Sasha Van Bon Bon

Sasha Van Bon Bon is one of the pioneers of the neo-burlesque movement in Toronto, beginning in 1999 with the influential duo The Dangerettes. As a result of their unique, multidisciplinary approach, her subsequent company The Scandelles, launched is 2001, is the only burlesque group in Canada to be given theatre-produced runs of shows, beginning in 2006 with the sold-out Under the Mink at Buddies in Bad Times.

In the fall of 2006 she wrote and co-produced a short explicit film starring the Scandelles called Give Piece of Ass a Chance directed by Bruce LaBruce. G.P.A.C. went on to show at over 15 international gay and lesbian film festivals as well as at Toronto's Museum of Contemporary Modern Art in a show called Love & Death in the GTA.

In May and June of 2007 she co-curated a season at Buddies and included contemporary dance, spoken word and a do-it-yourself porn seminar in her program What's Wrong With Being Sexy? During this time she also workshopped her monologue-driven show about stripping called Neon Nightz, which is being remounted and toured through Buddies in the fall of 2009. In the fall of 2007 she created and acted in several original pieces in the Dora award winning show Arthouse Cabaret.

In January of 2008 she co-created and acted in the critically acclaimed Scandelles show Who's Your Dada?, a multidisciplinary tribute to the Surrealist movement. She is currently revamping The Scandelles show Les Demimondes that was independently workshopped several times in 2005 and looks at how prostitution is represented in the arts.

Sasha is also a nationally syndicated sex columnist. Her column Love Bites has run in Canadian weeklies for over 14 years.