Personal, political, powerful: the modern art of burlesque is not just about the glamour.
Take, for instance, Lou Lou La Duchesse De Riere from the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, Quebec.
Appearing later this month at Victoria’s Isle of Tease Burlesque Festival, Lou Lou, aka Lauren Ashley Jiles, is an Afro-Indigenous internationally renowned neo-burlesque dancer, teacher, and activist who has been voted three times into the Burlesque Top 50 by 21st Century Burlesque.
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