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Toby is a former American Cheerleader and Australian Sports Acrobatic Champion, now specialising in Men's Pole Performance in Dui Trapeze/Pole (with his partner Suzie Q) Together they are part of the resident 'El Circo' team at Slide, they were semi-finalists on the 2012 season of Australia's Got Talent and will be representing Australia later this year in the Open Paris Division of the International Pole Championship in Singapore.
She is an Imperial European Showgirl, Aerialist and Exotic Performance Artist who for the past twenty years has swanned, swished, stamped and steamed the stage boards of illustrious night clubs the world over, as the like of the Moulin Rouge (Paris) Raymond Revue Bar and Windmill (London) Nagashaki Music Hall (Tokyo) and most infamously at the Casa Rosa (Amsterdam)
Locally, Miss Mortal was a founding member of Sydneys subversive burlesque performance art troupe; the Butchered Babies in the late eighties. She has also worked live and in fil with the likes of rock legends Nick Cave, The Prodigy, The Saints and Mental as Anything.
Mia Mortal was also selected as one of the Star Performers at the 25th anniversary at the Sydney Opera House, executing a masterful aerial glide over its shells to a spellbound crowd.
Since 1999 she has partnered with Jimmy Vargas, the duo also having produced their own risque shows together. 'Grindhouse' and 'Vaudevil' in 2006-2011. Miss Mia has also appeared as Vargas' muse icon in their multimedia DVDs Sin and Cancan Hell Mambo. At present they and their JVQ trio work at local venues such as Blubeat, Victoria Room and Bordello theatre and Internationally on the US West Coast.
Glamour. Class Elegance.
These word are synonomous with Miss Burlesque Australia 2012 Briana Bluebell. Invited to perform at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas in May 2012, Briana is a well known performer in the industry nationally and internationally. Her shows are of epic proportion with all aspects covered down to the tiniest sequinned detail! Briana's experience is far reaching from a professional dancing career to her most recent projects in her own fashion, costume and millinery label 'Ms Bluebell' Passionate about Burlesque and with a keen eye for detail Briana loves to contribute to young potential performers to help them develop and grow by working one on one with them. Look out for Briana's Next show soon to be launched 'Black and Gold Cabaret'
Croonoir- composer with Hollywood Jazz noir combo the BLACK DAHLIAS.
The Band was formed by VARGAS in 1993 in San Francisco, and have released seven albums.
In 2012, JIMMY VARGAS signed with Hollywood label DIONYSUS records, and OCEAN PARK music for TV / Soundtrack music representation.
VARGAS in the past seven years has featured as a writer for American pinup /burlesque magazines "JAVA BACHELOR PAD" and " OLD NICK Magazine".
VARGAS also moonlights as a lecturer and authority on the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema, and has chaired numerous 'CINEMATHEQUE' shows internationally, giving talks on American noir and burlesque films of the forties and fifties.
Suzie Q is a former Miss Nude Australia, Penthouse Pet, award-winning showgirl and pole dancer. Along with her partner Toby J she was a Semi Finalist on the 2012 season Australia's Got Talent and together they are also in the Semi Finals for the International Pole Championship, which will be held in Singapore later this year.
Sponsorship:
Suzie Q Pole Studio is donating an 8-Week Pole Dance Course and Pole training gear worth $300.
Imogen Kelly is Australia's first lady of striptease. This darling of the demimonde, bon vivant and plaything of millionaires is internationally renowned for her gorgeously defiant take on burlesque. She is a showgirl of 20 years experience and has dazzled on every level of showgirl stardom. This includes everything from Moulin Rouge kick lines, peep shows in Tokyo, Japanese topless weddings, Gypsy circus tours in Europe, Mardi Gras extravaganzas, Edinburgh festival five star show, La Clique veteran and creator of award winning burlesque theatre shows tarnished and The Undressing Room.
With a BFA in Performance (COFA) under her belt and a NIDA degree in directing Imogen embarked on a jet set career as an international show pony. She is also a professional trapeze artist/ aerialist and film maker.
Imogen has toured extensively in the UK, Europe, USA and Japan. She co-founded cult strip club Gurlesque and is a member of Brisbane's La La Parlour (LLP). Imogen has performed in The Sydney Opera House several times in both the grand operas as well as directing or perforing several shows in The Studio (The Studio launch, Sleepless Beauty, Music for The Eyes, Close you Little Eyes). She has four theatre shows to her name including award winning burlesque circus Tarnished (LLP), La La Loco (LLP) and her one woman tour de force The Undressing Room.
Imogen has been keeping a tally of the number of people who have seen her undress and vows that when it reaches one million she will retire. Until such a time she will continue to provide provocative whoopee and set the world ablaze with her outrageous characters.
