Hey! My name is Dani and I am a 34 year old Burlesque performer, aerialist, fire performer and mum of 1 from Wexford! I live for Dance, performance and i am a advocate for body confidence sex positivity.

Its is a fantastic opportunity for people to show their worth and to challenge the fashion industry and media ideals that their is ‘an ideal’ body type. All bodies are beautiful. I am a firm advocate that if you be uniquely and unapologetically you and love yourself then all the rest will follow. This show is a fantastic platform to promote that ideal

So, sometimes we all have days, weeks, months and even years where we hate our bodies. Hate how we look and in turn hate how we feel and sometimes even hate how we feel about how we look (I know, crazy right?) I have struggled all my life with body Dysmorphic disorder. I see my body image in a very different light to how others see me and it has resulted in a rocky road of depression and anxiety. I've taken a new approach lately to how I look and feel. It occurred to me that I can't feel good about how I look until I actually mentally feel good first. When I am mentally happy and healthy my physical health and wellbeing also flourishes. So I've been posting a lot of images on social media which I'm sure some of my followers will find questionable. In short, my bits that would usually be locked away from sight are now out in the open. (Eeeeeeek 😱) We all have wobbly, nobbily, lumpy bumpy bits that we shudder to think about but I've decided to stop shuddering. Stop caring what other people's ideals about 'the perfect body' are and start focusing on the positive things ' I DO' appreciate about myself. The things that make me unique and beautiful. My Burlesque classes promote body positivity and sexual positivity. We focus on allowing ourselves to look at our bodies in a different light. See them for the incredible things they can do instead of what we think they look like. Burlesque is for everyone. All shapes, all sizes and all styles. I inspire my students to allow themselves to love everything about themselves and in turn seeing their confidence bloom inspires me to keep going. We are a supportive and inclusive family and anyone is welcome. Keep your mind healthy by avoiding negativity and external stressers as well as the ones we fabricate within ourselves. Be unapologetically and uniquely you and above all else LOVE YOURSELF AND THE REST WILL FOLLOW!