The sixth annual Arizona Burlesque Festival is strutting over to Fourth Avenue with two days of competition, variety acts and workshops featuring performers from all over the southwest. Matt Finish, ...

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 ...

Sauntering toward me in the cafe is the legendary burlesque dancer Velvet Ice. She came of age in the funky ’70s but on this Thursday is adorned in a modern black fleece, dark denim flares, and wedge ...

Think of it as a convention of tassels, pasties and feather fans. Boasting five distinctive burlesque shows, nine workshops and a host of parties, the sixth annual New Orleans Burlesque Festival opens ...

Jaimz Dillman isn’t going anywhere. And neither is her Corsets & Cuties brand. But as her burlesque troupe prepares to mark its 10th-anniversary season, she is changing things up. Dillman, known to ...

The burlesque dancer Coby Yee began her stage career in San Francisco, in the nineteen-forties. She rose to popular acclaim at night clubs like the Chinese-themed cabaret Forbidden City, which was ...

Isle of Wight dancers shone at the Burlesque Chair Dance finals in Blackpool. The best of burlesque competition took place on Saturday, November 16, at the Viva Centre. Isle of Wight dancers excelled, ...

After more than a year without live, in-door audiences, arts venues around Seattle continue to struggle because of the pandemic. But one group of burlesque performers have teamed up to create a new co ...