Kristina Nekyia - The 3rd Annual New Orleans Burlesque Festival

Kristina Nekyia performs in The Third Annual New Orleans Burlesque Festival, presented by Rick Delaup and Secrets In Lace.

Erupting from the molten core of California's arts inferno, Kristina Nekyia burns bright across the star-studded skies of stage and screen. Showgrrrl, belly dancer, circus contortion dancer, burlesque queen, pin up nymph, actress, fire eater, director, and writer, she is a Renaissance Femme in the technicolor world of show. Kristina was the 2010 First Runner-Up for the title of Queen of Burlesque at the Burlesque Hall of Fame competition in Las Vegas, and in 2005 she was the Hips of Fury Belly Dance Ultimate Soloist. Her dedication to the art of Mongolian contortion led her to study with the Mongolian Circus in Ulaanbaatar, and develop the first ever belly dance contortion fire duet with world-famous contortionist Serchmaa Byamba. She is an instructor at Cirque School LA in Hollywood, and is producing a new burlesque show in West Hollywood.