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Kevin Aviance
Kevin Aviance (born Eric Snead on June 22, 1968 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American female impressionist, Club/Dance musician, and fashion designer and nightclub personality.〔Munoz, 423-42.〕〔Lust, 177.〕 He is a known personality in New York City's gay scene and has performed throughout North America, Europe and Asia.〔Munoz, 423-4.〕〔Wright, 85.〕 He is a member of the ''House of Aviance'', a local gay performer's group.〔Munoz, 435.〕 He is known for his trademark phrase, ''"Work. Fierce. Over. Aviance!"'' He won the 1998 and 1999 Glammy Awards, the award for nightlife personalities in New York City.〔Quohnos Mitchell, "Next: On the Verge- Kevin Aviance", page 106, ''Vibe'', October 2000.〕
== Career ==
Aviance was raised in Richmond, Virginia, in a close-knit family of eight siblings.〔 His father provided for them as a landscape contractor.〔 From an early age, Aviance dedicated himself to the study of music and theatre, his first experience in drag was in the seventh grade.〔 His early influences were "punk, Boy George, Devo, and Grace Jones".〔 He moved to Washington D.C. where he worked as a hairdresser and did drag performances.〔 He developed a bad crack habit but with help of the House of Aviance he was able to overcome it, after his initiation in the house he took the name Kevin Aviance.〔 He later moved to New York City and made a name for himself as a dancer/performer at Sound Factory, a club mainly for queer Latinos and blacks.〔 Major DJs and club promoters saw him performing and started hiring him, he became one of a handful of drag performers in NYC able to support themselves solely on performances.〔 His career as a performance artist and club personality began in Washington, DC, continued in Miami, and eventually landed him in New York City. In 1989, the House of Aviance 〔(''House of Aviance'' )〕 was founded in Washington by Mother Juan Aviance. In July 1999 Aviance performed as part of Billboard's sixth annual Dance Music Summit.〔"Dance Music Summit Update", page 24, ''Billboard'', July 10, 1999.〕
Aviance has appeared in several films, including ''Flawless'' starring Robert De Niro and the independent film ''Punks''. Besides his feature-film work he has made guest appearances on such shows as ''The Tyra Banks Show'', and ''America's Next Top Model'', also hosted by Tyra Banks. His songs ''Din Da Da'', ''Rhythm Is My Bitch'', ''Alive'', ''Give It Up'' and ''Strut'', have all reached Number 1 of the Billboard dance chart. The only one of his singles not to peak at Number 1 to date is ''Dance For Love''. Aviance's most successful dance radio hit to date is ''Give It Up'' released in 2004. His second album, ''Entity'' is a more consistent effort than his first.
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