Kiva Siani (fka Sheila Starr Siani) has become an icon in the L.A. Burlesque scene since stepping onto Lili VonSchtupp's Monday Night Tease Stage in 2011, but her dance roots go back to her childhood and include Polynesian, Samba, Afro-Caribbean, hip-hop, belly dance, and a few other styles she has dipped her toes in. Her greatest love, tho, is the striptease.

At 18, and with the urge of a fellow gogo dancer, she auditioned at the local nudie bar, was hired on the spot and the rest is history. By the way, she just turned 43... if you do math, that means she has been a striptease artist for 25 years. She is known for her slow-burn, grace, and the raw, vulnerable sensuality she drips all over the stage.
For the last 15 years, she has been teaching the sensual art of surrendering to yourself in the momentwhiling doing serious mom duty and performing on some well known and international stages in between.