Layna D'Luna

Layna D'Luna is an international award winning burlesque, sideshow, & gogo performer, and has been described as "the girl with the curves that'll send you over the moon!" This seductive tease from the south seas has been training in various forms of dance for the past 16 years. She has headlined a variety of shows and festivals from coast to coast and is an alumni of the world famous Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue. She is also a member of LeStrange Sideshow! She is the producer of Vava Doom Productions (a metal burlesque revue) as well as The Texas Metalesk Festival in Austin, TX. Some of her notable performance credits include:

 

Burlesque Awards

Most Bewitching 2023 - Great Burlesque Expo, Salem, MA

Most Classic 2022 - 9TH Annual Oklahoma City Burlesque Festival

Legends Choice 2015 - Edmonton Burlesque Festival in Alberta.

Miss Mistletoe 2015 - The Scarlet Darlings Burlesque Pageant in San Antonio, TX

Last Pastie Standing 2017 - Atlanta, GA

Glittery Geek Honors - Dem Damn Dames Burlesque, Houston, TX

bURLESQUE FESTIVALs | headliner

Headliner - Shimmy & Shred Festival 2024 - Wichita, KS

Headliner - Nocturnal Tease Burlesque Festival 2020 - Dallas, TX
Headliner - House of Blues, BurlyQ Lounge, Dallas and Houston, TX
Producer/Headliner - The Texas Metalesk Festival 2019, Austin, TX

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bURLESQUE FESTIVALs | Showcase/competition

Selected to showcase at Teaser Festival 2024 & 2025

Selected to compete Hollywood Burlesque Festival "Miss Hollywood" 2025
Selected to compete Alamo City Burlesque Festival 2025

Show Me Burlesque Festival 2024

Ohio Burlesque Festival 2022

Oklahoma Burlesque Festival 2015 & 2022

PA Burlesque Festival 2016

Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival 2016

Texas Burlesque Festival 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024

And more!

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Notable performances & COLLABORATIONS

Selected finalist to compete in Viva Las Vegas Burlesque Competition 2023

Headliner Spellbound Burlesque 2023

Opening for legendary group Salt-N-Pepa

Performing in DRAGOWEEN, Texas’ largest drag show, 2013-2015

Performing feats of strength & daredevil acts in LeStrange Sideshow

Performing burlesque and gogo at Tiki Oasis in San Diego

Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival

Former member of Innovation Dance Company

A proud volunteer for BHOF Weekender (Queen’s competition) and Museum 2017-2019

Touring the West Coast with The Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue 

The great honor of being protege to the world famous Coco Lectric.

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TEACHER

Teaching burlesque history at BurlyCon 2019

Teaching burlesque, dance, and costuming nationwide.

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model

Bachelor Pad Cover #52
Winner Pink Bow City Magazine Pin-Up search contest

Feature in Pinups and Hotrods Magazine February 2017

Austin Monthly May 2015

Front page of the San Marcos Daily Record (Newspaper)

Pineywoods Live: Strong Women Who EMPOWER, June 2014

 

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Beyond her performance work Ms D'Luna is also an internationally published photographer and metal music journalist. As well as working in the live music production industry.
 

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