Miss Exotic World Pageant Winners!

Did I really think I was going to have time to blog on this wild trip???
I just have to make this post happen, though. Thanks to all the performers, the producers, volunteers, and audience of the show, and congratulations to the winners!
Best Debut

Perle Noire
Image from Perle’s myspace
Best Duo

Jewel of Denial and Kat Bardot
Image from Jewel’s […]

Kids These Days! A Report from Alpha Psi Ecdysia

Some of my students from upstate are performing in Manhattan Thursday night! Here’s a report on how this came about. I wanted to edit their workshop feedback because I got shy reading it, it was too sweet. But I’m not going to censor the piece because it’s too complimentary, that’s for sure.
Article by Lucida Sans
Most […]

Breast Defense in BUST Magazine!

There’s an article about The Keep A Breast Foundation in the June/July issue of BUST Magazine (which also features some of my favorite busty burlesque performers!).
Here’s an announcement from the Burlesque Hall of Fame
‘May 12, 2008, Las Vegas, NV - The Burlesque Hall of Fame and The Keep A Breast Foundation are pleased to announce […]

Angie Pontani’s Tribute to Blaze Starr

Blaze Starr on a sofa, smmmmmmmmokin’!
I’ve always been inspired by Angie Pontani’s timing, dance ability, and sense of mischief, and I was thrilled when she began adding solo striptease performances back into her shows.
One of the first numbers I saw her do as a striptease was her tribute to Blaze Starr. I love Blaze’s story […]

Polynesian Burlesque?

‘Burlesque: The islands’ pioneer burlesque house, the Beretania Theatre, was located at 1229 Kamanuwai Lane in a congested urban slum a block mauka of Chinatown.’Here is the story behind one of Hawaii’s “firsts,” as noted by former state statistician Robert C. Schmitt.
It’s only a paragraph, but it’s a good one!
I used to teach my workshops […]