The Lady Octavia
Performance Artist, Extraordinaire!
Having trained as a fusion-style belly dancer and performer for over 8 years, as well as studying sideshow arts with some of the oldest and best names in the business, The Lady Octavia uses her passion for costuming and storytelling to create a wide array of stage shows and dance acts, drawing heavy influence from the carnivals, circus sideshows, cabarets, and vaudeville shows of the late 19th century. She strives to create a little modern day magic by working with the creative community as a whole. She has performed at events ranging from private weddings and parties, carnivals and Rennaisance Faires, to theatre stage shows and burlesque and variety revues of all sorts, and is available for acts including fire performance, glass-walking, snake charming, bed-of-nails, and fusion belly dance with sword and fan.
Past works and venues include:
~ "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" Sidestage at The Shindig, 2014 & 2015
~ "The Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival", Asheville, VA 2015
~ "The Virginia Burlesque & Sideshow Festival", Richmond, VA 2015
~ "The 24th Annual Richmond Tattoo & Arts Festival", Richmond, VA 2016
~ "The DC Weirdo Show", Washington, DC 2016
~ "Dr. Sketchy's" , Figure Drawing Model, 2014 - 2016
~ "Sweethearts for the Arts", Richmond, VA 2015
~ "Teacup Cabaret" by Spectacle & Mirth, 2015
~ "Brews & Burlesque", Richmond, VA 2015-2017
~ "Richmond Burlesque Review", Richmond, VA 2014-2016
~ "RVA Cabaret", Richmond, VA 2014-2017
~ "The Carnival of Five Fires" at Gallery 5, Richmond, VA 2009-2016
~ 'Yuletide Monsters: A Krampus Show" at Gallery 5, Richmond, VA 2015&2016
~ "Smash Burlesque Presents!", Fredericksburg, VA 2015
~ "Vixen Variety", Washington, DC 2015
~ "Misfits Theatre Collective", Richmond, VA 2015
~ "The Bandit Queens Tribal Cafe", Richmond, VA 2015
~ "The Night of the Living Dead Bands", Richmond, VA 2016
