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“Miss Marquez is the hardest-working dancer in Los Angeles burlesque”- LA WEEKLY

Miss Marquez a.k.a Alyssa Marquez took her first dance class at the age of 3. She then spent her life training in classical ballet and has been performing as a professional dancer since high school while attending the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy and receiving her Bachelors of Arts Degree in Dance Performance, Pedagogy, and Choreography from Mercyhurst University.

It was, however, Miss Marquez‘s natural affinity for the classic vaudevillian era of entertainment where she found her passion in the art of Burlesque. Miss Marquez has a nostalgic appreciation for the burlesque performers, Hollywood starlets, and cultural sex symbols who pioneered the way to allow Burlesque to become a growing and more mainstream form of entertainment.

Since 2012 Miss Marquez has enjoyed bringing her tantalizing antics as a solo burlesque performer to some of the nations most illustrious venues including Ivan Kane’s Royal Jelly Burlesque Club, Houston Hospitality’s No Vacancy, Harvard and Stone, and La Descarga, Harvelle’s Jazz and Blues Club est. 1931, Cliftons Cafeteria, Highland Park Bowl, Employees Only, and Apotheke LA.

As a Producer Miss Marquez has sold out shows at Los Globos, El Cid, Three Clubs, and Harvelles Santa Monica. She has also coordinated and booked weekly residencies at Apotheke LA, Hotel Figueroa, and Three Clubs.

about Empowerment in Heels

After attending the first Women’s March in 2017, Miss Marquez was inspired to start a Burlesque School focused on Empowerment as a way to provide a safe space for all bodies to explore the beauty and catharsis of Burlesque. With an emphasis on exploring one’s own individual sexual expression, Empowerment Heels is proud to support the LGBTQ+ community. Empowerment in Heels strives to be an inclusive environment for all body shapes, genders, ethnicities, and sexual orientations.

Since 2017 Empowerment in Heels has become a pillar in the Los Angeles Burlesque Community not only offering weekly classes, but also Monthly Shows, Specialty Workshops, Private Coaching, and more.

Challenged by the lack of diversity on the Burlesque Stage, Miss Marquez created the Burlesque Show Moonlighting Menagerie to provide a space for all Burlesque performers to shine. With a diverse cast of burlesque babies, burlesque lovers, and burlesque professionals all performing brand new acts, combined with the supportive Empowerment in Heels community, Moonlighting Menagerie is a show unlike anything you’ve experienced before. Since 2018 Moonlighting Menagerie has lit up stages all across Los Angeles and now proudly holds a monthly residency at the historic Three Clubs in Hollywood.

— — top credits include — —

Credit One : Artistic Director/Creator of Marijuana Madness
Credit Two : Choreographer for FX TV Series “Snowfall”
Credit Three : Dancer in “Big Willie’s Burlesque” Fuji Rock Festival Japan