Sadie Hawkins

About Sadie

Drawing inspiration from pop culture and a childhood full of music, theater, and musical theater, Sadie Hawkins is a burlesque performer and aerialist based in Atlanta, Ga.

In 2006, Sadie and fellow DollSquad alumna Barbilicious founded Blast-Off Burlesque, and they were soon joined by good friends Ferris Hilton and Dickie Van Dyke. Known for quirky, performance art-style acts, the group has now grown to include nearly a dozen regular collaborators.

Blast-Off Burlesque produces highly-acclaimed themed SciFi-A-GoGo shows periodically, appears regularly at the Silver Scream Spook Show and as guests in other groups’ events throughout the Southeast. In 2009, Blast-Off Burlesque was voted Best Burlesque Troupe in Creative Loafing’s annual Best of Atlanta survey.

Sadie took up circus arts in 2008; she began performing and then teaching lyra (aerial hoop) in 2009. Ms. Hawkins is also exploring aerial net, silk sling, Spanish Web, still rings, trapeze, improvised apparatus, acrobalance and fire. Her aerial performance is charged with a burlesque sensibility, fusing the two arts.

Sadie is a freelance writer and marketing communicator for her day job. With her husband, she is a partner in Knottie Pictures. She practices yoga, rides vintage scooters, and is on the boards of directors for Eyedrum and the Avondale Estates Cultural Affairs Foundation, Inc.