Emmie Pappa Eddy

Emmie Pappa Eddy

Emmie is a folklorist and drag performer whose scholarly work influences their art. Their passion for arts education led them to the world of museums and they have worked extensively with various collections through Indiana University. Though their focus is on the intersections of gender identity and costume, Emmie is

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Darby Fox

Darby Fox

A performer, host, producer, and educator, Darby Fox has been working burlesque stages since 2011. Darby’s interests in burlesque are academic as well; a trained historian, Darby finished her MA in 2018. In her thesis, Mixing the Business of Pleasure, Darby examined burlesque as labor in twentieth-century America, while her

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Dahl Suicide

Dahl Suicide is a burlesque performer, producer, and costume designer in Las Vegas. She began her pastie career in 2015 just after moving to Las Vegas, dancing with the SuicideGirls Blackheart Burlesque company. She has surrounded herself with all aspects of the burlesque scene and sparkle ever since, from learning

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Buttercup

Buttercup

Buttercup is a burlesque performer, instructor, and costumer in Las Vegas, Nevada. She hails from New York City where she studied at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Along with her skilled voice and movement, Buttercup incorporates traditional burlesque elements into her routines. Her fan-dance, bump and grind and tassel

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Dustin M. Wax

Dustin M. Wax

Dustin holds an M. Phil. (ABD) in cultural anthropology from the New School for Social Research in New York City, and has taught anthropology and gender studies at both University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the College of Southern Nevada since 2003. He is strongly committed to Nevada arts and

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