- Nasty Canasta (burlesque)
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At the 2006 Miss Exotic World Pageant
Nasty Canasta is a New York City-based Neo-Burlesque performer. She is the star[1] and co-creator and producer[2] of Pinchbottom Burlesque, the producer and host of Sweet & Nasty Burlesque,[3] and the featured performer in the New York branch of Naked Girls Reading.[4]
Biography
Canasta has won multiple awards and accolades, including (as Pinchbottom Burlesque) A New York Magazine "Best of New York" pick,[5] and the first-ever "Most Innovative" award from The Burlesque Hall of Fame[6] and numerous Golden Pastie Awards from the New York Burlesque festival.
Canasta was married to fellow burlesque performer and writer Jonny Porkpie but the two have since divorced. She is the inspiration for the fictional character "Nasty Canasta" in Porkpie's book The Corpse Wore Pasties (Hard Case Crime, 2009).[7] The Brooklyn Paper calls Nasty "Brooklyn’s greatest burlesque star".[8]
References
- ^ Staff (13 February 2008), "The Big Apple with sauce on the side", London Telegraph (Telegraph.co.uk), Travel, archived from the original on 13 December 2009, http://www.webcitation.org/5m0OVfJzl, retrieved 13 December 2009
- ^ Tor.com
- ^ Noble, Melissa, "Sweet and Nasty Burlesque", New York Magazine, New York Nightlife, archived from the original on 13 December 2009, http://www.webcitation.org/5m0OtQT3G, retrieved 13 December 2009
- ^ Padnick, Steven (23 October 2009). "Naked Girls Reading". December 2009 Blog. Tor.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5m0PHFH6r. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ^ Staff (2007), "Best Burlesque", New York Magazine, Best of New York 2007: Fun & Nightlife, archived from the original on 1 October 2007, http://web.archive.org/web/20071001180848/http://nymag.com/bestofny/fun/2007/28818/, retrieved 13 December 2009
- ^ Wikipedia
- ^ [1]
- ^ Brooklyn Paper
External links
Categories:- Living people
- Neo-Burlesque performers
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