{"id":10879,"date":"2011-10-24T18:10:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T18:10:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:01:50","slug":"calamity-chang-asian-burlesque-dancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10879","title":{"rendered":"Calamity Chang – Asian Burlesque Dancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

A good friend of mine, right here on AsianceMagazine recently sent me a photo of Calamity Chang with a comment saying, \u201cSteven Speliotis would love this…\u201d
\nMy reply was, \u201cNow, Why would you Think that?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The photo was of the glamorous Calamity Chang dressed in classic burlesque style, arched back, smiling as she was pouring an oversized martini glass of glitter onto her chest…… mmm Now why would I love that?<\/p>\n

I had to find out for myself, who this goddess Calamity Chang is & here’s what I found…<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy the read & come to her burlesque shows. They’re sexy, fun and admission is a smile..<\/p>\n

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\n credit my easily adaptable nature to the fact that we moved around so much and that I had to learn 3 languages. I left Texas immediately after high school and went to Cornell University.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Calamity Chang<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

ASIANCE: What is your Asian Heritage? <\/h3>\n

Calamity:<\/b> Chinese<\/p>\n

ASIANCE: Where are you from? When did you get to New York? <\/h3>\n

Calamity:<\/b> I was born in Taipei, Taiwan. We left Taiwan when I was eight years old and we lived in Bolivia, South America for three years. Then we immigrated to the US when I was 11. We moved around a lot \u2013 Florida & many different cities in Texas. I credit my easily adaptable nature to the fact that we moved around so much and that I had to learn 3 languages. I left Texas immediately after high school and went to Cornell University. After undergraduate I moved to NYC permanently.<\/p>\n

ASIANCE: How did you first get introduced to Burlesque? <\/h3>\n

Calamity:<\/b> I saw The Starshine Burlesque show at Rififi\u2019s more than 6 years ago and was under the spell ever since!<\/p>\n

ASIANCE: What is the appeal of Burlesque for you? <\/h3>\n

Calamity:<\/b> The glamour, the costumes, the theatricality, and celebrating the female form.<\/p>\n

ASIANCE: When did you know you wanted to be a performer and now a producer? <\/h3>\n

Calamity:<\/b> I always knew I wanted to perform, but producing was forced on me when my friend Peter Klein, ex-owner and chef of West Village restaurant Chow Bar, asked me to produce \u201cDim Sum Burlesque\u201d on Sunday nights. He insisted that I produce, host, and perform in the show myself. I followed the path and it has led to many good things.<\/p>\n