The SCHLEP SISTERS are burlesque performers of the Jewish persuasion! Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda are long lost sisters that found each other while tracing the roots of Yiddish Theater and Vaudeville. Inspired by the Barry Sisters and Rock n' Roll these ladies can cut a rug! They've been livin' it up on stage together since 2003 and recently competed in the 2009 Miss Exotic World Burlesque Hall of Fame competition for “Best Group!" Follow the sassy Schlep Sisters for more fun at www.schlepsisters.com.

DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA is a Burlesque Performer/Performance Artist. A Year in Rainbow was Darlinda’s “living art” project; from 2007-2008, Darlinda explored a six-colored Rainbow, produced shows and blogged daily about the experience at www.yearinrainbow.com. Darlinda is on the faculty at the NY School of Burlesque. She is the recipient of the 2009 Golden Pastie Award for Most Innovative and Creative! The Village Voice calls Darlinda a "Mastermind of Bizarre Extravaganza."
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MINNIE TONKA is a NYC-based burlesque performer and producer who originally hails from the Midwestern Land of 10,000 Lakes. She is an educated Yid with an M.A. in Jewish Education. Combining her Jewish pride and love of burlesque, in 2004 Minnie Tonka co-founded and continues to produce Kosher ChiXXX all-female Jewish Burlesque Revue. Since 2003, Minnie Tonka has been dazzling audiences at well-known stages in New York and across North America bringing Jewish culture and humor to strip tease. To see more of Minnie Tonka, visit www.myspace.com/minnie_tonka.

Miss Exotic World 2004, MISS DIRTY MARTINI, named the "Sexpot Sophisticate" by New York Magazine has been described as "one of the best in burlesque" by the New York Times, "the queen of them all" by the London Daily Telegraph, and "the decadent expression of female sensuality in action" by the NY Daily News. Since the mid 1990's she has had audiences on their feet applauding in venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall and "Broadway Bares" to notorious NYC nightclubs where she has been awarded a Glammy for her performances. A leading figure in the American burlesque revival, Miss Martini has become and underground celebrity and a favorite of the legends of burlesque who performed in the 1940's and 1950's. She has headlined burlesque shows across the USA and has been featured in the following books: "New Burlesque", "Burlesque, the New Bump and Grind", "Burlesque from Gaslight to Spotlight", "Fantasies" and "The Velvet Hammer". Miss Martini was recently featured in V Magazine featuring photographs taken by Karl Lagerfeld and was last month voted number one burlesque performer in the world.

With the Cabaret New Burlesque, she has recently returned from sold out shows in Europe and has wowed London in The Tease Show at KoKo nightclub as well as her subsequent appearance with Immodesty Blaize on the Paul O'Grady show on BBC. Miss Martini has performed alongside critically acclaimed comedians Murray Hill and Margaret Cho in her Off- Broadway show The Sensuous Woman and has been the headlining act at international burlesque festivals Tease-o-rama, New York Burlesque Festival, Montreal and Toronto Burlesque festivals and the returns every year to perform in the Legends Showcase at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Las Vegas. Miss Martini, often described as "the burlesque performer's burlesque performer” will soon premiere a documentary film based on her life, work and her influence on the resurgence of burlesque all over the globe. Look for her in the upcoming french film "Tournee" directed by Matthieu Amalric coming to theaters in the summer of 2010 after it's world premiere at Cannes in May.

Internationally-renowned artstar (and reigning Cheese Queen of Coney Island) NASTY CANASTA is frequently hailed as a genius of the neo-burlesque scene. A "burlesque queen" (The NY Times) and "Brooklyn's greatest burlesque star" (The Brooklyn Paper), Nasty is the co-producer of Pinchbottom ("Best Burlesque in NYC" - NY Magazine, "Most Innovative" - Exotic World Pageant) and the impresario behind Sweet & Nasty Burlesque. Her performances mix classic burlesque with pop culture and a taste for the theatrical to create a dazzling spectacle of perplexing proportions.

JONNY PORKPIE: The Burlesque Mayor of New York City, candidate for "actual" mayor of NYC, co-producer of Pinchbottom Burlesque the "Best Burlesque" in NY (New York Magazine, The Village Voice), author of The Corpse Wore Pasties, producer of "Jonny Porkpie's Bad Ideas", and all-around fool.

SAPPHIRE JONES is a sensational new addition to the burlesque scene. A wide-eyed and fresh faced graduate of the NY School of Burlesque, Sapphire has taken to burlesque like a pastie to a nipple, and audiences have certainly taken to her. Her mix of sex appeal and wacky comedy can be seen in shows and venues across New York City. Her most recent endeavor was baring it all for the NYC premiere of Naked Girls Reading. A tall drink of water with a brilliantly quirky sense of humor that makes her a feast for your eyes, brain, and heart.

TIGGER! is a Stripperformance Artist/Actor/Dancer who has performed New York & abroad for 21 years. He has been NY's premier Boylesque stripper for 13 years (its only one for several years). He won the 1st ever Mr. Exotic World title (Best Boylesque) at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas in 2006. Tigger! has received 5 Golden Pastie Awards from the New York Burlesque Festival, including "Most Likely to Get Shut Down by the Law" & "Most Unpredictable Performer” and was just named the Top Male Burlesque Performer of 2009 in an online poll. Called "the Boylesque King"..."a heart-pounding climax" by LA Weekly, "hysterical and acrobatic"..."with waspish élan" by The New York Times, "quite delightful"..."simultaneously hilarious and titillating" by TheaterMania, "the taboo-defying dynamo" by Next Magazine. To see more of Tigger! Visit, www.myspace.com/tiggernyc and www.facebook.com/TiggerJames Ferguson.

Comedienne and chanteuse LADY RIZO, aka Amelia Zirin-Brown, exploded on the NYC stage 5 years ago. Dubbed a 'cabaret superstar' by New York Magazine, she revives the genre by creating vintage arrangements of pop songs from the last 3 decades. A dynamic singer, emcee and bon vivant she co-created the cult caburlesque show Lady Rizo and the Assettes in 2005. She sings and records with multi-platinum recording artist Moby, and was nominated for an MVPA for the choreography of his video of New York, New York featuring Debbie Harry. Most recently she won a Grammy for her duet with acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma from the album Songs of Joy and Peace featuring Diana Krall, James Taylor and Alison Krauss among many others.