Oklahoma City Burlesque Festival Performers

2023 OKCBF Performers

Headliner - Aria Delanoche - New Orleans, LA

Enigmatic, energetic, and deeply sensual, Aria Delanoche is a force to be reckoned with. Known for impeccable costuming and dramatic striptease, Aria took home the awards for "Best Debut" and "Most Classic" at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2018 and was crowned Queen of the Striptease in 2020. She is a well-traveled showgirl, spreading her glittery glory from Buffalo to Bucharest.

Headliner: The Chocolate Showboy - Paris, France

The Chocolate Showboy was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he started his formal dance training at age 13. Since then, he has risen to dancing the role of leading man in world famous stage shows from Las Vegas to Paris and the oceans between. Now, as a burlesque performer based in Paris, he keeps the classic showboy alive in his own special way. His classic elegance, beautifully technical dancing, and charming charisma are what make him the “extravagant gentleman of Burlesque.”

Co-host and Performer: Adèle Wolf - Oklahoma City, OK

Adèle Wolf is an internationally touring, award-winning variety entertainer and producer, internationally published model, and actress, based in Oklahoma City. She is also the protégé of burlesque icon, April March. Several Oklahoma City publications have named her "Oklahoma City's Burlesque Queen." She has received widespread recognition for her contributions to performing arts in Oklahoma, including being named one of Oklahoma Gazette’s Forty Under 40 honorees in 2019 and receiving a Rainbow Award from OKC Pride Alliance in 2021. In 2021, Adèle was selected to join the cast of two of the most prestigious burlesque productions worldwide; the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender and Miss Viva Las Vegas, where she was awarded 1st Runner Up, making her Princess of Viva Las Vegas 2021.

Adèle has toured extensively, headlining shows in major cities throughout 11 countries and 3 continents. She is the creator and producer of Oklahoma's largest burlesque and variety productions, Adèle Wolf's Burlesque & Variety Show and the Oklahoma City Burlesque Festival. Adèle Wolf Productions has received multiple accolades since its founding in 2011 and created numerous private and public events throughout the U.S. and abroad, with countless sold-out revues. Adèle is also the founder of the Oklahoma School of Burlesque, where she is the lead instructor.

Co-host and Performer: Delilah Dubois

Delilah DuBois is the embodiment of the phrase “va-va-voom”. Originally from the Bayou State of Louisiana now living in the Wild West of Texas, this Creole beauty is an internationally published pinup model who has graced the covers of pinup magazines including Bombshell Magazine, Delicious Dolls Magazine, Poisonous PinUps, and Bachelor Pad Magazine. You can also catch Delilah in Orville Peck's “Queen of the Rodeo” video.

Delilah has been invited to perform on some of the most prestigious stages in the US and internationally including the "Movers, Shakers, & Innovators" Showcase at the 2023 Annual Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender in Las Vegas and a month-long international residency at Emotions Dinner Theater in Panama City, Panama. Her onstage talents extend beyond burlesque dancing and into stand-up comedy and jazz singing which have propelled her into emceeing burlesque shows and singing with jazz bands internationally.

She is also an award-winning show producer working under her own Dallas-based production company "Double-D Burlesque Productions" founded in 2020. Since its founding, Double D Burlesque Productions has produced multiple shows in the DFW metroplex including multiple recurring shows in Downtown Dallas and two award-winning productions "The Red Goose Revue" & “Cowtown Cabaret” in Downtown Ft Worth. Delilah is also a proficient stage presence coach, burlesque dance instructor, and burlesque business class instructor.

Featured Performer: Cyara Hotopp - Columbus, OH

Cyara Hotopp is a professional circus performer based in Columbus, Ohio. Her specialties are aerial arts, inline skating, and stilt walking. Cyara also dances with a contemporary dance and burlesque troupe called Anna and the Annadroids!

Featured Performer: Maxi Millions - Phoenix, AZ

Best known for her love of classic burlesque glamor, sizzling bump 'n' grind style, and wicked stage presence, Maxi Millions is multi- award winning burlesque dancer & instructor based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Since 2013, Maxi has brought her fierce brand of striptease to stages all over North America! Most recently Maxi competed for Best Debut at the 2018 Burlesque Hall of Fame. In 2018 she was featured in 21st Century Burlesque’s list of Top 100 Burlesque Performers in the world.

Locally, Maxi is co-producer of Spellbound Burlesque Productions, founded in 2014. Spellbound Burlesque specializes in intimate productions, in the round with a taste of Arizona's best and brightest burlesque talent as well as some very special guests from near and far.