Darlings, we are 11 days out from the opening of the 2024 Seattle Erotic Art Festival. Less than two weeks! We thought this was the perfect time to introduce you to some very special people. We have a team of amazing people this year picking the best performances for our stages. So come meet the 2024 Performance Curators!
Carson St. Clair
Ambient & Roving
A native of the Emerald City, Carson has been on stage almost her entire life. With an expansive performance history across multiple disciplines, she’s now using those skills as performer, producer, and emcee.
Since graduating Miss Indigo Blue’s Academy of Burlesque in October of 2017 she has been seen entrancing audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest including; Seattle’s historic Pink Door, The Ohio Burlesque Festival, The Oregon Burlesque Festival, and the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival. She is a company member of Noveltease Theatre, and the Producer of Burlesque at The Hall in Queen Anne.
Known for her glamorous classic teases, and curves that kill, her entrancing performances will leave you begging for more.
Das Bee
Pole & GoGos
DasBee is Seattle’s premier Black pole entertainer. Earning accolades across the country in pole competitions and shows alike, DasBee has a dance and fitness career that spans 15 years. This dynamic performer enjoys exploring sensual movement and combining pole exotique dance styles with classic and neo-burlesque styles. Das lives for the slow burn and is known for buttery moves and mastery of floor fuckery.
A fixture in the Seattle pole and burlesque scene, DasBee recently appeared at Fatlesque Fest Northwest, Burlesque Karaoke, and Fat Bottom Productions and is the 2022 What the Funk Festival’s Duchess of Funk. When not on stage, DasBee shares her love of dance as an instructor at Raven Studios and private events.
Icy London
Ambient & Roving
Now in her fourth year behind the scenes at SEAF, Icy began working with the festival as a performer in 2016. Icy spent 3 years as a principal dancer, performing with Seattle’s very own contemporary classic burlesque cabaret, The Trinkettes. If she’s not on stage, you might catch Icy flying through the air with the greatest of ease at Emerald City Trapeze Arts.
Miss Indigo Blue
Showcase Performance
“The TwirlyGirl”
Dancer, Teacher and Strip-Tease Artiste
Top 10 Influential Burlesque Performer of the Decade
Burlesque Hall of Fame Sassy Lassy 2018
Master of Erotic Art 2016
Miss Exotic World 2011
“Delicious” – Seattle Weekly
“Fierce diva” – Village Voice
“Obscenely comedic” – Heeb Magazine
Judas Saint James
Durational Performance
Judas Saint James has been bringing awareness to BIPOC alternative queer culture with their unique mixture of burlesque, storytelling and erotic spirituality. As a healer and performer Judas has remained loyal to their mission of reclaiming the black origins of rock n roll and helping marginalized people see their true internal divinity through mythical story telling and performance rituals.
“I want to see acts that reflect where the artist draws their power from. Power can be many different things. It can be vulnerability, humor, transitioning into different versions of themselves, calmness, sensuality …etc. I want to see people feeling their most powerful. I would also like to hear from the artist how this piece makes them feel powerful.”
The Luminous Pariah
Showcase Performance
The Luminous Pariah is a Seattle-based interdisciplinary performance artist whose stellar artistic sensibilities and performances imbue the international community with creativity and sexuality. Luminous is the proud recipient of SEAF’s Master of Erotic Art Award of 2019.
Ophelia Dagger
Burlesque & Drag
Ophelia Dagger has been working with SEAF for six years. They originally started their journey as the Performance Intern under Jesse-Belle Jones, before taking on the role of Production Manager in 2019. Outside of SEAF, this Dagger is a dynamic, dauntless, dreamy, and occasionally disheveled sex positive advocate and event planner. They can be spotted around Seattle kittening, modeling, stage managing, teching, and bringing solutions to life.
Shay Tiziano
Aerial & Bondage
Shay Tiziano (she/her or they/them) is a dynamic bondage performer and renowned self-suspender known for unique, intense rigs and tightly choreographed acrobatic sequences. As a curator and show producer, Shay is especially passionate about showcasing rope performances that elevate the practice as a form of movement art, utilizing theme, connection, and narrative to create captivating and moving performances. They are an international kink educator and author of Tying & Flying (the first-ever book about self-suspension) and Creating Captivating Classes (the first-ever book specifically for kink, sexuality, and relationship educators). Based in San Francisco, Shay is the stages & entertainment co-lead for the Folsom Street Fair and produces the acclaimed bondage and fetish performance event Twisted Windows. She has hosted events including BENT, Rope Lab, and Friction, as well as curating performance showcases for the Seattle Erotic Art Festival Aerial & Bondage Stage, Tethered Together, Ropecraft, Dark Odyssey, and San Francisco Pride’s Leather Alley.
Amazing performers in their own right, our 2024 Performance Curators have organized a talented line up for this year’s festival. Come see the fruits of all their hard work!