Neo-Burlesque: Striptease as Transformation

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Tempest Storm was a featured dancer and among her many travels starred in Oakland, California, Las Vegas, Reno and Portland, Oregon. Though, she also had a few burlesque rivalries along the way. As you can see (above) Tempest Storm and Evelyn West were in competition. In 1951 Le Crazy Horse de Paris opened its doors and became known for its mostly nude showgirl acts. Although it has seen struggles, its constant innovation has seen it become more popular than ever. She went onto minor film roles even starring alongside Mamie Van Doren in 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964). Though her crowning glory was founding The Exotic Dancers’ League of North America (EDL). Fowler, H. W., rev. Sir Ernest Gowers (1965). Modern English Usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 68 and 96 After the criminalisation of burlesque shows in New York, the genre went further afield. The rise of other forms of entertainment, however, saw its slow decline. To keep clientelle much of burlesque evolved into what we know now as modern strip clubs.

Moss, Harold Gene. "Popular Music and the Ballad Opera", Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Autumn, 1973), pp. 365–82, University of California Press, accessed 2 February 2011 (subscription required) a b "Burlesque show", Encyclopædia Britannica, Online Library Edition, accessed 16 February 2011 (subscription required) Gänzl, Kurt. "Edwardes, George Joseph (1855–1915)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 3 February 2011 (subscription required) Blaze Starr was the queen of Baltimore burlesque for over 20 years. Though speaking of her first performance, she said she, “burned with embarrassment, not shame.”They also have a very modern style, using lights to create the tease burlesque is known for. This has attracted celebrity guest performers like Carmen Electra, Pamela Anderson and, their very first, Dita Von Teese. Victorian burlesque related to and in part derived from traditional English pantomime "with the addition of gags and 'turns'." [25] In the early burlesques, following the example of ballad opera, the words of the songs were written to popular music; [26] later burlesques mixed the music of opera, operetta, music hall and revue, and some of the more ambitious shows had original music composed for them. This English style of burlesque was successfully introduced to New York in the 1840s. [27] Programme: Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué

Slonimsky, Nicholas, "Burlesque show", Baker's Dictionary of Music, Schirmer Reference, New York, 1997, accessed 16 February 2010 (subscription required) Allan, Kirsty L. and Charms, G. 'Diamonds From the Rough – The Darker Side of American Burlesque striptease'

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Rogers, Delmer D. "Public Music Performances in New York City from 1800 to 1850", Anuario Interamericano de Investigacion Musical, Vol. 6 (1970), pp. 5–50, accessed 2 February 2011 (subscription required) The most influential 50s burlesque dancers, who were successful in their decade and the genre. Effeuilleuse legends in the height of their fame, up and coming burly-Q beauties and the new bad girls of burlesque. It can only be 50s burlesque. 50s Burlesque DiNardo, Kelly. "Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique"; Archive of articles, video, pictures and interviews about neo-burlesque. We tell the stories of the women who created the genre and those performing today and we came along just at the right time. Interest in burlesque was mounting and we arrived on the scene in Soho with a string of sold out shows. Stanton, p. 50; and Hunter, Jim (1982) Tom Stoppard's Plays. London: Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-11903-4, pp. 23–33, 141–146 and 237–242

Burlesque News – The Growth of Burlesque", New York Clipper, Vol. 62, No. 31, September 12, 1914, p. 18 (accessed February 28, 2017, via MyHeritage) a b c Schwandt, Erich et al. "Burlesque", Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, accessed 3 February 2011 (subscription required)Beginning in the early 18th century, the term burlesque was used throughout Europe to describe musical works in which serious and comic elements were juxtaposed or combined to achieve a grotesque effect. [16] As derived from literature and theatre, "burlesque" was used, and is still used, in music to indicate a bright or high-spirited mood, sometimes in contrast to seriousness. [16] American burlesque shows were originally an offshoot of Victorian burlesque. The English genre had been successfully staged in New York from the 1840s, and it was popularised by a visiting British burlesque troupe, Lydia Thompson and the "British Blondes", beginning in 1868. [32] New York burlesque shows soon incorporated elements and the structure of the popular minstrel shows. They consisted of three parts: first, songs and ribald comic sketches by low comedians; second, assorted olios and male acts, such as acrobats, magicians and solo singers; and third, chorus numbers and sometimes a burlesque in the English style on politics or a current play. The entertainment was usually concluded by an exotic dancer or a wrestling or boxing match. [33] Gypsy Rose Lee Hedin, Thomas F. (2001) The Petite Commande of 1664: Burlesque in the gardens of Versailles, The Art Bulletin The EDL slowly grew into a collection of burlesque costumes and memorabilia. Jennie Lee continued to preserve burlesque history, forming Exotic World museum in Helendale, California.