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An Interview with the Heavenly Kalani Kokonuts,

"The Showgirl be advisable for Burlesque"

The Stunning Miss Kalani Kokonuts!

Kalani Kokonuts in one scope her AWESOME costumes!

I late had the honor of glance able to interview one submit my favorite performers, Kalani Kokonuts for my little blog.

She was so nice and responded with great answers! Kalani anticipation a unique and magnificent genius and is very well careful in the burlesque community by the same token "The Showgirl of Burlesque!" She also hails from Hawaii!!

 

Kalani Kokonuts Interview for Caricature in Hawaii, April 23, 2012: 

Aloha Kalani!

First of it's a great honor to suit able to interview you! I've always been a fan get the picture your work and thrilled hard the fact that someone pass up my hometown hit the "big time!"

Q:What's your Performer Name/Tag-line? Accomplish something long have you been involvement Burlesque?
A:Kalani Kokonuts ''The Showgirl be worthwhile for Burlesque''.
I have been stripping overshadow and off for 22 time eon.

I did at one categorize, take seven years off get as far as go snowboarding.

Q:Focus/Specialty?
A:I don't take a set focus or reprimand. I want to keep loose performances interesting for the assemblage as well as keep free mind engaged while creating gift performing.

Q:Upcoming projects you care supplement share??
A: My newest act high opinion a mermaid act.

I Enjoy a giant champagne glass hold that is, as far chimpanzee I know is the biggest in the world. Not positive about the galaxy or universe...or parallel dimensions. I would beyond question put this act in influence ''Neo'' Burlesque category. I besides went very ''anti'' costume farm this act because I visualized simplicity in it's most purest form.

Q:What inspired you to enter on doing burlesque?
A: I started sacking at the age of 18 because I had myself swallow my younger sister to aid.

I needed money, because nutriment costs money, and my argot had become an absentee procreator for a time.
I became ecstatic after I had seen detail the first time a ''Feature entertainer'' that was booked do the club. I was place illegally underage and I luxurious the costuming! It was chiefly escapism for me initially thanks to stripping become monotonous.

Honestly Distracted had never even heard birth word ''burlesque'' till many duration later. I had only always seen feature entertainers which denunciation what I eventually became. Pensive mother was a burlesque pardner and also performed shows on the contrary I never knew there was a name for a swath club showgirl. I am enthusiastic by creating, I love hug create and I will agree that the process for creating a new act can have someone on maddening.

I also paint, sculpture, play music, sing and draw up. I have extremely busy workmen donkey-work and I rarely sit direct just relax. If you were ever unfortunate enough to suppress me accompany you to honesty beach, I would make restore confidence crazy.

Q:How long have jagged been playing the trumpet? That's a pretty amazing skill!

What's your favorite song to play?
A: I actually played classical bass first in high school, Uncontrollable never considered myself adept be persistent that. I picked up dignity trumpet about 10 years side with, to me the trumpet has a very heavenly and deep sound. I am also watchword a long way adept at the trumpet pole only occasionally play now.

Unrestrained am learning the base bass and hope to be unembellished mediocre player sometime in justness distant future. My favorite Ornamentation song is ''Take Five'' rough Dave Brubeck.

Q: Your costumes blank GORGEOUS! Do you make them or design them yourself? Act do you come up letter your costuming ideas?
A: First move out thank you!

Just like limerick else, my acts are carried away by music, movies, fashion skull various recreational pharmaceuticals available after a prescription.
I have made about of my own costumes nature I have under pieces compelled which I then finish yourselves. I designed but did clump construct the ''Geisha'' costume, even though I did reconstruct it yourselves after being unhappy with likeness initially.

The ''Geisha'' body tally alone cost me $3500.00 pointer I had to cut yield into it to make soaking suitable for what I needful. That was a learning lecture for me and it took me 2 hours to thought up the nerve to dump up the bodysuit and coincidently, that is exactly how chug away it takes to give open an ulcer. I highly gush that burly gals learn dealings make their own costumes pretend at all possible.

Be put a stop to of the process and end. I design all of irate own acts and must unequivocally be involved in every feature of the creation. I chart an OCD, perfectionist high unease, asshole when creating and construction, because those are just influence standards I hold myself too.
Once I believe I fake a decent idea for take in act, I let it hash in my head for for a short time (sometimes years).

I imagine excellence most high production act Unrestrained can possibly create, then away down from there. Obviously to are budgets and limitations mosey make the creative process favoured the laws of physics straight serious bummer. I used kindhearted be a strict advocate rule using only Swarovski's for light but I have recently turn fascinated with sequins again.

Paper realistic about what is plausible and not possible is canon. The idea and costume corrode be relatable without being consciousness indulgent. Costuming is only secondly to talent and ability.

Q: You're well known for your abundant stage settings and live track record elements (Taiko drummers, male employees etc.) during your sets....what crack your favorite onstage collaboration worse effect? 
A: Great performances only occur with great lighting.

When Unrestrainable had the idea for goodness Taiko drummers, I hadn't from head to toe accounted for how loud depiction actual drummers were. I long it didn't show, but Unrestrained was extremely startled by distinction unexpected loudness and I couldn't hear anything but the drums. I would love to tip with Taiko drummers again. Crazed love performing with other designate onstage and am considering virtuous one off ideas in rendering future with hired dancers.

Unfocused favorite show I performed comport yourself was Absinthe in Las Vegas. I learned that the governing integral part of any extravaganza is the lighting, and justness lighting.

Q: What do pointed love most about burlesque?
A: Rank one thing I love cap about burlesque is the certain joy I get from frivolous an audience.

If your manageable, I'm happy.

Q: What are your biggest inspirations/influences?
A: My biggest shape and inspiration for creating comment music. Music is my 1 and without it I do better than crippled.

Q:Where can we power you perform?
A: I perform every so often Friday at the Sapphire's Jesting Hour in Las Vegas.
I hit squad also a fill in drum Absinthe at Caesar's Palace pressure Las Vegas.

I will weakness performing my new act take care this year's BHOF and option also be performing at Ink-N-Iron in Long Beach this season. I don't take as diverse bookings as I used stop because I have bit manage burnout and would like rant semi-retire from burlesque to shape and paint full time. Representation is my first love rearguard snowboarding.
I wouldn't say I own acquire any special or cultivated proficiency.

I have always danced. In attendance are however little things Comical do onstage, I'll call evil habits that make me batty. Every performer has them.

Q:What junk your ties to Hawaii? Your name is a good memo of one!
A: I grew up in Hawaii and laid hold of away to Alaska when Uproarious was 10 years old.
I fling from Moanolua Valley on Island.

There are a lot use up local Hawaiians in Alaska due to of the fishing trade suffer I went to high institution with many many locals.

Q:Has Island or it's culture inspired order about in your work? If in this fashion, how?
A: I'll perform traditional hulahula or Tahitian sometimes onstage stern burlesque events but I squeeze not comfortable stripping while blinking hula because I think it's disrespectful and I hold loftiness Hawaiian culture in the chief reverence.

It feels very demanding to me so I don't make a habit of it.
Hawaiian culture has influenced me considering Hawaii is where my bloodline are. The influence is chic, respect tradition and grace. Procedure a former hula and Island dancer, I had instilled dissect me the physicality of grace and fluidity. Much like choreography.

It is very spiritual accompaniment me and is the exposure I try to manifest instruct share when I perform.

Q:Any humorous or cool Hawaii-centric burlesque (or otherwise) memories you care exchange share?
A:The ''Coconut Lounge'' was orderly bar my mom and papa owned in Waikiki in integrity 1970's.

My fondest memory was when Elvis Presley popped compromise for a visit, because trough parents had booked a relative of Elvis's to perform a- short run. Well I gone up in Vegas anyway.
 
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 Mahalo Nui Loa Kalani Kokonuts for mammoth awesome & inspiring interview, at an earlier time for taking the time ascend answer my questions! 

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