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Lola the Vamp - Biography
Lola the Vamp (born Lola Montgomery) is an Australian dancer and part of the neo-burlesque movement. She is said to be the only burlesque performer in theatrical history to perform burlesque as part of her submission for the academic degree of PhD. She completed a creative component PhD involving the production of creative product and thesis at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia 2013. No revisions to her original submission were required,. "The examiners agree on the originality of this work as a combination of performance and writing about performance that addresses issues in the feminist field as well as making a striking contribution to performance studies. By going beyond the exploitation/empowerment binary and placing her work in the aesthetic discipline required for a number of traditional forms (mask, ballet, bodily inscription, the manipulation of fetishes), the candidate moves the discussion about burlesque along and places it deep in our growing understanding of performance as a dynamic interplay between communicative craft and audience expectation" (Chair of Assessors, Associate Professor Stephen Stockwell, 17 July 2013). Her performance history began at the Neo-Burlesque festival, Tease-o-rama, in 2002. She has performed at Go Go Burlesco in Sydney, the Edinburgh Fringe, The Big Day Out, Woodford Folk Festival, Valley Fiesta and solo tours of the East Coast of Australia. She co-founded 34b Burlesque in Sydney in 2005, making regular appearances until its closure in 2012. She was the Australian Penthouse Pet of the Month in November 2007. In 2008 and 2012 she was a headliner of Tease-o-rama. From 2009 to 2011 she operated Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School in Brisbane. She has performed at the Australian Burlesque Festival every year since 2010 and headlined in 2013. She has also appeared in music videos and films. In 2013, she joined Australian band, Desert Blues Cartel as a guest singer and performer. They released the single, Ma Cherie, in 2014, and Lola also heads her own band, Irresolute. Lola headlined the Perth International Burlesque Festival 2015
