ABOUT KAROLINA LUX
(Resume/one sheet & headshots at bottom)
Karolina Lux is a theatrical dancer, musician, and character actress based in Los Angeles, California. She has performed and taught at festivals and studios, nationally and internationally, from the Americana Burlesque and Sideshow Festival (Asheville, NC), to Symbiosis (California), to Caravanserary (Vienna, Austria). She has over 10 years of intensive training with some of the most renowned traditional Middle Eastern dance artists, street dance artists, and some of today’s most progressive fusion innovators. She has developed a diverse curriculum of her own from her dynamic artistic history.
Karolina has an extensive resume of experience, having toured as a dancer with internationally acclaimed Beats Antique; Zoe Jake’s House of Tarot; extensive touring with the musical circus extravaganza, March Fourth Marching Band; and the Eastern cabaret road show, Vagabond Opera. She has appeared with Vau de Vire Society (San Francisco’s premier circus), Hubba Hubba Review (San Francisco’s most renowned burlesque revue), and worked for a number of other dance revues and companies. She also choreographs and writes music for her own band and dance project, Sepiatonic. In addition, Karolina has appeared, performing and teaching dance and choreography concepts, on multiple internationally distributed DVDs, by Cheeky Girls Productions and Hollywood Music Center, and teaches sassy belly-esque classes at the All That Glitters Academy of Burlesque, in Portland, OR. Karolina Lux is a belly dancer, burlesque artist, trumpet player, vocalist, with training in street and club dance styles such as waacking, vogueing, and tutting. She has also trained in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, swing dance, acrobatics, stilt-walking, and theater. Her years of experience as an actress and in musical theater and circus productions add extensive experience to her dance shows and theatrical workshops and performances. Karolina also has extensive experience choreographing for intimate and large festivals. She is available for a variety of productions, festivals, showcases, and as a teacher for subjects from belly-esque, to character development, to basic dance drills. She loves to spread the joy of dance and knowledge of one’s body through her art to! Karolina is also a producer and arts administrator. She has staffed for multiple touring companies, events, and shows, produced and directed multiple tours, events, workshops, and more, and helped to manage merchandise, costumes, stage managed, and tour managed for a number of diverse tours, events, and festivals. Karolina is available to help produce entertainment for your stage, production, or event. |
HEADSHOTS
RESUME
KAROLINA LUX: DANCER/ACTRESS/MUSICIAN
Hair/Eyes: Dark Blonde/Blue
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Height/Weight: 5’ 6”/130lbs
Phone: +1 (510) 926-9322
Email: [email protected]
DANCE: (Performance, Choreography, Instruction):BELLY DANCE, WAACKING, VOGUE, BURLESQUE, STREET DANCE, JAZZ, SWING, CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC:(Performance, composition): VOCALS, TRUMPET
ACTRESS: CHARACTER, MUSICAL THEATER, MUSIC/INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
SELECTED TOURING ACTS:
BEATS ANTIQUE—Dancer and character for internationally acclaimed EDM and dance project at arenas, music festivals, theaters, and clubs, 2011-2015.
MARCH FOURTH—Dancing, acrobatics, choreography, staffing, Dance Team Captain for touring circus/band at music festivals, theaters, and clubs, 2013-2016.
SEPIATONIC—Internationally touring, as dancer, choreographer, singer/front-woman, trumpet-player, composer, artistic director of EDM/pop band, 2014-Current (Agency: Madison House).
ZOE JAKES’ HOUSE OF TAROT—Dancer for internationally acclaimed theatrical dance project, 2016-2017.
SELECTED EVENTS:
DUBLIN BURLESQUE FESTIVAL(Dublin, IRE)--Headlining dancer, master class instructor
AMERICANA BURLESQUE & SIDESHOW FESTIVAL(Asheville, NC)--Headlining dancer, master class instructor
TRIBAL FEST HANNOVER(Int’l Dance Festival, Hannover, GER)--Headlining dancer, master class instructor
THEATRICAL BELLY DANCE FESTIVAL (NYC, NY)--Dancer and lecture presenter
SYMBIOSIS FESTIVAL (Music Festival, Central Oregon)--Featured dancer, and performer with band, Sepiatonic
ELECTRIC FOREST FESTIVAL (Music and Arts Festival, Rothbury, MI)--Featured dancer, character, and band
VAU DE VIRE SOCIETY (Varied Locations)--Guest act for San Francisco’s premier circus company
BELLY DANCE EVOLUTION(Theatrical Dance Production Hollywood, CA)—Featured dancer: Icon of Creation
FLAVA FLAV MARDI GRAS (Portland, OR)--Featured dancer for Flava Flav Mardi Gras production
YEOMEN OF THE GUARD(Lamplighters’ Opera Company, San Francisco, CA)--Chorus
OKLAHOMA(Musical Theater, Community Production, Mammoth Lakes, CA)--Lead Character: Laurie
GREASE(Musical Theater, Community Production, Mammoth Lakes, CA)--Lead Character: Sandy
MUSIC VIDEOS: “Step Up”(2016)Dancer, choreographer, “Trailer Swift” (2017)Dancer, choreographer
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS:Featured teacher, “Final 6: Project Belly Dance” (2013), “Making Dances” (2013)
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:
Storytelling Through Theater, Film, & Dance (Humboldt State University, 2005-2007)
World Dance (San Francisco State University, 2008)
Dance Performance (University of Massachusetts, Amherst & Smith University: 5 Colleges Exchange Program, 2006)
AWARDS/ACCLAIM:
Breakthrough Belly Dance Competition 2011:Winner
Ya Halla Y’all Peoples’ Choice 2010:Winner
Founder—Neo Bellydance: Dance genre, international instructional intensive series, 2017-Current.
Founder—Camp Belly Dance: Fusion dance camp offering belly dance, ballet, street dance, 2014-Current.
Entertainment Director:Berber, Forbes’ Reviewed restaurant, dance and cirque entertainment 2016-2018.
OTHER: Stilt-walking, acrobatics, 3-ball juggling, artistic direction, production/staffing, competition judge, tour management, costume design, wardrobe management, extensive national/international tour experience, moderate German language.
Hair/Eyes: Dark Blonde/Blue
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Height/Weight: 5’ 6”/130lbs
Phone: +1 (510) 926-9322
Email: [email protected]
DANCE: (Performance, Choreography, Instruction):BELLY DANCE, WAACKING, VOGUE, BURLESQUE, STREET DANCE, JAZZ, SWING, CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC:(Performance, composition): VOCALS, TRUMPET
ACTRESS: CHARACTER, MUSICAL THEATER, MUSIC/INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
SELECTED TOURING ACTS:
BEATS ANTIQUE—Dancer and character for internationally acclaimed EDM and dance project at arenas, music festivals, theaters, and clubs, 2011-2015.
MARCH FOURTH—Dancing, acrobatics, choreography, staffing, Dance Team Captain for touring circus/band at music festivals, theaters, and clubs, 2013-2016.
SEPIATONIC—Internationally touring, as dancer, choreographer, singer/front-woman, trumpet-player, composer, artistic director of EDM/pop band, 2014-Current (Agency: Madison House).
ZOE JAKES’ HOUSE OF TAROT—Dancer for internationally acclaimed theatrical dance project, 2016-2017.
SELECTED EVENTS:
DUBLIN BURLESQUE FESTIVAL(Dublin, IRE)--Headlining dancer, master class instructor
AMERICANA BURLESQUE & SIDESHOW FESTIVAL(Asheville, NC)--Headlining dancer, master class instructor
TRIBAL FEST HANNOVER(Int’l Dance Festival, Hannover, GER)--Headlining dancer, master class instructor
THEATRICAL BELLY DANCE FESTIVAL (NYC, NY)--Dancer and lecture presenter
SYMBIOSIS FESTIVAL (Music Festival, Central Oregon)--Featured dancer, and performer with band, Sepiatonic
ELECTRIC FOREST FESTIVAL (Music and Arts Festival, Rothbury, MI)--Featured dancer, character, and band
VAU DE VIRE SOCIETY (Varied Locations)--Guest act for San Francisco’s premier circus company
BELLY DANCE EVOLUTION(Theatrical Dance Production Hollywood, CA)—Featured dancer: Icon of Creation
FLAVA FLAV MARDI GRAS (Portland, OR)--Featured dancer for Flava Flav Mardi Gras production
YEOMEN OF THE GUARD(Lamplighters’ Opera Company, San Francisco, CA)--Chorus
OKLAHOMA(Musical Theater, Community Production, Mammoth Lakes, CA)--Lead Character: Laurie
GREASE(Musical Theater, Community Production, Mammoth Lakes, CA)--Lead Character: Sandy
MUSIC VIDEOS: “Step Up”(2016)Dancer, choreographer, “Trailer Swift” (2017)Dancer, choreographer
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS:Featured teacher, “Final 6: Project Belly Dance” (2013), “Making Dances” (2013)
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:
Storytelling Through Theater, Film, & Dance (Humboldt State University, 2005-2007)
World Dance (San Francisco State University, 2008)
Dance Performance (University of Massachusetts, Amherst & Smith University: 5 Colleges Exchange Program, 2006)
AWARDS/ACCLAIM:
Breakthrough Belly Dance Competition 2011:Winner
Ya Halla Y’all Peoples’ Choice 2010:Winner
Founder—Neo Bellydance: Dance genre, international instructional intensive series, 2017-Current.
Founder—Camp Belly Dance: Fusion dance camp offering belly dance, ballet, street dance, 2014-Current.
Entertainment Director:Berber, Forbes’ Reviewed restaurant, dance and cirque entertainment 2016-2018.
OTHER: Stilt-walking, acrobatics, 3-ball juggling, artistic direction, production/staffing, competition judge, tour management, costume design, wardrobe management, extensive national/international tour experience, moderate German language.