Madame Onça

Sadie interviews interesting people for Socially-Distant Networking, and today's conversation is with Madame Onça.

Madame Onça is a career entertainer based out of Richmond, VA. A veteran show and festival producer, community organizer, singer, author and artist of the acclaimed World Spirit Tarot, she has taught and performed across the US and in Europe. Here in the Corona Times, she is teaching tarot online in accessible, affordable sessions for all budgets and all levels of skill.

You can find World Spirit Tarot with Lauren Onça O'Leary on Facebook, and her website is www.hardestworkingwomainshowbusiness.com

Lee Ford

Sadie interviews interesting people for Socially-Distant Networking, and today's conversation is with the Lee Ford.

Lee Ford is a Paralympian in the sport of archery, with the Paralympics being the second largest sporting event in the world, right after the Olympics. She has a disability called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or EDS, which is a connective tissue malformation disorder. Despite this, Lee is an accomplished dancer from ballet to belly dance, one of the first female fire performers in the Southeast United States and a martial artist in the EBMAS system, Wing Tzun Kung Fu as taught by Sifu Emin Boztepe and Filipino Escrima taught by Grandmaster Rene Latosa. Lee was a long time member of Team USA and has competed at World Champion ships, Para Pan Am Games, Para Pan American Championships, the Indoor World Cup series and the Outdoor World Cup. She's also an artist with a degree in Fine Art specializing in three dimensional design, textiles including costume design and silversmithing.

You can support her archery journey at paypay.me/flamegoddess, follow on Twitter @flamegoddesslee, Instagram @flamegoddesslee, and Facebook at www.facebookcom/teamfordarchery.

Lola LeSoleil

Sadie interviews interesting people for Socially-Distant Networking, and today's conversation is with Lola LeSoleil. We'll talk about legitude, stillness, act creation, costuming, performing and festivals, and more.

A little about Lola: She's celebrating her 10th burlesqiversary, which is adjacent to her human birthday! The day she graduated and had her student showcase performance, Talloolah Love sang Happy Birthday in her Marilyn Monroe style. Since then, she has gone on to headline and win awards all over the place, and anyone who sees her perform appreciates her energy and poise - and her sense of humor.

Check her IG at @Lola_LeSoleil and her website LolaLeSoleil.com. If you're interested in taking classes from Lola, Burlesque 101 online hosted by Metropolitan Studios: Thursdays 7:30p. https://bit.ly/Burlesque101LolaLeSoleil

Freya West

Sadie interviews interesting people for Socially-Distant Networking, and Freya West is an insightful and fantastic performer, producer, and writer.

Freya West has twirled her tassels from Iceland to Albuquerque. She is the director of burlesque at the historic Skull’s Rainbow Room and Nudie’s Honky Tonk, producer of the Nashville Burlesque Festival and headmistress of Delinquent Debutantes, Nashville’s burlesque finishing school. Freya has represented international brands including Dos Equis Most Interesting Show in the World and MAC Viva Glam. Her writing on body image and burlesque has been featured in numerous publications including the Huffington Post. In 2018 Freya was voted in the top 100 burlesque figures in the world on 21st Century Burlesque. Visit her website at FreyaWest.com or become a patron at Patreon.com/FreyaWest