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[[Perlé van Schalkwyk]](19*-) Is an actress and exotic dancer (using the stage name [[Gigi]]).  
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[[Perlé van Schalkwyk]](19*-) Is an actress and exotic dancer (using the stage name [[Gigi]] or [[GiGi]]).  
  
She studied at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department, where she played the girl in [[Noel Roos]]'s fully nude production of Peter Schaffer's ''[[Equus]]'' (1988).   
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She studied acting at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department, and has also trained in ballet, jazzart, mime and piano. At Stellenbosch she played the girl in [[Noel Roos]]'s fully nude production of Peter Schaffer's ''[[Equus]]'' (1988).   
  
She went on to become an exotic dancer and do shows at [[Sun City]] and elsewhere, before returning to theatre in a series of plays about a strip tease artiste ''[[Whore]]'', ''[[Nipple Caps and G-Strings]]'' and  ''[[Academy of Love]]''), written and directed by [[Deon Opperman]] and performed at the various festivals.
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Her early professional acting career included productions for [[PACT]] and [[CAPAB]], and a performance of ''[[Spellbound]]'' at [[Sun City]], after which she concentrated on exotic dancing, doing shows at [[Sun City]] and elsewhere.  
  
Other productions include ** , ''[[Hartebees]]'' ([[Alexander Strachan]], [[KKNK]], 2000), ***.  
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In the late 1990s she returned to theatre, doing a series of plays about a strip tease artiste (''[[Whore]]'', ''[[Nipple Caps and G-Strings]]'' and  ''[[Academy of Love]]''), written and directed by [[Deon Opperman]]  and performed at the various festivals. Other productions include ** , ''[[Hartebees]]'' ([[Alexander Strachan]], [[KKNK]], 2000), ***.  
  
 
She also owns a strip club.  
 
She also owns a strip club.  

Revision as of 10:52, 2 December 2015

Perlé van Schalkwyk(19*-) Is an actress and exotic dancer (using the stage name Gigi or GiGi).

She studied acting at the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department, and has also trained in ballet, jazzart, mime and piano. At Stellenbosch she played the girl in Noel Roos's fully nude production of Peter Schaffer's Equus (1988).

Her early professional acting career included productions for PACT and CAPAB, and a performance of Spellbound at Sun City, after which she concentrated on exotic dancing, doing shows at Sun City and elsewhere.

In the late 1990s she returned to theatre, doing a series of plays about a strip tease artiste (Whore, Nipple Caps and G-Strings and Academy of Love), written and directed by Deon Opperman and performed at the various festivals. Other productions include ** , Hartebees (Alexander Strachan, KKNK, 2000), ***.

She also owns a strip club.


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