About me: Louis(e) de Ville got the urge to twirl tassels and moustaches by observing the tail twitching antics of her family's cows on the farm in good ol' KY, USA. Now a faux Française she scandalizes stages across Europe, performing regularly as a femme, king, and everything in between. She sees gender as performance and plays with stereotypes; both honoring and twisting traditional femininity as well as exploring her masculine side and all aspects of her sexuality. A traditionally trained actress and gender activist, she embraced burlesque as her preferred medium, when she understood that people pay much more attention to you when you are in your underwear!
Je suis une performeuse de burlesque. J'ai realisé que les gens m'ecoutent mieux quand je partage la message en culottes. J'aime jouer avec les stéreotypes feminine, et je fais les personnages sur tous le spectrum de genre: cowboy, hip hop pédé, femme au barbe, femme au foyer, petite suceuse, ect. J'adore jouer les ambiguïtes.
hi louis i will have a groupexibition in paris you are invided! There will be a public vernissage on the 12th of September. I am looking forward to seeing you for the opening of "Holy Destruction" Galerie polad-hardouin 86, rue Quincampoix 75003 Paris
I am sitting beside a river watching seals flip after salmon. Tugboats lug by pulling log jams. Oh Canada! Will be in Paris soon. Shall we have a fancy lunch? xo
Absolutely! Please let me know when that would be! It would really be one of the most fantastic days ever. I will make it to Paris one day. I have to... Or I may die :-)
You look amazing as always - take care and stay in touch!