Friday & Saturday Night Headliner Jessabelle Thunder

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Jessabelle Thunder has been dancing across many a stages since 2009. She captivates audiences with not only her moves but the joy and passion that radiates from her as she glides across the stage. With just a wink of the eye and a powerful hip thrust, she’s got you hooked. In 2018, Jessabelle won 1st runner up at Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender and has been ranked in the Burlesque Top 10 2020 thru 2022. Her other accolades include, headlining many festivals, performing with Miss Dita Von Teese herself as part of her Strip Strip Hooray show and her Von Follies Show, being featured on television shows, to name a few. An international touring performer who’s taking the world by storm, she is the 8th and 9th world wonder-Jessabelle Thunder!

 INGA (she/they), crowned the 2018 Reigning Queen of Burlesque, is an internationally renowned queer burlesque star born and raised in Seattle. Her charismatic and skilled performances have entertained audiences around the world, also winning her the title of Miss Viva Las Vegas 2011, and the honor of being voted the #2 Burlesque Performer in the World via 21stcenturyburlesque.com. Inga is a member of The Atomic Bombshells burlesque troupe, as well as a seasoned burlesque instructor. www.whoisinga.com 

 Jacqueline's performances change minds and perspectives. Her acts are all related in some way to her experience with chronic pain and limited mobility, and she strives to bring attention through glamour and spectacle to disability. She is a devoted burlesque performer, instructor, show producer, and disability activist, and has taught workshops and lectured on panels about mindful movement and adaptive performance across the world. She is a founder and core instructor at the Baltimore-based burlesque teaching collective Essential Tease which regularly teaches online and in-person classes and produces student showcases (right here at Creative Alliance).

Jacqueline has competed and been featured at the Burlesque Hall of Fame three times in total and, in 2017, she became the first performer to ever compete in a wheelchair for a title at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender. She is the 2023 Monarch of Pacific Northwest Burlesque and the 1st Runner up "SupaFly" of the 2023 What the Funk Festival.  21st Century Burlesque Magazine named her one of the top 50 most influential burlesque performers in the world for 2022. She is: Miss Disa-burly-TEASE!