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VALENTINA – (San Diego, CA) This versatile, vivacious, vaudevillian vixen, Valentina dazzles audiences around the world with her unique vision of circus dance fusion. Sharing her magic in both performance and workshops is her passion and drive. Valentina is a second generation belly dancer who was raised in the Los Angeles underground art scene by her mother, Leela, a successful theatrical belly dance icon. Valentina now blends belly dance with hooping, fire, burlesque, snake charming and aerial Lyra. Her ability to seamlessly combine these dance forms gives her a provocative style unlike any other. She is the leader of The Hoop Unit, a hoop fabricator and an event producer. |
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ATHENA – Labeled “Goddess of the Bodice” by the New Orleans Times-Picayune, this headliner has been with Bustout Burlesque since early 2006. Athena is a New Orleans native, but gets her exotic good looks from her Greek heritage. This well-rounded entertainer sings and dances in the show, making her a favorite among audiences. She has appeared on MTV ’s My Super Sweet Sixteen, O Music Awards, MTV’s MADE, and HBO’s Treme. In 2o12 and 2013, Athena performed with Bustout Burlesque for the annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend at The Orleans Hotel & Casino. In 2013, she auditioned for the celebrity judges on American Idol, and received the golden ticket to Hollywood. Athena has performed three consecutive years in The New Orleans Burlesque Festival at Harrah’s New Orleans, and is currently in pre-production on her own high-energy song and dance revue. |
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PRALINE DUPREE is Bustout Burlesque’s creole southern beauty. Her infectious smile has audiences eating out her hand. Her 1950s poddle skirt routine starts out sweet and innocent, but wait ’til you see where it goes from there! |
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GOGO MCGREGOR has been traveling and performing all over the country for the past five years. She’s known nationally for her gorgeous feather fan dancing, as well as her death defying Bed of Nails act! She has toured the country with such acts as The 999 Eyes Freakshow & Sideshow (Austin), Beggars Carnivale (St. Louis), The Show Me Burlesque Tour, and her most recent project The VagaBandits (New Orleans). GoGo mixes the class of old Burlesque with the fun and excitement of the Circus & Sideshow. She’s won such awards as “Best Burlesque Performance” St. Louis 2010 River Front Times, was named champion of the national Shimmy Showdown 2010 and voted #32 in “Top 50 Burlesque Performers in the World” 2011 (21st Century Burlesque). Besides Burlesque and Sideshow, GoGo is also a stunning emcee, pin up model, Vaudevillian and seamstress. |
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NATHAN KEPNER & MORGAN TSU-RAUN of CRESCENT CIRCUS - The Crescent Circus fuses magic and a variety of circus arts into interactive shows to entertain audiences of all ages. With six international awards and nearly two decades of experience between Nathan and Morgan, the Crescent Circus is guaranteed to deliver you a world-class show. |
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DR. SICK is a man of many words, hats, talents, and names. Known far and wide as “FiddleKiller,” he is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, playing violin (and all other strings), guitar, piano, drums, harmonica, brass, and homemade instruments, to name a few. All this, and a powerful baritone singer and comic song writer. He honed his theater skills while performing for 3 years in the Asylum Street Spankers (Austin, TX). He then took a new direction towards circus and burlesque, co-founding the Carousel Cabaret (Austin, TX) and traveling as musical director with the 999 EYES Freakshow. You can also see him performing around the U.S. with GoGo McGregor in their Circus/Vaudeville/SideShow/Burlesque duet, The VagaBandits. |