Beyond the Cabaret

Vicky Butterfly

"Part Burlesque starlet, part innovative performance artiste, part music hall Vaudevillian, and all dreamer. But don't be fooled by her impish allure - Vicky Butterfly's elegant, classic style comes with a twist.

The daughter of an Irish showgirl and an eccentric Viennese aristocrat, her shows reflect her unusual background, with clouds of butterflies that fly out from her clothes as she hovers en Pointe. True to the original spirit of Burlesque and Vaudeville, her beautifully choreographed routines take in everything from the ethereal, the breath-taking and the beautiful to the macabre and the comic: with influences including everyone from Anita Berber and Loie Fuller to Rita Hayworth and maya deren, taking in everything from the Pre-Raphaelites and French literature to Surrealism and more along the way.

She is a Carnival Queen with a show-stopping 17" corseted waist, a doll, a butterfly, a peacock, a swan, a silver-screen siren, a living Klimt painting, a sorcerer - and anything her imagination can create! Fusing old-school glamour with even older-school strangeness as well as an up-to-date sense of fun and professional versatility: her performance background includes ballet (she frequently performs en pointe), tap, circus (aerial hoop), acting and even opera.

With her magical repertoire, elaborate wardrobe, 8ft crescent moon and her own traveling Victorian Vaudeville Theatre, Vicky adds the essential flair of mischief and mystery to any show.

Catch her if you can..."

“…wittily deadpan…(her) way with feathers gave me faith in burlesque.” -Time Out

"...notable as a real innovator, lacing her costumes and routines with a bewitching dose of fairy-tale surrealism that stands her sharply apart from the crowd." - The Metro

"Already threatening to achieve legendary diva status, this classic, mysterious siren is leaving us breathless." - Bizarre Magazine

"Spectacular... a corsetted Isadora Duncan with the grace of Steichen's 1920 photograph on the Parthenon's steps." - Alternative Magazine

Vicky's past clients include;

The Bizarre Ball,
The Bloomsbury Ballroom,
The Cafe de Paris,
Cannes Film Festival with the ministry of burlesque (Cannes),
Divan du Monde (Paris - made famous by Toulouse Lautrec!),
Download Festival,
Dr Sketchy’s (Paris and London),
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster after-show party,
The Erotic Awards,
The El Cid theatre (Hollywood),
Exotic World (Las Vegas),
Fashion Week VIP Room (Metropolitain Hotel),
Gentry de Paris (Paris),
The Hoxton Music Hall,
The Kerrang! Music Awards,
The Kills after-show party (Paris),
Koko,
Lady Luck,
Latitude Festival,
London Fashion Week VIP Room,
The Marie Antoinette DVD launch,
The O2,
The Palms (Las Vegas),
The Puppini Sisters (band),
The Ritz (Paris),
Supergrass album launch,
V&A Museum,
The WAGs Boutique,
The Whoopee! Club...and many more, including exclusive clients whose names shall remain confidential!

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