Domina M, you can make the argument that most lawyers are also performance artists. (LOL!)

About your point about burlesque performers I just remembered Bunny Glamazon, who is more on the bodybuilder side of domination, was one. She's 6' 6" or 6' 7" in heels. I sessioned with her once and she was great for my Amazon role play.

I've met "showgirls" who became dominas. One of the mistresses I mentioned in my original post, now retired, was a Vegas showgirl who has great legs. She said she always had a dominant personality (very true), so when she got tired hearing middle aged guys hitting on her late in her career she turned to domination and scissoring.

Another lady was classic old school and a blunt New Yorker from the mid-1980s, Betty, who as a showgirl at the old Copacabana in the early '60s and had celebrity pictures to prove it. Betty was around 50 at the time, 6' in heels, busty, had redwoods for legs, and sessioned in a studio apartment on the upper East Side she kept just for that purpose. Betty was creative & flexible, but in complete control. And she was selective - no ads. I met her through Ava Taurel. But Betty wasn't strictly a domina since she offered other services.