We chat with NYC based burlesque performer and photographer Regal Mortis about pandemic life, evolving into the person she is today and do a promo for the upcoming 80s Evolution ImprovBurlesque Battle show 4/9 8 PM EST on zoom. She is "The Girl Who'll Make You Stiff" but she'll also answer "The Spanish Harlem Abuelita". Regal Mortis is a Colombian and Apache Native American who came here for social justice and to shake her ass. Her acts and aesthetic demand fat bipoc goth representation in a counterculture that is overwhelmingly thin and white. Regal Mortis is a photographer and burlesque performer in New York City, she is also founder of Regal Pictures, a body positive/fat positive boudoir photo studio in Brooklyn, NY.

She's been contributing her brand of Glitter Gore to burlesque since 2015. Regal was a nominee for the Master of Macabre award at The White Elephant Burlesque Silver Tusk Awards (2018). She is a member of Sister Bear Burlesque, an all plus size troupe based in Philadelphia. Regal has performed throughout the East Coast, including the Great Burlesque Expo Festival in Cambridge, MA (2017). She is also the resident photographer for the bi-national dance company, Danse Theatre Surreality based in Paris & NYC.

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