“When you do the shimmy,” explains Lola Van Ella, St. Louis burlesque dancer and owner of Van Ella Studios, “think of it as you have two elevator buttons right in front of your shoulders and you’re ...

Cherokee Rose, who won the prize for "most classic" dancer at the 2012 "Great Burlesque Exposition," performs at the opening of this year's conference. (Greg Cook) The crowd arriving last night for ...

Burlesque combines dance, music, and parody as a way to both celebrate and ridicule sexuality—and studies suggest dancers can reap social and emotional benefits.

On the first night of the Oregon Burlesque Festival, performer Eva D'Luscious takes the stage for a high heel shoe-themed solo act on Sept. 20, 2024. On a warm Friday night in September, a crowd ...

Anyone familiar with the burlesque scene in Buffalo has heard the name Jamie “Miss J” Doktor. Jamie first got her start in burlesque back in the days of Roxy’s as a co-founding member of The ...

In its spring 2022 showcase “Sexy Deadly Sins,” B. Burlesque featured solos which promoted body positivity, celebrated Black and queer people of color and of course, showcased the wonders of burlesque ...

Burlesque dancer Raven recalls a time when, after a performance, an audience member wanted to take a photo with the cast. But she wasn’t in the picture — they handed her the camera so she could ...

Body confidence and self-love – or at least accepting our s0-called "flaws" – is having a moment. Thanks to the plethora of body-positive Instagrammers and the rise of publications like ours (and many ...

Take it from a professional -- Velcro is just not hot. "It catches on everything," admonishes Kitty Victorian, burlesque dancer extraordinaire, with a wink. "It will snag and destroy bits of your ...

ROCHESTER — There wasn’t much time for the two first-time burlesque dancers to get nervous before performing at Bleu Duck on Saturday, Aug. 20. The two were the first ones on the lineup of performers ...