Jen, Meghan and Velma chat about one of the most famous brothel Madames of all time, Velma’s role in fighting for the rights of one of Montreal’s oldest strip clubs/cabaret stages, the trials and tribulations of being a producer and performer at the same time and, naturally, toilet people art.
Velma Candyass is a professional dancer and teacher, and one of the pioneers of Montreal’s neo-burlesque movement. Co-founder and producer of the Dead Doll Dancers troupe and currently the Candyass Club Cabaret - a monthly burlesque revue showcasing a blend of quirky, experimental, diverse neo vaudeville performances and artists.
She has graced the stages of a variety of festivals such as MEW, Jim Thorpe , New York Burlesque Fest ,World Pride, Alternatease, Boudoir and even the Anarchist festival. She has taught burlesque classes and workshops everywhere from the Everything to do with Sex show, Salon L’amour et seduction, National Womens Show, and Kinky festival.
She has produced for Montreal Fetish Weekend and Just for laughs festival, and performed in the wildly successful play Sex and La Cite at the WiIdside Festival, and Quebec city's’ 400th anniversary reinterpretation of Canada’s first colonial theatre play, during her Canadian tour with the Optative Theatrical Lab.
Velma is co-producer and animator of the Women's Workshop Weekend - a seasonal programming of diverse workshops for women, by women.
One of her other more recent collaborations is the creation of Redlight Walking Tour.
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