Burlesque as Liberation: A Panel Discussion

In this exciting episode, I interview Burlesque legends Jet Noir, Lou Lou la Duchesse de Rière, and Una Osato about the political, spiritual, subversive, and revolutionary aspects of this radical artform. Lou Lou la Duchesse de Rière, known as the stripping sensation from the Mohawk nation, has been performing her brand of balls to the wall burlesque for well over a decade. Thrice voted into the Burlesque Top 50 by 21st Century Burlesque (#11 worldwide and #1 in Canada) 2018 Queen of New Orleans Burlesque Festival, She is an internationally recognized performer who has shimmied her way across the stages of New Orleans, Las Vegas, New York, Texas, Detroit, and Chicago. https://linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList Creator of The Black Manifest, the all Black, all masculine burlesque revue, Jet Noir is a sex educator and was the first man hired to dance for the infamous Mitchell Brothers O’Farrell Theatre in San Francisco. He has a reputation for stunning audiences with performances that are joyous, playful, and will have you screaming for more. He’s known as the obsidian obscenity here to disrupt your memories. He dances for work, joy, meditation, and has been heating up stages, internationally, since 2010. http://linktr.ee/JetNoir Una Aya Osato aka exHOTic other aka Norms, is a performer, writer, sex educator, CareBear, clown, and stripper from NYC. They are an award-winning actor and playwright who tours their original work nationally and internationally. They are also a co-founder of the queer BIPOC performance company brASS Burlesque. Venmo: @UnaOsato, Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ThisIsUna