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Jo Boobs, HEADLINER, New York City NY
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. 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 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 performed and headlined at dozens of festivals all over the world, including The Vancouver Burlesque Festival, the Toronto Burlesque Festival, and the New Zealand Burlesque Festival. 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 and is the first-ever book on how to create burlesque routines. She is also the founder of Pink Light Burlesque, a program that produces free burlesque classes for breast cancer survivors and patients.

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Kristina Nekyia, HEADLINER, Los Angeles CA
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Kitten DeVille, Featured Performer, Los Angeles CA
Bio Coming Soon

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Coco Lectric, Featured Performer, Austin TX
Coco Lectric is a classically trained dancer, actor, and vocalist. With an absolute love of performing, she graces stages all over the world. She is a founding member of The Jigglewatts Burlesque (Austin, TX), founder of the Austin Burlesque Alliance and the Headmistress of The Austin Academy of Burlesque. Coco won “Queen of Burlesque 2010” at the New Orleans Burlesque Festival. She was “2010 Texas Performer of the Year” from the Hotrods and Heels festival and won the “Audience Choice Award 2009,” at the Texas Burlesque Festival. She was a featured performer in last year's Windy City Burlesque Festival, Montreal Burlesque Festival, Texas Burlesque Festival and headlined at the Southwest Burlesque Festival. She performed Opening Night at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Las Vegas 2010 and in the Miss Exotic World and Reigning Queen of Burlesque competition in 2011. She placed 3rd at the Viva Las Vegas Burlesque Competition, 2011 and is #13 in 21st Century Burlesque’s “50 Top Burlesque Performers in the World” in 2011.

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Penny Starr Jr, Featured Performer, Los Angeles CA
“A Delightful Sexpot...Burlesque Royalty” LA WEEKLY. Granddaughter of Philadelphia burlesque legend Penny Starr Sr, Penny Starr, Jr. is “the Pe-Tite Barnum of Burlesque”: Award-winning burlesque dancer (First Runner-Up, Burlesque Hall Of Fame, 2004), producer/director of VICTORY VARIETY HOUR, founder of ALL-STARR BURLESQUE CLASSES, director/producer of the documentary THE VELVET HAMMER BURLESQUE and the PRINCESS FARHANA line of videos, as well as a writer for BACHELOR PAD MAGAZINE and has been featured on 21st CENTURY BURLESQUE website. She is a regular performer and instructor at both BURLYCON in Seattle and WINDY CITY BURLESQUE FEST, and has consulted on the TV shows CHUCK, CASTLE and the film WATER FOR ELEPHANTS.

 

 

 

 

 

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