@#Life" with Peekaboo Pointe. Miss Lixx is a regular highlight at burlesque venues all over New York City and across the country!
BREWSTER DJ MOMOTARO New York DJ Momotaro can be found spinning for burlesque events such as the annual NY Burlesque Festivals, Exotic World this summer in Las Vegas, and as a resident for The Slipper Room, home of NYC's longest running weekly burlesque show. His eclectic range of retro music was heard at the Virgin Music Festival in Baltimore the past two years, The Rothbury Music Festival in Michigan and at the opening for Coney Island's Dreamland Roller Rink in Brooklyn this summer. THIRSTY GIRL PRODUCTIONS is the creation of Jen Gapay. Thirsty Girl debuted in 1997 with The Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle, Washington, an annual all-day rock-and-roll carnival that continues to this day. In Seattle, Jen Gapay was also the producer of a variety of events, club nights, and benefits. In the winter of 2000, Gapay was hired as Promotions Director for the Village Voice. While there she created and produced of the Siren Music Festival at Coney Island, which brought out record crowds in its first two years. Gapay left the Voice in October of 2002, and has since founded and produced various shows, including The New York Burlesque Festival (with Angie Pontani), now in its seventh year. Gapay has planned events for the Howl Festival, and has helped organize the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade since 2002 and was the line producer for Health Corps, Highway to Health Fair & Festival in Brooklyn in 2008 and 2009. She has organized benefits for Coney Island USA, The Coney Island History Project and Save Coney Island. She was also the Special Events Director of Astroland Amusement Park in Coney Island from 2003-2008. Gapay was the Artistic Director for The Dresden Dolls, Fuck the Back Row Tour, in 2006 and was the brigade coordinator for several tours in the USA, Europe and Australia until 2008. In the summer of 2008 she teamed up with Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls to co-produce The Establishment, A New World Cabaret Experience at the Rothbury Music Festival in Michigan. In 2009 Gapay joined forces with Hendrick’s Gin to produce A Victorian Burlesque Circus at the Cheers Beverage Convention in Miami and The Enchanted Portal to the Peculiar, a burlesque and variety show at Tales from the Cocktails in New Orleans. She collaborated with The Village Voice in 2009 to produce Creative Block, a multi-media performance and art extravaganza at Webster Hall in New York City. Gapay is also the co-producer of Sxip’s Hour of Charm, and the producer of the touring variety show, Filthy Gorgeous Burlesque. |
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