A captivating combination of glamor, humor and sensuality. From elaborate costumes and stunning props to sultry dance numbers and exciting performances, burlesque transports audiences to a bygone era of elegance and intrigue.
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Rose Lee
American burlesque entertainer, also an actress, author and playwright, whose memoir was made into the stage musical and film
Cyd
Charisse
American dancer and actress known for her glamorous looks and sensual technically flawless dancing in movie musicals.
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the history
of burlesque
1866
Women continued to successfully win back all the points from men when Laura Keene presented The Black Crook on Broadway.
In modern terms, the first real blockbuster appeared: songs, dances, almost a hundred actresses in flesh-colored stockings created the effect of a bomb exploding.
1861
Ada Isaac Mencken staged a burlesque based on Lord Byron's poem "Mazeppa", appearing before the audience tied to a horse in a flesh-colored tights simulating nudity.
This was the birth of the burlesque genre as we understand it today, a vibrant fusion of humor, dance, and theatrical performance that captivating audiences.
1831
The first plays in the burlesque genre began to be written by the Englishman James Planche, who in 1831 created burlesque parodies of ancient myths.
The audience liked the productions largely due to the magnificent costumes, which, at the request of the playwright, were historically accurate. This is how burlesque took its first steps towards becoming a theatrical art.
There was no glamor in the modern sense in the 19th century, and burlesque actresses took the place of sex symbols. This was the time when feminists began to seriously fight for equality with men.
the revolution
Suffragettes, defending women's voting rights and economic freedom, organized acts of disobedience, chained themselves to gates and staged demonstrations in the streets.
New burlesque
The twentieth century was on the threshold, and burlesque became one of the signs of the new time. Mae West, Zorita, Sherry Britton, Sally Rand shone in this field.
Dita von Teese raised the art of burlesque to new heights. An example of modern burlesque is the video of the performance of the world star and Kalani Kokonuts.
ANatomy of the
burlesque girl
