Singing! Acting, Shaking my shimmy, shaking my bottom, dance of all kinds, music and rhythmic things that make want to shake said bottom, aerial arts, moments of clarity, deep breathing, conquering something difficult, eating, cooking, eating, good wine, eating, good friends, fairies, wings, being inspired, moved and mesmerized, sexy accents, spankings, stupid jokes, film, photography, twirling, flowers, Mother Nature, flirting, animals, sparkles, tassles, things that are shiny, things that are soft, corsets, garters, feathers, tickle, tease, seduction, laughing, and world peace.
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Music
Henri und die Heisse Band, Gunther's Shimmy Shaker, The Frisky Frauleins...
Also, Etta James, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughn, Peggy Lee, Dusty Springfield, Janis Joplin, Carla Bruni, The Beatles, Radiohead, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan Stevens, Sigur Ros, Tom Waits, Dresden Dolls, Vermillion Lies, The Ditty Bops,James Brown, Prince, Portishead, The music from Cabaret, Chicago, Avenue Q, Hair(and lots of other musicals... yay musicals!) Carla Bruni, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, Explosions in the Sky, Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, Eluvium, Zero 7, Diggable Planets, James Brown, Serge AND Charlotte Gainsbourg, Deeelite, Stevie Wonder, White Sripes, Johnny Cash, good gospel music, and earth shaking drumming...and much more. There's TOO many to list! Oh, Yay!
Movies
I love a good film!
I like the movies my friends make or that I make with my friends. I also like stuff by David Lynch, Wes Anderson, and Michel Gondry, Jean-Pierre Jeunet...Harold and Maude, Princess Bride, Run Lola Run, Amelie, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Seven Year Itch, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Big Lebowski, Neverending Story, The Goonies, Napoleon Dynamite, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands(I like Tim Burton), Garden State, Labyrinth, Stranger than Fiction, oh, and Pan's Labyrinth (I cried my eyes out!) and goodness there are a lot more. My brain can handle no more!
Television
I have decent vision, but definitely not TELE-vision:)
Books
The ones with really beautiful women in them:)
I also love Neil Gaiman, David Sedaris, Jeff Smith, Craig Thompson, Christopher Moore, and I'm sure I'm forgetting lots. I love fairy tales, and stories that make me laugh. Remember children, reading is magic!
Heroes
All brave, creative, and lovely people. I love those people. I just recently met an 80 year old woman who just started training on the lyra so she can perform at her 80th birthday party. When I chatted with her she told me she ran away at 18 to be a show girl and a bareback rider in the circus. Now she teaches prisoners Shakespeare (she still rides. She also told me she took her daughter (who was 12 at the time) to see "Evelyn West and her Tresure Chest". Then she told me I was beautiful and asked if she could see me perform. I am amazed by her:)
Lola van Ella is thankful for fabulous friends, family, food(!) and being able to shamelessly shake my fanny! ;) Super excited for post Thanksgiving antics at Mondo Lucha! Posted at 7:05 AM Nov 24 view more
About me: I am a international burlesque performer, singer, producer, instructor, choreographer, a sometimes aerialist, and performing fool! Everything else is van-ella frosting on my delicious cake of a life:). Thanks for visiting my page! I hope to see you soon!
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Who I'd like to meet:
You...in the audience...wherever I'm performing. That would be the tops!
Also: Beautiful women, adorable men, Deutchlanders, foreign language speakers, torch singers, circus artists, performance artists, exotic animals, belly dancers, acrobats, fire breathers, romancers, foodies, Burly-Q performers, Sassy sassbacks, people who like to laugh and make me laugh, painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, actors of any kind, inspirational souls, music makers, dreamers, seekers, people who love life, trees, and playing Twister
dec. 5th @ off Broadway-Trip daddys, 7 Shot Screamers, Everett Dean, CrazyBeats, Greta Garter, Lola Van Ella, Clownvis, giveaways, pbr specials, doorprizes. $15 @ door, $10 advance, $5 if you pledge Greaser's Lunchbox today 88.1 fm or kdhx.org between noon and 2pm. 314-664-3688
Hey Lola! I'm still reelin' from the weekend! What a fun time. The St. Louis crowd made me proud! Everyone was so great, and we can't wait to come back! Thanks again for having us, and bravo on putting the show together! Later!
Every morning, every night, sometimes in the middle of the day... Escaping into dark, quiet corners to relieve myself Sometimes calmly, sometimes furiously... shamelessly Three times again today, is no surprise Laughing every time... seeing what I'd do to satisfy I want to take you up on all your offers... let you try Fulfill all the scintillating needs inside Heavenly wings and spitfire tongues taste like lullabies!
EX SCHWAG GUITARIST Shawn Guyot Benefit Concert ...10-17-09@ AB'S PLACE!!!!$$ We could use some help getting the word out. Saturday Oct 17 Doors 8pm AB's Place 5627 Manchester Ave St Louis Mo Donation $8.00 Shawn has been diagnosed terminal and we're just trying to give him a hand Thanks Tony V
Hey Lola! Matt told me about the show in November at the Gaslight. It'll be a blast! I checked out this book, "City of Gabriels" that's about the history of the jazz scene/musicians in St. Louis; it's got a great chapter on Gaslight Square. Anyway, see you later!
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Thanks so much for letting me be a part of your official premier! It was a great show, and a lot of fun. Please stay in touch. I would love to be a part of future shows!
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