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Sally Rand (born Helen Gould Beck; April 3, 1904 – August 31, 1979) [3] was an American burlesque dancer, vedette, and actress, famous for her ostrich-feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance. She also performed under the name Billie Beck. Rand got her start as a chorus girl before working as an acrobat and traveling theater performer.
The format usually called for two lowbrow burlesque comedians, several showgirls, and a featured burlesque dancer. Tops in Burlesque headlined burlesque star Betty Rowland; Tomb It May Concern was a comedy sketch set in Egypt, with explorers discovering dancing girls among ancient tombs. These "for men only" attractions sold so well that Merle ...
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Retired dancer Jennie Lee started collecting burlesque memorabilia when she owned the Sassy Lassy nightclub in San Pedro, California.After Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer, she and her husband moved to an abandoned goat farm in Helendale, California, located in the Mojave Desert about one third of the way between Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
Burlesque performers — people who have been professional burlesque entertainers during their careers. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Heather Renée Sweet (born September 28, 1972), known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, actress, and businesswoman. [1] She is credited with re-popularizing burlesque performance, earning the moniker "Queen of Burlesque".
Yes, it does, according to burlesque professionals in Alberta, Canada, where the Gaming and Liquor Commission lumps them with strippers and exotic dancers, labeling all their acts "nude ...
Burlesque can be used to describe particular movements of instrumental musical compositions, often involving dance rhythms. Examples are the Burlesca, in Partita No. 3 for keyboard (BWV 827) by Bach , the "Rondo-Burleske" third movement of Symphony No. 9 by Mahler , and the "Burlesque" fourth movement of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 .