BurlyCon Presenters
Meet the BurlyCon Presenters
Every year, BurlyCon brings together an extraordinary mix of performers, educators, historians, creators, and industry professionals from across burlesque. Our presenters bring different experiences, artistic practices, perspectives, and approaches to teaching. This creates a learning environment as diverse as the people who attend.
From movement and performance to history, production, costuming, business, and creative practice, BurlyCon classes and programs offer opportunities to learn from people who have spent years developing their craft.
Explore this year’s presenters and start planning who you want to learn from at BurlyCon.
Legend of Honor
A celebrated burlesque legend recognized for their profound contributions to the art form.
Tami Roche
We’re honored to announce Tami Roche as BurlyCon’s 2026 Legend of Honor! We’re celebrating her decades of contributions to burlesque and the lasting impact she has had on the art form!
Guests of Honor
Esteemed artists and leaders who bring unique expertise, vision, and inspiration as BurlyCon Presenters!
The Maine Attraction
The Maine Attraction is an award winning international burlesque sensation. Featured in The New York Times, Page Six, Time Out, The Village Voice, Broadway World, Go Magazine, Playbill and VPR. Appearances include Tribeca Film Festival, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s Cheek To Cheek Special and Grand Theft Auto. Co producer of Life In Sepia burlesque revue and star of her one woman show The Last Day Of Black History Month: A Conversation With A Naked Southern Black Lesbian.
Teacher Features
Spotlighted educators selected for their outstanding impact, innovative approaches, and dedication to the craft.
Raquel Reed
Raquel Reed is an international burlesque performer. Hailing out of Las Vegas, Raquel has been seducing, teasing, and amazing audiences of burlesque for the past 15 years. She’s performed her own acts in several Las Vegas shows including Absinthe, Lost Spirit’s Distillery, and most recently headlining Maverick's at the Plaza. She now produces her own shows in Las Vegas, The Jiggle Room, Tub Club, and her own festival now entering its 4th year, called the Sin City Burlesque Festival.
La Dame Derrière
La Dame Derrière is a potent mix of sensuality, soft curves, and sapphic angst. This fiery femme has traveled all over North America snatching crowns and stealing girlfriends. She’s competed at the Burlesque Hall of Fame the past three years, won international titles including Miss Viva Las Vegas, and has been voted one of the top burlesque performers in “Canada.” Their work is for the gays and theys, centering queer art and bringing the drama from a background in opera and drag!
Chola Magnolia
Chola Magnolia is the chica sabrosita who's been bouncing and swaying across the country for the past fifteen years. After her start as a drag king, she found the glitz and glamour of burlesque and stepped into her own! Soon she was capturing titles such as the 2015 Queen of San Antonio burlesque festival, the 2018 Queen of Texas Festival, 2020 Queen of the Noire Pageant, and gracing the list of the 50 most influential burlesque performers in the world in 2021. She is a former member of 2022 best large group at BHOF, Fat Bottom Cabaret, and is a member and co-producer of the Pastie Pops Revue.
Academixxx
Academixxx is an award-winning burlesque performer, producer, educator, and Fulbright scholar from Omaha, Nebraska. Known as the Corn Fed and Well-Read Tease, she combines academic rigor with rhinestones, storytelling with striptease, and community building with a healthy dose of mischief. Creator of sold-out productions and unforgettable learning experiences, she believes the best performances leave audiences thinking long after the glitter settles.
Presenters
An ensemble of performers, scholars, historians, designers, and creative professionals who offer classes, panels, and conversations across movement, history, business, and artistic development.
Aiden Antares
Anita Tension
Bobby Barnaby / Selma Bawdy
Catty Wompass
Fosse Jack
Harry Sass
Heavenly Halo
Irish Lashes
Kevlar B Lightning
Kisa von Teasa
La Cochina Royale
Lisa Moon
Lovina Tease
Madam King
Mae D’Lovely
Mae Lust
Margot Manifesto
Mx. Tease
Piggy Von C
Plezher SSSea
Quantum Tease, PhD
Rand the Vampire
Rebecca Mm Davis
Sailor St. Claire
Solangerie
Teasy Roosevelt
The Bewitch’n Jinx
The English Muffin
The Infamous Nina Nightshade
Treasure Trove
VaVa Vroom
Viridian Moon
Vita Devour
Learn From Burlesque Artists & Educators
BurlyCon presenters don’t all teach the same way. That’s part of what makes the experience special.
Some presenters bring years of performance experience to the classroom. Others specialize in movement, choreography, costuming, storytelling, production, or the history and culture of burlesque. Still others bring expertise from outside traditional performance spaces, offering perspectives that can expand how we think about the art form and our creative practices.
Because burlesque encompasses so many disciplines, learning at BurlyCon can take you in unexpected directions. You might arrive looking to improve a specific performance skill and leave with a completely different idea for your next act. You might take a class that challenges the way you think about movement, discover a new creative process, or finally explore a subject you’ve been curious about for years.
Just as importantly, our presenters understand that students arrive with different goals and levels of experience. Whether you’re stepping into your first burlesque class, refining a well-established practice, or looking for inspiration after years onstage, there’s something to discover.
Find Your Teachers
With so many presenters, choosing your classes can be part of the fun.
Start by exploring the presenter lineup, then look for classes and programs that spark your curiosity. You don’t have to arrive with a perfectly mapped-out plan. Leave some room for discovery, too.
You may find a longtime favorite, discover an artist you’ve never encountered before, or stumble across a class that wasn’t anywhere near your original plan.
However you build your schedule, we hope you’ll come ready to learn, experiment, ask questions, and take something new home with you.
Because at BurlyCon, the people in the room are part of the experience—and our presenters are here to help make that experience one you’ll remember.