Archives: Performers

Melody Jane is an independent artist and entertainer based in New York City.

She has been featured in The New Yorker Presents television series as one of New York’s most interesting personalities to watch. Her burlesque work combines performance art with classic striptease to create scintillatingly sexy acts that have been hailed as “astonishing” (nerve.com). Her work in the Bushwick Burlesque’s Marina Abramovic Tribute show was noted as the “performance art highpoint” (Bedford +Bowery) and “the highlight of the evening” (artohlics.com).

Nationally recognized for her work as a neo-burlesque performance artist, Melody’s acts can be regularly seen around NYC. She is a regular performer at Duane Park Supper Club and New York’s Palace of Variety-The Slipper Room. She also appears at The Gramercy Theatre, Laurie Beechman Theatre, Highline Ballroom, Le Poisson Rouge, Cutting Room, and Coney Island Theatre.

In addition to burlesque, Ms. Jane is an Off-Broadway singer, actress, and dancer. She starred in the first ever revival of the 1924 Marx Bros. original musical I’ll Say She Is at the New York International Fringe Festival and was an original-cast member of Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic.

Image Credits: Eli Schmidt.

Even if you’re sure you’re a straight man, Mr. Gorgeous will make you reconsider your options.

Towering, hilarious, and cheeky, he is a surefire crowdpleaser with perfect comedic timing and facial expressions. I don’t think I’ve ever not laughed out loud when Mr. Gorgeous performs.

Fun fact: his stage name is frighteningly close to his real last name.

Image Credits: Alex Colby.

Internationally-renowned artstar (and reigning Cheese Queen of Coney Island) Nasty Canasta is frequently hailed as a genius of the neo-burlesque scene. A “burlesque queen” (The NY Times), 2nd Runner Up at the 2010 Miss Exotic World Pageant, and “Brooklyn’s greatest burlesque star” (The Brooklyn Paper), Nasty is an associate producer with Wasabassco, host and producer of Naked Girls Reading NYC – “New York’s Best Story Hour,” (The Village Voice), and was the impresario behind Sweet & Nasty Burlesque and Pinchbottom Burlesque (“Best Burlesque in NYC” – NY Magazine, “Most Innovative” – Burlesque Hall of Fame). She is the winner of 8 Golden Pastie Awards from the New York Burlesque Festival, from “Hottest Freshman” in 2005 to “Performer With The Least Amount Of Fucks To Give” in 2016. In 2016 she was honored as a “Legend of Nerdlesque” by the New York Nerdlesque Festival. (From her website)

Signature move: lodging a cocktail glass between her two cheeks and filling it from a flask over her shoulder blade.

Image Credits: Kidtee Hello.

Nina La Voix, The Grande Dame of Derriere, is a burlesque performer and producer based out of Brooklyn, New York. Her performance style is hard-hitting yet strikingly sensual. With a heavy classic and street dance background, Nina’s style often blends the classic structures of burlesque with modern/neo twist. She has been seen in multiple burlesque festivals, including The New Orleans Burlesque Festival, Fierce! International Burlesque Festival, and The Great Burlesque Exposition in Boston, where she took home the title for Best Soloist. Her performances have graced international stages including Paris and Amsterdam.

You can see her on stage regularly in NYC at The Slipper Room, Nurse Bettie, and many more.

(From her website)

Fun fact: Nina used to be an investment banker, and she started performing burlesque while still on the job. See the short documentary “Shimmer”.