Co-Director, Videographer, Editor
With Love, From Dragon City grew out of a desire to peek behind the velvet curtain and find out what Burlesque means to the dancers themselves.
Mishann Lau is an interactive artist and filmmaker who has been making short films and working in the film industry here in Toronto. Together with Dainty Smith, a storyteller, performer, and organizer of “Les Femmes Fatales”, a femme burlesque troupe for Black and People of Colour performers, they created a space for showgirls to be their full selves.
With Love, From Dragon City opens up the mic and gives performers Dainty Smith, Kimora Koi, and Suki Tsunami a chance to tell their stories and talk about what the art form of burlesque means to them, personally, politically, and artistically.
