About Carolina Burlesque Festival:
The Carolina Burlesque Festival (formerly The Charleston Burlesque Festival) is an annual event held in Charleston, South Carolina. Due to increasing demand, sold out theatres, and popularity; this fourth year grass roots festival produced by Charleston burlesque pioneer Dolly Dee is once again joining forces with Selia d'Katzmeow Carmichael of d'Katzmeow's BURLESK! This year's event will span an entire weekend June 7-9 2013. This exciting weekend will be filled with phenomenal performances, workshops, parties, music and a pageant. That's right at this year's Saturday night showcase we will be crowning a new Queen and King!
About Bizarro Burlesque Productions:
Based out of Charleston, SC, Bizarro Burlesque Productions showcases an array of burlesque, music, variety, entertainment and art from all over the globe. Founded in 2007 by Dolly Dee, Bizarro Burlesque combines classic and neo-burlesque performance, mixing multimedia, innovative costuming and props with song and dance.
About Dolly Dee:
Founder and owner of Bizarro Burlesque Productions, Dolly is the pioneer and cornerstone for burlesque entertainment in her home state of South Carolina. She is a burlesque performer, costume designer, pin up model, go-go dancer, independent film actress, makeup / special effects artist, and promoter. Since introducing burlesque to her local community, Dolly has been the go-to guru, and mentor to those interested in the art and culture. She is the founder, director and production designer of the annual "Charleston Burlesque Festival", the winter feature "On with the Showgirls", the annual fan appreciation holiday party and toys for tots drive "Bizarro Burlesque Xmas Bazaar". Dolly was named one of Maxim Magazine's "Girls of Dragon Con". She performs at Charleston's most debauched and indulgent Halloween extravaganza "Skinful" and Charleston's premier bi-annual arts festival "Kulture Klash". Dolly has produced burlesque events in nearly every venue in her hometown and was voted "Best Stage Show 2010" by the Charleston City Paper. She has toured with the "Coney Island" and "Yard Dog" road shows and performs up and down the East Coast including North Carolina's "Heavy Rebel Weekender" and Manhattan's "Nurse Bettie" in New York City. Dolly hosted a night of "Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go Go" from New York City during their national tour. She has organized charitable events and donates to local charities, performs annually at Carabet for the Cure for the Susan G Komen Foundation and is a featured guest at national USO (United Service Organization) events to benefit our brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces. www.dollydee.com
The Carolina Burlesque Festival (formerly The Charleston Burlesque Festival) is an annual event held in Charleston, South Carolina. Due to increasing demand, sold out theatres, and popularity; this fourth year grass roots festival produced by Charleston burlesque pioneer Dolly Dee is once again joining forces with Selia d'Katzmeow Carmichael of d'Katzmeow's BURLESK! This year's event will span an entire weekend June 7-9 2013. This exciting weekend will be filled with phenomenal performances, workshops, parties, music and a pageant. That's right at this year's Saturday night showcase we will be crowning a new Queen and King!
About Bizarro Burlesque Productions:
Based out of Charleston, SC, Bizarro Burlesque Productions showcases an array of burlesque, music, variety, entertainment and art from all over the globe. Founded in 2007 by Dolly Dee, Bizarro Burlesque combines classic and neo-burlesque performance, mixing multimedia, innovative costuming and props with song and dance.
About Dolly Dee:
Founder and owner of Bizarro Burlesque Productions, Dolly is the pioneer and cornerstone for burlesque entertainment in her home state of South Carolina. She is a burlesque performer, costume designer, pin up model, go-go dancer, independent film actress, makeup / special effects artist, and promoter. Since introducing burlesque to her local community, Dolly has been the go-to guru, and mentor to those interested in the art and culture. She is the founder, director and production designer of the annual "Charleston Burlesque Festival", the winter feature "On with the Showgirls", the annual fan appreciation holiday party and toys for tots drive "Bizarro Burlesque Xmas Bazaar". Dolly was named one of Maxim Magazine's "Girls of Dragon Con". She performs at Charleston's most debauched and indulgent Halloween extravaganza "Skinful" and Charleston's premier bi-annual arts festival "Kulture Klash". Dolly has produced burlesque events in nearly every venue in her hometown and was voted "Best Stage Show 2010" by the Charleston City Paper. She has toured with the "Coney Island" and "Yard Dog" road shows and performs up and down the East Coast including North Carolina's "Heavy Rebel Weekender" and Manhattan's "Nurse Bettie" in New York City. Dolly hosted a night of "Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go Go" from New York City during their national tour. She has organized charitable events and donates to local charities, performs annually at Carabet for the Cure for the Susan G Komen Foundation and is a featured guest at national USO (United Service Organization) events to benefit our brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces. www.dollydee.com
About Selia d'Katzmeow Carmichael:
A 15-year veteran of the stage, d’Katzmeow performs all over the USA with international traveling performance artists, satisfying her primal needs to keep it movin’ and shakin’! She has performed with and shared stages with many internationally acclaimed shows and hundreds of other musical and vaudeville acts. She has been chosen for and participated in several burlesque festivals and continues to make traveling for inspiration her aspiration.
Selia d'Katzmeow is the creator and producer of the first and longest-running monthly Burlesk Revue in NC. She has performed in three Fringe Festivals, producing two of the shows. She is an experienced and published Model; with work in international trade-shows and magazines. The organizer of Heavy Rebel Weekender's 'Wiggle Room,’ d’Katzmeow continues to promote and produce shows, spanning from burlesque, art openings, music, and large fundraisers. d'Katzmeow Burlesk is the spawn of many years of performance, productions, experiences, and inspirations that will prove to honor d'Katzmeow's all-encompassing vision of the burlesque art form.
A 15-year veteran of the stage, d’Katzmeow performs all over the USA with international traveling performance artists, satisfying her primal needs to keep it movin’ and shakin’! She has performed with and shared stages with many internationally acclaimed shows and hundreds of other musical and vaudeville acts. She has been chosen for and participated in several burlesque festivals and continues to make traveling for inspiration her aspiration.
Selia d'Katzmeow is the creator and producer of the first and longest-running monthly Burlesk Revue in NC. She has performed in three Fringe Festivals, producing two of the shows. She is an experienced and published Model; with work in international trade-shows and magazines. The organizer of Heavy Rebel Weekender's 'Wiggle Room,’ d’Katzmeow continues to promote and produce shows, spanning from burlesque, art openings, music, and large fundraisers. d'Katzmeow Burlesk is the spawn of many years of performance, productions, experiences, and inspirations that will prove to honor d'Katzmeow's all-encompassing vision of the burlesque art form.
