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	Burlesque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Burlesque was originally a form of art that mocked by imitation, referring to everything from comic sketches to dance routines and usually lampooning the social attitudes of the upper classes.
		High burlesque refers to a burlesque imitation where a serious style is applied to commonplace or comically inappropriate subject matter — as, for example, in the literary parody and the mock-heroic.
		Low burlesque applies an irreverent, mocking style to a serious subject; an example is Samuel Butler's Hudibras, which describes the misadventures of a Puritan knight in satiric doggerel verse, using a colloquial idiom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burlesque (709 words)

	Empire Burlesque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Empire Burlesque is a 1985 album by Bob Dylan whose dated production techniques are a sticking point for contemporary critics.
		In 1991, one significant outtake from the Empire Burlesque sessions was released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased) 1961-1991.
		Empire Burlesque received its share of positive reviews, most notably a full-page review in Time Magazine, but overall the critical reception was mixed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Empire_Burlesque (3158 words)

	History of Burlesque - Part I
		Without question, however, burlesque's principal legacy as a cultural form was its establishment of patterns of gender representation that forever changed the role of the woman on the American stage and later influenced her role on the screen.
		The biggest burlesque star of the early 20th Century was dancer Millie DeLeon, an attractive brunette who tossed her garters into the audience and occasionally neglected to wear tights.
		The lead comic in a burlesque show was referred to as the "top banana," and his sidekicks were known as the second, third, etc. – supposedly because they would resort to slipping on banana peels in order to get a laugh.
	www.musicals101.com /burlesque.htm (1467 words)

	Tease-O-Rama Burlesque Convention
		Known as The Sweetheart of Burlesque Honey is a trained dancer and experienced go-go girl, She has been shimmying and shaking it for audiences at Teas-O-Rama New Orleans, San Fransicso, and Los Angeles and she performed at all three New York Burlesque Festivals.
		She has performed with the Denver, CO troupe, Burlesque As It Was since 1999 where she delighted local audiences with her ballerina stripping act, later that same year she also debuted her famous "Monkey Queen" act at the Las Vegas Grind.
		She was featured in the 2000 AandE documentary "It's Burlesque" and in the burlesque pictorial book "New Burlesque" by Katharina Bosse, the coffee table book "Burlesque and the New Bump and Grind" by Michelle Baldwin, and she has also worked with well known photographers like Albert Watson.
	www.teaseorama.com /performers/burlesque_as_it_was.html (366 words)

	burlesque. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Bryon was a major writer of the new, pun-filled burlesque.
		The extravaganza and burletta were forms of amusement similar to burlesque, the latter being primarily a musical production.
		American stage burlesque (from 1865), often referred to as “burleycue” or “leg show,” began as a variety show, characterized by vulgar dialogue and broad comedy, and uninhibited behavior by performers and audience.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bu/burlesqu.html (317 words)

	Glitzkrieg Burlesque Bombshells
		Based in Seattle, Washington with encampments in Portland and San Francisco, Glitzkrieg Burlesque was formed in 2004 by seven of the west coast's most dazzling ecdysiasts.
		Born in vaudeville houses at the turn-of-the-century, American burlesque was a campy, bawdy mix of music, variety acts, and striptease.
		Burlesque gave birth to the go-go dancers of the 1960s, but within ten years, the art form died out with the advent of modern gentleman’s clubs, and all-nude entertainment.
	www.glitzkriegburlesque.com (230 words)

	burlesque, legendary stars of the stage, collectors press
		The book is a tribute to the performers who shimmied and shook, or cut-up and clowned, for countless crowds, while striving to maintain a high level of artistry and professionalism.
		Author Jane Briggeman is the founder of "The Golden Days of Burlesque Historical Society," whose mission is to unite former stage performers and promote the story of their craft.
		Spurred by the deaths of some of burlesque's greatest names, the book captures the heart of this unique industry by highlighting the careers of selected artists and their contributions to the art form.
	www.burlesquehistory.com /burlesque_book.html (187 words)

	Burlesque and the New Bump-n-Grind by Author Michelle Baldwin
		Though burlesque has survived in the back of our cultural consciousness after being pushed aside by modern stripping in the 50s, the revival that began in the early 90s has finally brought burlesque back to the forefront of popular culture.
		From classic tributes to punk rock revisionists, women of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds are rediscovering burlesque and reinventing it.
		The women—and men!—of burlesque also receive their fleshed-out dues by a categorized peek into the various troupe styles including classical; re-creationists; revivalists; modern; circus; performance art; political; queer; bawdy singers; and comics.
	speckpress.com /books/burlesque.html (264 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for burlesque (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		burlesque BURLESQUE [burlesque] [Italmockery], form of entertainment differing from comedy or farce in that it achieves its effects through caricature, ridicule, and distortion.
		Brooklyn, N.Y. The unparalleled mistress of double entendre, West began in burlesque and continued on stage and in films to treat sex in a broad and humorous form.
		PERSPECTIVE: Burlesque tears strip off the pole dancers ; Women in raunchy underwear strip suggestively and twirl their tassels - but this is not stripping as we know it.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/02035.html (691 words)

	burlesque, history, dancer, photo, queens, costumes, The Golden Days of Burlesque Historical Society
		Jennie passed away in 1990, long before this group was created, but her interest in burlesque, it’s history and it’s people, has been a great help and inspiration to me over the years.
		People continue to be found, and as long as they worked in old time burlesque in any fashion, they are a welcome part of this group.
		Many of the names of people who were involved in burlesque are names you are probably not familiar with.
	www.burlesquehistory.com (767 words)

	History of Burlesque - Part II
		Burlesque managers relied on their lawyers, who kept coming up with legal loopholes for more than a decade.
		Reform-minded Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia closed New York's remaining burlesque houses in 1937, dismissing them as purveyors of "filth." He was not altogether wrong – by this time, most burlesque shows had degenerated into a series of bump and grind strip routines interrupted by lifeless comic bits.
		In the early 2000s, a spate of "new burlesque" shows are cropping up on both sides of the Atlantic, featuring comics, strippers and specialty acts that offer a new spin on the old "burly-q" mix.
	www.musicals101.com /burlesque2.htm (1627 words)

	Burlesque is back!
		Burlesque, a spinoff of vaudeville that was mostly geared toward working-class, male audiences, was popular entertainment in the '30s, '40s and '50s.
		Today's burlesque dancers perform at corporate parties and events, where their show is likely to be tamer than prime-time television.
		"Burlesque is very embracing of many body types," said Susannah Welbourne, one of the leaders of The Atomic Bombshells.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /theater/160251_burlesque12.html (1036 words)

	Welcome to the Fluffgirl Burlesque Society \| The News is NowPublic.com
		The Fluffgirl Burlesque Society is an organization that specializes in, but is not limited to, the revival of Burlesque.
		Burlesque was and is an inexpensive form of entertainment, otherwise known as the poor man's follies.
		It was originally a form of art that mocked by imitation, referring to everything from comic sketches to dance routines and usually lampooning the social attitudes of the upper classes.
	www.nowpublic.com /node/33427 (521 words)

	SEE Magazine: January 8, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Burlesque, an over-the-top theatrical form known for its broad, often topical humour, bawdy skits, jokes, songs, dance, and risqué performance styles–including gender-bending—dates back to the 16th century.
		Cornish is saddened that the burlesque form has devolved into the modern strip show (underlining that even in the 19th century the form relied on a certain level of titillation) lacking the more entertaining and witty aspects of the art form.
		Wright says the play not only mirrors the burlesque structure, the four actors in the show get to do a lot of gender-bending as they are called upon to develop 40 characters.
	www.seemagazine.com /Issues/2004/0108/stage1.htm (564 words)

	Paradise Regained (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Within the past five years, the new burlesque movement has exploded across the country, with young women picking up boas in droves in an attempt to re-create the classic stripteases of yesteryear, often with a modern twist.
		The museum is dedicated to reuniting the living legends of burlesque, and functions as an emotional and vital liaison between the new performers of today and the tassel-twirling starlets of decades past.
		Burlesque generally referred to the vaudeville shows in theaters, which included comedians and chorus girls along with strippers — in other words, the package deal.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/story.asp?id=8034 (3406 words)

	Important Dates in Burlesque History
		The arrival of Lydia Thompson and the British Blondes precipitates a burlesque explosion in New York.
		Hinda Wassau, leading burlesque star of the 1920s, is arrested in Chicago for showing too much flesh on stage by pretending to bring herself to climax.
		time burlesque entertainment is restricted to theaters, and strippers have to wear opaque cloths over their rear ends and nipples.
	www.anatomyofburlesque.com /datesframe.htm (2994 words)

	American Variety Stage - About these motion pictures
		Burlesque eventually also came to denote "leg shows" or acts that focused on a woman's body and featured scantily-clad women, often in the act of undressing.
		The films in this collection do not represent the full range of burlesque on the variety stage, especially because burlesque often relied on dialogue and song, and was longer in length than films of the time.
		Still, filmmakers took burlesque subjects as their inspiration and often captured burlesque performers.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/vshtml/vsflme.html (2190 words)

	Burlesque Dancer History pages at Streetswing.com - Main Page 1
		Burlesque arrived in the USA from France via Britain in 1868 with the Hootchy-Cootchy and Can-Can dancers, one of the first was Lydia Thompson and her British Blondes.
		Burlesque was originally not about stripping but rather musical Comedy, Dance and Song which eventually split and became Vaudeville (Vaudeville was basically dead by 1932, because of film,) while Burlesque became more and more a girly show.
		The transformation into Risque Burlesque continued onto the early 1900's with the very first runway appearing at the Shubert Theater in 1912 and later a man named Minsky installs his first runway.
	www.streetswing.com /histburl/1index0.htm (1021 words)

	The Crown Jewels of Burlesque, Retired Strippers Gather Annually To Celebrate The World Of Burlesque - CBS News
		The Exotic World Burlesque Museum is a repository of rare artifacts, such as jeweled encrusted underwear, appearing both dazzling and terribly uncomfortable.
		Evans says former burlesque dancer Sheri Champagne came to the museum to help her, but later passed away.
		Burlesque is making something of a comeback, with young revivalists staging shows in clubs and theaters across the country.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/06/13/sunday/main558631.shtml (980 words)

	Powell's Books - Burlesque and the New Bump-N-Grind by
		Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese
		The women-and men!-of burlesque also receive their fleshed-out dues by a categorized peek into the various troupe styles including classical, re-creationists, revivalists, modern, circus, performance art, political, queer, bawdy singers and comics.
		Baldwin has served as the creative director, choreographer, music director, costumer, financial head, and performer for her troupe, "Burlesque As It Was." Herdeep immersion into this art form has provided her with a rare view into the growth and evolution of the revival.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-0972577629-0 (459 words)

	The Real Queens of Burlesque
		Though naturally the Hays office, the studio era’s stuffy censors, did their utmost to tame the onscreen version of vaudeville’s vulgar cousin, there is more of the raucous spirit of the form to be found in those films with Roxy, Dixie and Peg than in the overly civilized, newly released on DVD, Mrs Henderson Presents.
		Ginger Rogers, a redhead for this film, proves what a talented and underused comedienne she was, vulgar and vivacious, broad and beguiling.
		True, all you get of burlesque are a few high-steps, some coy references, and glimpse after glimpse of Ginger’s gorgeous gams (the film’s inexhaustible running gag), but the playful, sexy aura of Roxy’s “métier” comes off like a tassel at a front-row derelict.
	classicfilms.suite101.com /article.cfm/the_real_queens_of_burlesque (409 words)

	burlesque show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A former stripper, Jo Boobs does revivalist burlesque shows occasionally and once a year does a classic burlesque fan dance for a group of very powerful and wealthy men who dress in drag and tuxedos and sing show tunes to her.
		Her burlesque performances celebrate the vagaries of pop culture and the wicked sense of humor that makes it all bearable.
		Bringing her own brand of uniqueness to the stage, Scarlet is a delicious concoction of flavors ranging from classic burlesque and Hollywood glamour, old school blues and rockabilly, showing a hint of her heritage through scandalous shimmies that would make any Sultan blush.
	mysite.verizon.net /vze3x34m/wasabassco/id21.html (986 words)

	Amazon.com: Lady of Burlesque: Video: William A. Wellman,Barbara Stanwyck,Michael O'Shea,Iris Adrian,Charles Dingle,J. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Most of the burlesque employees see this stint on the burlesque stage as the prelude to making it to the big-time, so an air of amateurish hope reigns amongst the employees.
		Burlesque was all but dead by 1942, shut out of most towns and cities by relentless moral crusaders, and Hollywood itself was mired in the infamous "production code," which put a heavy lid on what could and could not be shown on screen.
		LADY OF BURLESQUE may never be regarded as a "great" film, but it is an extremely entertaining one, particularly for those who already know something about the now-lost world of burlesque.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005AQ3R?v=glance (2181 words)

	Burlesque Dress is a collection of photographs taken in the backstage dressing room
		Burlesque Dress is a collection of photographs taken in the backstage dressing room
		Burlesque Dress is a collection of photographs taken in the backstage dressing room of a burlesque show, only moments before performance.
		My work investigates female roles and the stereo types that are associated with representations of women.
	www.mariacoletsis.com /Burlesque.htm (122 words)

	Burlesque DANCERS History pages at Streetswing.com - Main Page 2
		Many of these dancers danced on the Vaudeville stage when Vaudeville was transforming into Burlesque, as well as dancing in many regular nightclubs which had fabulous stage shows featuring the talent and many times the skin of these famous dancers.
		Some fabulous dancers found the easy money and cheap fame of risque burlesque very appealing with many changing the way we think, dress and act today.
		We are talking the Vegas showgirl and theatre type, not the sleaze strip joints one may think of when thinking of Burlesque today (many dancers are listed however).
	www.streetswing.com /histburl/1index.htm (373 words)

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