Maid // Mistress
A cheeky Japanese Lolita Maid turns the tables on an audience member. This is my signature act and a great ice-breaker to get audiences involved in a show. Inspired by Harajuku girls, Maid Cafés, manga, and Asian stereotypes, with an actual mirror dance.
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Mood: Cheeky, interactive, Asian, fetish, BDSM
Music: "Hello, How Are You?" Hatsune Miku // "Burning Farm" Shonen Knife
(Photo by Maizucker Design for Berlin Burlesque Week 2016)
Walking the Bass
She walks, she spins, she gets turned on by rhythmic slaps... she's a sexy double bass! A classic bump 'n grind with a really surreal twist.
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Mood: Surreal, theatrical, epic costume, sophisticated, glamorous, tongue-in-cheek showgirl
Music: Developed for "Be My Baby" by the Dirty Honkers - book them for rollicking music AND this act! Also performed to "It's All About the Bass" by Postmodern Jukebox
Oh Bondage
A surreal feminist nightmare in which a picture-perfect 1950s housewife has an epic freak-out.
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Mood: Feminist, surreal, psychotic, punk, 1950s to 1980s
Music: "I'm a Woman" Peggy Lee // "Oh Bondage, Up Yours" X-Ray Specs
(Photo by Sven Hagolani for Full Moon Cabaret)
Silver Screen
A mysteriously masked woman removes her feathered robe and a silver gown, to reveal that she is covered in hand prints. Inspired by the film "Sunset Boulevard", this is a dramatic act about how our icons are really just fabrications of our collective desires. Ends in a glittery confetti pour.
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Mood: Surreal, glamorous, gothic, mysterious, 1930s, 1980s.
Music: "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes
(Photo by Krousky for Bad Bruises' The House of Red Doors)
A Midsummer Nights Dream
A beautiful fairy eats a flower and turns into a nasty donkey with an exploding golden penis. A raucous, show-stopping, audience love-in with an epic happy ending.
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Mood: Joyful, surreal, naughty, comedic, theatrical, in-yer-face, grand finale.
Music: "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Gloria Gaynor
(Photo by Krousky for Bad Bruises' The House of Red Doors)
Gilded Cage
She wears a sumptuous gold gown but there is a cage on her head and chains around her breast. Yearning to break free, she discovers a key in an unexpected place. After unlocking the padlock on her breast, her dress turns into a pair of wings. This act can also be done interactively, with ribbon ties distributed to audience members that are cut during the act.
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Mood: Dramatic, surreal, glamorous, gold, feminist, reflective, Isis wings, 1920s or 1980s.
Music: Sidney Bechet's "Creole Blues" for a sultry 1920s vibe, or Annie Lenox's "The Gift"
(Photo by Krousky for Bad Bruises' The House of Red Doors)
Free Yourself
Freddie Mercury meets the Refugee Crisis in this comedic ode to freedom - political, sexual, & personal. A daring act that ends in FULL NUDITY.
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Mood: Political, Comedic, Gender Bender, Social Commentary
Music: "I Want to Break Free" Queen
(Photo by Gal Yasenkov at Berlin Music Video Awards)
Avarice
Gunshots and sirens. A woman in a trench coat hurries through the audience and onto the safety of the stage. It turns out that the bag she's carrying is filled with hundred dollar bills and she has a very unique purpose for them. Inspired by film noir and Wong Kar Wai's Chungking Express.
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Mood: Dramatic, Theatrical, Film Noir, Wry Social Commentary
Music: "Money, Money, Money" Abb
Bad Kitty
If burlesque were done by a one-eyed punk rock alley cat. Mrrrow fffttt!!!! An act created from watching too many cat videos that takes the piss off classic burlesque tricks.
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Mood: Cheeky, playful, punk rock, in-yer-face
Music: "Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?" The Cramps
(Photo by Krousky for Bad Bruises' The House of Red Doors)