[3] She was the star of Troupe Kaira, a traveling circus act, and performed with the Cirque Fernando, based in Montmartre.

[1][7] She played venues such as the Folies Bergère[8][9] in Paris, the Royal Aquarium in London, and the Gaiety Theatre in Manchester.

[5] One of her signature acts involved being "pulled up to the height of the circus tent by biting down on a rope."

[12] Edgar Degas's portrait of her hangs in the National Gallery in London, England.

[5][10] From Oct. 2018 through February 2019, the portrait appeared in Posing Modernity: The Black Muse from Manet to Matisse and Beyond, an exhibit at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, curated by Dr. Denise Murrell.