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Chrys Columbine (born 23 January 1980) is a British Neo-burlesque performer and classically trained pianist.

Early Life
Chrys Columbine was born in London, England. As a child she was obsessed with old Hollywood icons, like Vivienne Leigh and Audrey Hepburn, and has always had a passion for vintage style and entertainment of an era that depicted timeless beauty.

Chrys started learning the piano at the age of ten. She attended the Guildhall School of Music and was also under the expert tutelage of Japanese concert pianist Junko Kobayashi. She achieved ABRSM Grade 1-5 in year, and has an ABRSM Grade 8 Distinction, Diploma, and a BA Honours Degree in Music from The University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

In the early 2000s when she realised burlesque was making a comeback, she decided to combine her training as a classical pianist with her love of the burlesque art form.

Burlesque Career
Chrys started out as a burlesque dancer the early 2000’s. In 2005, Chrys appeared on stage with Gwendoline L’Amour, the then British Burlesque pioneer, at Eddie Izzard’ s birthday party in central London. Within a year Chrys was performing at venues all over the world, including Volupte (a burlesque supper club in London), the Savoy, the Cannes Film Festival, the Sydney Opera House and the Queen Mary Ocean Liner Long Beach, CA. She was interviewed by Podge and Rodge before performing on their televised show in Dublin. Around the same time she made an appearance alongside Dita Von Teese on ITV’s The Fashion Show.

She went on to be the first burlesque performer allowed on a stage in the UAE, where she performed on the 43rd floor of the Shangri La hotel in Dubai. In November 2015 she had her own show in the Middle East, the Art of Burlesque at Beirut’s prestigious Casino du Liban. It was a sell out show that was highly acclaimed by the Lebanese press aEnd was televised in Lebanon on MTV, on New Year’s Eve 2016. Chrys also appear in UAE Style Magazine

Chrys Columbine has worked alongside a wide range of artists from Bobby Davro and Peter Andre to the rock band The Damned.

In 2010, she was a headline act on the UK and European tour of An Evening of Burlesque, and made her comeback in 2022.