de jac’s portfolio
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“What does it mean to be human, together?”
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image: “goat”
photography: Millie Gryphon
t4t transgender showcase melbourne fringe festival 2023

The art in “art of Tease”
Glamour cryptid, human party-popper, and powerhouse of the Australian Burlesque Industry defies branding binaries to bring the art of uncovering to the stage. Bella de Jac has been crowned Mx Burlesque Australia 2015, and named twice in the Top 50 most influential burlesque performers in the world.
With a love for the origins of burlesque as both of satire and of striptease they are as accomplished in their classically glamorous strip-acts, as they are in creating the weirdest things you’ll see on a stage. They’ve toured across the US, UK, Australia & New Zealand as a renowned educator and chaos creator.
De Jac has a special affinity for monsters, creatures and humans who subvert expectations and he creates a space for both audiences and students that is equal measures sensual, playful, and insightful.
Image: Paul Dunn Photography - le freak the show
Previous highlights of work has included:
Touring as whip-cracking bimbo & naked screaming goat in "Le Freak - The Show"
Playing17 minutes of recorder culminating in an audience kazoo orchestra as the 11th Piper: Tassel Christmas - this is possibly the highlight of their entire career. It’s all downhill from here.
Terrorising delighted audience members as a vagina dentata monster at the NGV Bowery Ball
Spoken word striptease for “smut” the sex worker prioritised variety show & “Wet words poetry”
Playing naked jump rope on stage touring with Baby Got Back
Re-interpreting the Birth of Venus as an exhibit with the Living Museum of Erotic Women
Hosting their show “Season of The Witch” & “The Witching Hour” in co-production under Your Weird Aunts Creative
Core cast member for a full decade playing the Queen of The Underground with dark Burlesque show & immersive saga “The Burlesque Underground” both stage & radio play podcast.
leading 2 years of ritual dance magic workshops online through the lockdown years.
If you find yourself disoriented by the lack of neat branding boxes or clear aesthetic it’s best to focus on what is at the core of everything they create - beautiful art which explores what it means to be human. the silly, sensual, and sublime, the horror and grief, the indescribable joy, chaos & comedy of existing, together.
With a quite frankly, silly number of awards and accolades, their art has seen them touring around the world, headlining countless events, and expanding their work into performing arts education for stagecraft, technique and theory.
Image: Alexis D Leah Photography - Season of the witch
Image: 3 fates media “Bellamantis” The Burlesque Underground
Image: 3 Fates Media Tassel Thursday 12 days of christmas “a few more than 11 Pipers Piping”
More to come
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