KINGSTON TWP. — Women gathered for a burlesque workshop at The Silver Broomstick on Saturday did much more than learn how to move, they learned how to appreciate their body and feel good about ...

For the performers of Birthday Suit Burlesque, body positivity comes from getting onstage and doing seductive, funny, or shocking numbers at their monthly themed shows. The troupe’s upcoming Under the ...

Mercury Stardust doesn’t know what exactly drew her to Madison’s punk-oriented burlesque dancing scene, she wouldn’t be who she is now without it. Surprisingly, “getting naked in front of strangers” ...

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 ...

Performing runs like blood through Tiana Otto's veins. "I've always been fascinated by circus art and vaudeville," said Otto, better known by her stage name Scarlette Revolver. "I've done sideshow, ...

Rehearsal starts in 30 minutes, and everyone is standing around in lingerie. They’re undressed and ready to dance. This isn’t ballet or jazz-dancing. It’s burlesque. Lingerie is the required uniform — ...

In the Depression-era days of Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque dancing was about as naughty, and as nude, as it got in public. The emphasis was on the tease more than the strip, until Playboy and harder-core ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. To move through life in a woman’s body is an inherently political act. Society, for centuries and across ...

Gypsy Rose Lee appeared nude on the front page of the Austin American on a random Monday in 1937. The famous burlesque dancer, whose memoir inspired the Broadway musical “Gypsy,” perches on a Moroccan ...