More About Deja

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Recently, Déjà was voted one of the Top 20 Most Influential Burlesque Figures in Canada in a survey by 21st Century Burlesque, further cementing her reputation as both a powerhouse producer and a compelling performer on the national stage.

She also received the 2025 IBC Prestige Award for her ongoing contribution to the worldwide burlesque industry, recognizing her tireless efforts to build and support local community and to create welcoming, accessible spaces for artists to perform from near and far.

A dreamer and creator, Déjà Louve has been four times voted by her peers into the Top 5 for “Best Productions” for her showcases across the East and West Kootenay region of British Columbia, including the annual Queen City Burlesque Expo Weekender and INTENSITEASE: A Heavy Metal Burlesque Weekend. She was also nominated for a 2025 Silver Tusk Award for “Producer Extraordinaire,” an honour bestowed by her peers in an American burlesque survey.

As a performer, she has enthralled audiences with her love of sultry blues and heavy-hitting industrial, pairing classic elegance with raw, carnal power in a performance style you’ll want to see over and over again. In 2014, Déjà was awarded 2nd Runner Up in the Edmonton Burlesque Festival’s Bunny Competition, has been a featured guest artist with IvaFiero Productions in Seattle (2015 and 2017), and was a semi-finalist in the annual Imperial Burlesque Canada competition in 2022.

She has proudly performed in the Burlesque Hall of Fame’s Thursday night opening number in 2022 and has appeared on stages across Canada, the USA, Central America, and Europe. In 2023, she competed in the Panama Burlesque Festival with her act “Pity the Fool,” whose development was funded by the Columbia Basin Trust. In 2024, Déjà performed and competed in the Horror Edition of the Croatia Burlesque Cabaret Festival and the Croatia Fringe Festival with her most coveted act, PIGGY. In 2025, she won the “Most Sass” Award at the Cabin Fever Burlesque Festival in Whitehorse, Yukon, and was a Featured Performer at the Toronto Burlesque Festival with PIGGY.

Her approach to live performance is informed by her background in film production. Déjà’s costumes and choreography fill the frame with high drama and exquisite detail. With an editor’s eye for pacing, rhythm, and musicality, every act is a spectacle that inspires repeat viewing.

At a local level, Déjà has been presenting workshops and classes with pioneers, industry leaders, and award-winning professionals since 2017 in Salmo, Trail, Cranbrook, Castlegar, and Nelson, BC. She has received over two dozen arts grants to invest in the development of performance artists across the upper Columbia Basin, while providing affordable opportunities such as the Salmo Photo Booth Project and intensive weekends with The Screaming Chickens, Belle Jumelles, The Foxy Lexxi, Margo Mayhem, and the 2023 Queen of Burlesque, SamsonNight from Broadway NYC.

In early 2025, Déjà launched Canada’s first podcast dedicated solely to Canadian burlesque artists: The Howling Tales — “An animated experience with hoots, howls, and a bit of hell raising. Déjà Louve chats with members of the Canadian burlesque industry.”

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• Awarded an Artist Grant by the Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance for Art Funding to Communities for the LOVE BITES "Clowning Workshop"  in Cranbrook, BC, 2025
• Awarded a Professional Arts Festival Grant by the Province of British Columbia to cover some of the expenses associated with our Headliner & Workshop fees for the 2024 Queen City Burlesque Expo. 
• Awarded an Artist Grant by the Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance for Touring for the "Kootenay Vaudeville Affair" in Creston, Nelson, Trail, and Cranbrook BC, 2023
• Awarded an Artist Grant by the Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance for Art Funding to Communities for the "Salmo PhotoBooth Project" with Salmo based Photographer Yanive Feiner.
• Awarded an Artist Grant by the Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance for Arts & Culture Mentoring & Master Classes for the "Queen City Burlesque Weekend Mentorship: Broadway to Baker with Midnight Mayhem", 2023
• Awarded a Neighbourhood Small Grants contribution for "Uplifting Safer Spaces: A Discussion with Cherry Cheeks" Online, 2023
• Awarded a Neighbourhood Small Grants contribution for "Bare Basics Burlesque: A Free Workshop with Deja Louve" in Salmo, BC, 2022
• Awarded a Grant by the Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance for Major Projects Arts & Culture for the "Queen City Burlesque Weekender", 2022
• Awarded an Artist Grant by the Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance for Arts & Culture Mentoring & Master Classes for the "Queen City Burlesque Weekend Workshops", 2022
• Awarded an Artist Grant by the Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance for Art Funding to Communities for the Queen City Burlesque Expo "Teaser Show" in Salmo, BC, 2022
• Awarded a Neighbourhood Small Grants contribution for "Sass Classes with Jake the Lady" in Salmo, BC, 2021
• Awarded an Artist Grant by the Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance for Arts & Culture Mentoring & Master Classes for the Burlesque Weekend Intensive II "Feels & Heels" by Portia Favro, 2021
• Awarded an Artist Grant by the Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance for Art Funding to Communities for the development of the act "Pity the Fool", 2021

• BurlyCon, Invited Presenter Liaison, 2020
• Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend, Rehearsal Assistant + Various Tasks, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
• Vancouver International Burlesque Festival, Assistant front & back of house, 2012, 2013, 2014
• Lucitera School of Dance, Student Showcases, Stage Manager & Assistant

• BurlyCon, 2014, 2017-2020
• Vancouver Burlesque Centre
• Yoga Teacher Training, Langara College
• Pilates Teacher Training, Pilates Institute of Canada
• The Dark Side Studios, Basic Black Intensive with Audra Simmons
• Angelina McKeller Thorne
• Luciterra School of Dance