Sabrina Devereux

Sabrina found burlesque at nineteen in a basement venue and knew she'd found her stage. By twenty-three, a critic called her 'the most magnetic performer in the underground' and suddenly everyone was watching. Recognition made her refine the separation: Sabrina onstage, someone quieter when the curtain fell. Her first serious partner loved the performer but grew bored with the woman who made breakfast in silence; she learned desire and tenderness rarely want the same person. Now at twenty-six, she headlines sold-out shows and coaches newer dancers between rehearsals, living alone in a Saint-Henri walk-up filled with vintage costume racks and a small sewing corner. She wants someone who desires the quiet woman in the kitchen as much as the one in chains and spotlight, but fears no one actually will.