Jazida's Biography
Jazida is a queer and culturally diverse entertainer, producer and dance teacher based on Ngunnawal Land in Canberra. 21st Century Burlesque Magazine says “I will not forget her any time soon” and listed her in the Top 50 most influential burlesque industry figures across the globe for the past 3 years in a row.
Jazida is recognised as one of Australia’s premiere burlesque performers, having performed at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, headlined at the Perth International Burlesque Festival in 2019, featured at the Australian Burlesque Festival 2019, headlined/taught on the Australian Burlesque Cruise 2020, and currently being a headlining member of the Finucane and Smith Collective, regularly touring shows across Australia over many years.
Her creativity, professionalism and dedication to her craft has seen her with many awards and accolades. She won the Canberra Local Business Awards for Outstanding Performing Arts in 2020, her solo show "Exotic Hypnotica" won the Canberra Critics Circle ACT Arts Award, her feature show “Catch Jazida” won Best Dance at the Adelaide Fringe Festival Weekly Awards, she won Miss Burlesque ACT in 2016, was nominated for ACT Woman of the Year in 2020 and is currently a member of the ACT Minister for Arts Creative Council.
As well as being a performer, Jazida works to elevate alternate performing arts and support the industry by producing shows through her production house, Jazida Productions, and delivering artist professional development programs through her Alternate Performing Arts Hub, Flazéda. She is the creative director and founder of Jazida’s Fabulous Fan Dancers, is the current producer of Miss Burlesque ACT, current producer of Apprentease ACT, and the co-director of the Australian Burlesque Museum.