What would you do if you were at risk of losing your passion and career due to a neurological disorder? Such is the case of one dancer who’s determined to chronicle her journey. Rosie Wijenburg, aka Rosie Delight, is an academic and burlesque dancer battling Dystonia, “a disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that cause slow [...]
The title pretty much sums it up, folks. Feast your eyes on this delicious example of retro fetishization of foreign motifs: This featured dancer was born Mary Ellen Tillotson but went by the stage name of Kalantan. According to Wild Realm Reviews, She was a major burlesque dancer & pin-up girl of the early 1950s, [...]
The Richmond Institute of Burlesque recently hosted their Aim to Tease Student Showcase at the Canal Club in Richmond, Virgina. This venue has served the Richmond Varietease, one of Virginia’s premiere variety shows, for more than two years. On July 29, however, local authorities decided to put an abrupt end to the local burlesque tradition [...]
Sad but true; this is your third and final installment of the Doctor Sick’s burlesque series: What does it take to do a good job talking a Burlesque show? Well, it helps to have a quality show, with performers who are prepared and professional, with their music already set, the routines fully costumed and rehearsed, [...]
Get ready for your second dose of Doctor Sick’s burlesque series: There’s two types of gigs for announcers. He or she (or they) is either a member of the troupe or a hired gun. Being a member of the troupe generally leads to taking on multiple production roles (see Part 1), moreso than an outsider [...]
This week, HeyRube is delighted to present a three-part commentary on the burlesque announcing biz by guest writer Doctor Sick. Sit back and enjoy part one: The lights turn low, the pre-roll music fades out, and then some schmuck, schmuckette, or schmuck duet walks up to a mic and starts warming a crowd, so they [...]
Produced by The B. Company & Dimitris Statiris in 2010-2011, THE CIRCUS LADY: JANET FISCHIETTO is a documentary featuring the burlesque sensation Janet Fischietto, a gal who’s infatuation with seduction, circus and freakshow imagery from the 1920s and 1930s has led her to a highly imaginative and provocative performance career. “The Circus Lady on the [...]
Everyone has their own way of celebrating victories for equal marriage rights, and Coney Island just wouldn’t be Coney Island if they didn’t deliver an appropriately eccentric night of entertainment in honor of such an event. In what promises to be one of the more innovative (and relevant) burlesque events of the year, Coney’s Burlesque [...]
What better way to kick off the weekend than with a little vintage burlesque? Here to send you off with your heart all a flutter is Rosita Royce’s Bird Dance:
This June, Asheville, NC will host the 5th annual Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival. This three day event will be filled with performances and workshops, conducted by artists from across the world. The Vaudeville-inspired weekend will not only host a bevy of beauties tantalizing crowds with pasties and g-strings, but also contortionists, aerialists, fire manipulators [...]