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Faculty and Staff

Academy Administrative Staff

Miss Indigo Blue – Headmistress
headmistress at academyofburlesque dot com 

Polly Wood – Executive Secretary
polly at academyofburlesque dot com 

Lydia McLane – Business Manager
lydia at academyofburlesque dot com 

Nikola Tease-La – Administrative Intern
info @ academyofburlesque dot com 

Instructors

Waxie Moon – 101, 202, Boylesque, and One Day Classes
waxie.moon at academyofburlesque dot com 

Elsa/Ernie Von Schmaltz – 101, Boylesque, and One Day Classes
e.von.schmaltz at academyofburlesque dot com 

Inga Ingenue – 101, Bump & Grind, and One Day Classes
inga.ingenue at academyofburlesque dot com 

Ruby Mimosa – Bump & Grind and One Day Classes
ruby.mimosa at academyofburlesque dot com 

Ben DeLaCreme - Make-Up Instruction
registrtion at academyofburlesque dot com 

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Miss Indigo Blue

Miss Indigo Blue

Headmistress of The Academy of Burlesque Reigning Queen of Burlesque Miss Exotic World 2011 It could be the elephant trunk attached to her crotch, or the dozens of blown up latex gloves surrounding her torso, but you just know that sultry bombshell on stage isn’t your uncle’s burlesque dancer.  She’s Miss Indigo Blue — and …

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Polly Wood

Polly Wood

Polly Wood, Thespian, Ecdysiast, Bookworm. Like the city from which she takes her name, Polly offers a little something for everyone, with her special brand of comedic narrative striptease. A member of Sinner Saint Burlesque, “Seattle’s Tinseled Tart” dances regularly in Seattle at the Noc Noc, The Triple Door, and the Pink Door. She is a …

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Lydia McLane

Lydia McLane

Lydia McLane is a model and performer with years of experience looking fabulous for camera and stage. With a makeup kit bigger than a dump truck, she lovingly teaches new and aspiring performers how to affix false eyelashes and make their lips sparkle. Lydia is also the bookkeeping manager, funds finder, and general organizer of …

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Waxie Moon

Waxie Moon

What happens when a classically-trained dancer/actor decides to pursue the lowbrow art of stripping? Waxie Moon a boylesque sensation takes the world of neo-burlesque by storm! Seattle’s gender-bending-queer-lady-boylesque-performance-art-solo-stripping-sensation is here for Academy of Burlesque students to learn from. Check out the documentary by Wes Hurley, “Waxie Moon”.

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Ernie Von Schmaltz

Ernie/Elsa Von Schmaltz

Ernie Von Schmaltz is a Seattle based handsome heart-throbe drag king character who likes to entertain the ladies and seduce audiences. Ernie and his cousin Elsa have been teaching at the Academy of Burlesque since 2009 (Ernie says, “all real men need their role models”). Ernie is also the host of Seattle’s Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art …

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Inga Ingenue

Inga Ingenue

Inga Ingénue, “The Little Blonde Bomb”, has been an instructor with The Academy of Burlesque since 2009. Inga Ingénue, “The Little Blonde Bomb”, was recently crowned Miss Viva Las Vegas 2011 at the Viva Las Vegas international burlesque competition!  Born and raised in Seattle, WA, Inga studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern dance and choreography for dance and …

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Ruby Mimosa

Ruby Mimosa

Ruby is the 5th generation in her family to be born and raised in Hawaii. Brought up on Hula, Ballet, and Gymnastics this little flower has been dancing since she was three. Ruby moved to Seattle in 2006, where she quickly got recruited as seventh member to the ‘International Supertroope’, The Atomic Bombshells. In 2007 …

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Ben DeLaCreme

Ben DeLaCreme

Ben DeLaCreme has appeared in theaters and nightclubs from coast to coast ever since the fateful day in 2002 when she realized that normally unsavory behavior is better received the more makeup one wears. After many successful years as a nightlife staple in Chicago, DeLaCreme relocated to Seattle in 2007 to become a part of …

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Nikola Tease-La

Titillating tassel tease that oscillates her hips to the sounds of 60′s tunes. Bright colors fill her thoughts and after a couple of nitrogen infused pina coladas she heats up the lab by expirementing with skin, form and touch. She dedicates all her experiments to the brave woman of science who broke barriers, defied odds …

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