Career Management

Cruel Valentine (they/them) is an award-winning, international burlesque entertainer, adult performer, dominatrix, stripper, public speaker, and artist.

Valentine holds a BA in Musical Theatre Performance and an MA in Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago, a certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University, and they’re currently pursuing their JD at DePaul University College of Law. Their teaching credits include many university workshops and panels, spanning topics such as performance, business, sexual health, sex worker rights, and more.

Class:
Burlesque as Industry: The Business of You! (Recorded live on January 4, 2023)

Known as The Mocha Mae West for her quick wit & sultry moves, Dahlia Kash is no wallflower! They’re the producer of Melange: A Queer & POC Variety Show in Portland, OR, Mischief: A Melanated Variety Show in Olympia, WA, as well as The Rock Show, an all POC Variety show, also in Olympia. San Francisco Bay area born & raised, and Pacific Northwest based, this Queer Fat Femme is gonna rock your world!

Panels:
The Virtual Reality: A Panel Discussion About Virtual Burlesque Shows (Recorded live in January, 2022)

Red Flag, Green Flag: Liability Concerns for the Burlesque Industry (Live on March 5, 2023)

Diana Divine is a cabaret performer, producer, burlesque instructor, and freelance graphic designer. Their professional priorities lie in community-building arts projects, often based in social activism. Diana was a disability support worker before turning to full-time work as an artist due to declining mobility.

Since 2016, Diana has produced multiple seasons of the award-winning disability cabaret Singin’ in the Pain, nationally touring burlesque troupe The JustAss League, and regular queer variety show Lucky Dip Tease. Diana also works as a freelance graphic designer for local artists and businesses, including a residency at Hot Sauce Burlesque. They also teach comedy and character burlesque with the school, where they are lovingly referred to by the students as “Uncle Di”.

Diana is now turning to even bigger things, developing Embrace: Disability Arts Festival as a part of their 2022 Carclew Sharehouse residency. The arts have been a valuable vehicle for self-expression, and Diana aims to create more space for others like them.

Classes:
Bio Writing Basics with Diana Divine (Recorded live on July 16, 2022)

Character Crash Course with Diana Divine (Recorded live on July 16, 2022)

Eun Bee Yes (full name Eun Bee Yes Smith Sacaetty Stahr Devereaux St James, pronouns: he/him/his or zie/zir/zirs) is a non-binary/genderqueer show producer, artist, blogger, fanfic writer, single parent, and radical activist. In Eun’s muggle life, they are the executive director of SlutWalk Twin Cities, the international grassroots protest against rape culture. SlutWalk Twin Cities is now 10 years strong and has an annual SlutWalk along with two fundraisers, one of them the Diversity Ball which centers artists of colour, queer artists of colour, and those who live with physical and invisible disabilities.

Eun Bee Yes is proud to be honoured by the Ladies of the Lake, a fully professed House of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, as Saint Walk of No Shame.

Eun Bee Yes is the show producer of Transcendence Cabaret, a monthly online show which features transgender artists of colour, including non-binary and gender non-conforming artists in the main cast as well as guest performers. This is one of a handful of shows in the United States that feature primarily BIPOC artists.

You can follow Eun Bee Yes on Instagram or on Twitter.

Classes:
Ace Artists: The Art of Connecting with Others (Recorded live on October 22, 2022)

Glitter Activism: Using Burlesque to Create Social Change (Recorded live in July, 2021)

Frankie Fingerling is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Amiskwaciy waskahikan (“ah-miss-kwa-chee wah-skay-gun”), colonially known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. No matter the medium, their art helps them process their own lived experiences and trauma as a non-binary Chinese person navigating life in a predominantly white, conservative province. They are inspired by their late grandfather who was an oil paint artist in Hong Kong and the Philippines, as well as QTBIPOC art from around the world. By trade, Frankie is a researcher and curriculum developer, which informs their current artistic practice as a burlesque performer and producer, and lifelong journey of learning and growth.

Panels:
The Virtual Reality: A Panel Discussion About Virtual Burlesque Shows (Recorded live in January, 2022)

Red Flag, Green Flag: Safety Considerations for the Burlesque Industry (Recorded live on June 25, 2022)

Red Flag, Green Flag: Liability Concerns for the Burlesque Industry (Live on March 5, 2023)

Kitty Campari is a successful UK-based burlesque and circus performer who is celebrated in the industry for her sassy smile, sparkles, and super cute, cheeky, showgirl fun!

Her wealth of knowledge and performance experience has led her to coach aspiring performers to follow their dreams of becoming a professional too. Kitty performs with her giant martini glass at events across the country and can also be found dangling from the roof of a big top with the traveling circus.

When not performing, Kitty loves nothing more than coaching her Successful Showgirl clients on how to become the fabulous performers that they were born to be! Kitty shares everything she knows from performance to psychology, business to mindset. As a qualified doctor, life coach, dance/circus instructor, and dance studio owner of almost 20 years, she knows her stuff.

Class:
Creating a Business Strategy for Burlesque Performers (Recorded live on January 8, 2023)

Liz Baskin’ is the Chartreuse mousse! The original hi-viz, industrial delight started off behind the scenes as a designer and seamstress sewing for many of Winnipeg’s well-known bellydancers and burlesque performers. Post workplace injury, they spent several years navigating disability which spurred a new passion; Occupational health and safety. While reinventing and recovering, Liz eventually made her way onto the stage and debuted her first act “Black Dresses” at the Winnipeg International Burlesque Festival in 2018. Liz provides safety consultations, safety program development, and safety services, ensuring workers of all industries are safe at work.

Panel:
Red Flag, Green Flag: Liability Concerns for the Burlesque Industry (Live on March 5, 2023)

Miss Paige (she/her) is Toronto’s Glamour Queen & Burlesque’s Dangerous Beauty; an International and Multi-Award Winning Artist.

Burlesque Bombshell, Teacher of Tease, and Mentor of Mischief, Miss Paige has 10 years of performing, producing, and instructing under her garter belt! With a love of Old Hollywood & Vintage Glamour, Miss Paige combines opulence, seduction, and her killer curves to leave audiences with more than she takes off.

Past Clients Include; L’Oréal at Sephora, Make Up Forever, OCAD University, Bisha Hotel, Clio Private Member’s Club, Gladstone Hotel, & more.

Class:
Booked & Busy (Recorded live on January 18, 2023)

Nicola Swan is an emerging burlesque performer with experience in law, nonprofits, publishing, and the film industry. She loves teaching and learning equally!

Class:
Accounting Basics For Burlesque with Nicola Swan (Recorded live on January 25, 2023)

Coming to you from unceded Fernandeño Tataviam, Gabrieleño/Tongva, and Chumash land (colonially known as Los Angeles, CA), this queer and curvy performer hypnotizes crowds across the country with their golden voice and bumps and grinds. They are an award-winning neurodivergent queer plus-sized second-generation South Asian-American Muslim cosplayer, model, and performance artist originally from the NYC Metro area (unceded Munsee Lenape land).

Tas wields her art as a form of social activism designed to explore the varied (and sometimes conflicting) facets of her identity, with the intention to challenge expectations related to these facets, specifically: intersections of race, sexuality, and heritage. She is a core cast member of the Old Hollywood-style variety show Babylon Cabaret and also SoCal’s only all Asian cabaret The Jade Follies, as well as the 2015 and 2017 California Burlypicks Master of Singing, earning her the monikers of “the sultry and seductive South Asian siren” and “The Bengal Bombshell.”

Additionally, Tas has been a Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusivity Consultant for over a decade and holds a B.A. in Psychology as well as a Masters in Clinical Social Work, in addition to several certificates and over 15 years of field experience.

Class:
Don’t Get Cancelled with Tas Al-Ghul (Recorded live on July 16, 2022)

Panel:
Red Flag, Green Flag: Safety Considerations for the Burlesque Industry (Recorded live on June 25, 2022)

Winona J. Fox is a Canadian-Colombian burlesque powerhouse and emerging entrepreneur who delivers authentic and irreverent power in all of her work. Winona started her burlesque journey as a volunteer stage kitten in 2017 and debuted her first act in late 2019. During the 2020 lockdown, she continued to develop her burlesque career online by producing independent burlesque videos and online shows with TeleThong Productions and Amplify. During this time, she also developed her workshop Online Burlesque For Beginners, a workshop dedicated to teaching burlesque performers how to create compelling online acts with limited resources and energy. In late 2021, Winona returned to the stage as a full-time stage kitten for The Wiggle Room while also pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration; these experiences have provided her with important insight into how to navigate the burlesque industry safely, productively, and profitably, both on and off the stage. She’s Montreal’s Reigning Queen of Mean; watch out for Winona J. Fox!

Panel:
Red Flag, Green Flag: Liability Concerns for the Burlesque Industry (Live on March 5, 2023)