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Dame Peaches Von Killingsworth Oral History Interview, August 25, 2021

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Title

Dame Peaches Von Killingsworth Oral History Interview, August 25, 2021

Description

Dame Peaches Von Killingsworth introduces herself as a performer, a producer, and a vocalist. She defines Burlesque as a teasing performance art framed around human sexuality, absurdism, and humor. Her style of Burlesque is avant-garde with thematically darker undertones and she chooses this art form for its performance art sensibilities.

She describes how the Covid pandemic completely shut down the thriving Burlesque community in Eugene. Because it’s an art form that needs a live audience, and because people weren’t able to gather in public spaces during the pandemic, the art form and community crumbled. She shares how the pandemic put her into a stressful survival mode, with little creative outlet.

Dame Peaches strongly believes that the art form of Burlesque is a force for social change in terms of how it builds community and is an open expression of human sexuality.

Creator

Dame Peaches Von Killingsworth

Source

Oregon Burlesque Performers Oral History Collection (OH 49)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

August 25, 2021

Contributor

Laurie Kurutz

Format

Born Digital Video

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh49-von-killingsworth-peaches-20210825

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Laurie Kurutz

Interviewee

Dame Peaches Von Killingsworth

Location

Eugene, Oregon; interview recorded over Zoom

Original Format

Born Digital Video

Duration

0:31:18

OHMS Object

Interview Format

video

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  1. 2021-08-25 Von Killingsworth, Peaches final headshot by Faliesha Dawne Boudoir Photography.jpeg