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The Ibiza Burlesque Festival 2020 Online Edition was dedicated to Australian Princess of Pop, Kylie Minogue. 
We were very excited that she engaged with us on Twitter liking the performance by Sassy La Showdoll to Two Hearts.



Our festival director, Sapphira, was inspired to move to London to pursue her singing career following the example of Kylie who also comes from Melbourne. When we launched the Ibiza Burlesque Festival in 2017 we realised Kylie had also been trailblazing on the Balearic Island headlining at Manumission in 1995.


For this festival we met with Dawn Hindle, the owner of Ibiza Rocks and co-founder of Manumission who was our guest interviewee and has been mentoring us with ideas for the festival. She is now owner of Pikes Hotel where Kylie stayed in her early days on the Island.

Our dedication included two burlesque performances adapted to Kylie songs.

Two Hearts by Zoe Kee – Kylie Minogue Tribute

Locomotion by Sassy La Showdoll – Kylie Minogue Tribute

We also had a burlesque dance class with Kween Kong to a Kylie track.



Sapphira read a chapter from her memoir ‘Burlesque or Bust‘ about her early days starting in burlesque in a costume dubbed ‘The Kylie’.

The footage of ‘The Kylie’ costume was included as part of the festival video programme.

Sapphira in ‘The Kylie’ – Kylie Minogue Tribute

Ibiza Burlesque Festival Cast Vote – Favourite Kylie Song

We had a little poll amongst the cast and crew about their favourite Kylie songs and this is what we learnt.

Blue Virtue	All The Lovers
Dawn Hindle	Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
DJ Masyga	Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
Nonna Kareva	Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
Rock’n’Doll	Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
Sapphira	Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
Sapphira & Emilio Merone	Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
Scarlett James	Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
Anthony Pappa	Confide In Me
Brandy Montmartre	Confide In Me
Joelle D’amour	Confide In Me
Sugar Kane	Confide In Me
Tonestepa	Confide In Me
Kween Kong	It’s In Your Eyes
Paul Belly Dancer	It’s In Your Eyes
Boris Kynozez	Slow
Ruby Joule	Slow
Maestro Maestra	Spinning Around
Danny Rampling	Step Back In Time
Violet Heart	Love At First Sight
Violette Coquette	Locomotion
Zoe Kee	Can’t Get Your Out Of My Head
Adora Belle	I Should Be So Lucky
Kitten Kaboodle	Locomotion

We had so much fun dedicating our festival to Kylie and we hope we can invite her to be our guest of honour in future years or, better still, get her to join us on the stage!