Paco Fish thrives on duality. A former scientist, Paco is a dynamic performer of spoken and physical comedy, burlesque, boylesque, stilt walking, juggling, and any other medium where he can find a stage. Most of Paco’s characters exist in multiple forms and his acts are visual representations of the transitions between these coexisting identities. Whether playing the aggressive lion with a heart (and thong) of gold, the go-go dancer working part time as the Grim Reaper (also with a thong of gold), or the bride of indeterminate gender, Paco dismantles assumptions and defies convention with humor and passion. Paco began performing on stage with the Baltimore's underground Stolen Heart Cabaret in 2005 and was a member of the Gilded Lily Burlesque troupe from 2008 to 2010, when he left to create Sticky Buns Burlesque. In 2009, Paco competed in the Burlesque Hall of Fame's "Miss Exotic World" pageant in Las Vegas, and has performed from Boston to San Francisco and Montreal to Kansas City.