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Advertisement for a burlesque troupe, 1898 Souvenir programme for Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué. American burlesque is a genre of variety show derived from elements of Victorian burlesque, music hall, and minstrel shows. Burlesque became popular in the United States in the late 1860s and slowly evolved to feature ribald comedy and female nudity.
Peggy Spencer (1920–2016), ballroom dancer, choreographer; Penelope Spencer (1901–1993), innovative free-style dancer and choreographer; Laurretta Summerscales, ballet dancer, principal dancer, Bavarian State Ballet; Lydia Thompson (1838–1908), stage dancer, burlesque actress, travelled widely across Europe and the United States
Bacon's career in burlesque began in the 1920s in Paris. In a 1930 interview, Bacon stated she decided to become a dancer when she visited Paris despite never having had any training. While in Paris, she met Maurice Chevalier and later premiered in his revue. [6] During her career, she used bubbles, flowers and fans in her nude dance routines. [7]
Vedette is a French word that designates the star of a show, at the top of the billing. [1] The meaning of the term has changed over the years. From the early twentieth century, it began to be used for the main female artists in cabaret shows such as burlesque, vaudeville, music hall or revue.
"Burlesque is more than stripping," she said. "It is beautiful costumes, comics, production numbers and much more." [1] La Rose was said to have been the first strip tease dancer to be paid over $2,000 a week. [2] At the height of her fame in the 1940s and 1950s, she was reported to have commanded $2,500 a week on the national burlesque circuit ...
Delpino was a chorus girl, comedian, and dancer, touring the United States and Canada [1] on the vaudeville and burlesque stages in the 1920s. She was described as "one of the most beautiful women on vaudeville... dark and alluring". [2] She shared an "ultra smart" comedy act [3] with comedian Bert Lahr, [4] [5] usually billed as "Lahr & Mercedes".
These women, who began stripping in their teens, made between $700 and $2,000 a week. With burlesque thriving in New York (there were now 14 burlesque theaters, including Minsky's rivals), competition was fierce. Each year, various license commissioners issued restrictions to keep burlesque from pushing the limits.
Hinda Wausau (1906–1980) aka Hinda Wassau, Hinda Wasau, or Hindu Wausau, was a star stripteaser in burlesque.She claimed, and has been credited with, inadvertently inventing the striptease around 1928 at either the Haymarket or State-Congress Theater in Chicago when her costume started coming off during a shimmy dance. [1]