PERFORMERS: Sara Beaman

Sara Beaman has been performing bellydance since 2002 in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina. Her main influences include Mira Betz, Jill Parker, FatChanceBellyDance, Rachel Brice, my mentor Hannan Sultan, and my first teacher Nandana. Her goal is to incorporate all contemporary styles of bellydance into a holistic melange. The majority of Sara's background has been in Tribal Fusion bellydance, but she also study Modern Egyptian and whatever else she can get my hands on!

She is committed to her pursuit of bellydance as an artform. She strives constantly to be a better dancer-- not necessarily a dancer who can do jaw-dropping stunts (although those are nice too), but someone who dances as naturally as most people breathe. She hopes to grow a little closer to that goal every day, every time she practices.

Coming along with Sara to perform at Pittsboro By Gaslight will be the fantastic Kim Infiniti & the dynamic duo, Jenaliz.

For more information, check out: http://www.sarabeaman.com/

PERFORMERS: Ouida de la Gouttiere

Ouida de la Gouttiere was born on the streets of New York to a drunken father and a slatternly mother. She was sent to the country at age fifteen to work for a wealthy couple. The wife was ill; the husband was lecherous. See Ouida in person to hear the whole terrible tale!

PERFORMERS: Silver Kitsune

Silver Kitsune comes to us direct from Charlotte, NC, where she performs with Big Mamma's House of Burlesque. Silver Kitsune often gives an Asian flair to her performances and is an absolute delight to watch on stage.

PERFORMERS: Doctor Q & Talloolah Love

Doctor Q, the self professed morally ambiguous audio arranger and general terpsichorean has been delighting audiences of the higher aesthetic for some time. He strides into town with his mesmerizing fervor ready to get gentlemanly with it in a most eccentric way. He is excited to bring you his particular flavor of party sparking fervor that has inspired the fantastic events that are all the rage south of Pittsboro. He is back here at in your lovely town a second time, after ringing in the new year with the always amazing Davenport Sisters at a smashingly clock-break event (no clocks went to waste, though, we steampunks love those cogs). He is the founder of The Artifice Club and invites you to his next seasonal soiree, the 2nd Annual Mechanical Masquerade: A Paranormal Fantasy on November 12, 2011. For more information go to http://www.theartificeclub.com.

Talloolah Love proudly hails from Atlanta. She is well versed in the steampunk aesthetic and has been referenced as a leader in "putting it all together" in relation to events, numbers, costumes, accessories, shows, press kits, what have you, the woman's a whiz at it! Recently, she performed at, and was the Vendor coordinator for, the Americana Burlesque and Sideshow Festival 2011 in Asheville, NC. She has stage managed and performed for The Artifice Club, she teaches classes for her new series The Textbook Tease with Talloolah Love and Friends, and is the producer for the AnachroCon burlesque show 2011 and 2012, as well as for the 2012 Dragon*Con burlesque show. Coined as the south's leading steampunk burlesque performer, she is so happy to be joining the Davenport Sisters and can't wait to show just how "put together" She really can be!