"I am excited and terrified and everything at the same time," Gino said as he prepared to strip down to his underwear before strangers, friends, and his boss. A quiet nerd hiding a shy smile behind a ...

“When you do the shimmy,” explains Lola Van Ella, St. Louis burlesque dancer and owner of Van Ella Studios, “think of it as you have two elevator buttons right in front of your shoulders and you’re ...

Cherokee Rose, who won the prize for "most classic" dancer at the 2012 "Great Burlesque Exposition," performs at the opening of this year's conference. (Greg Cook) The crowd arriving last night for ...

“DROPPING my red silk gloves on to the floor next to where my clothes lay scattered, I was left wearing nothing but nipple tassels and a skimpy diamanté thong. “I gave a sultry smile to my captivated ...

Burlesque sensations Kitten de Ville, Ruby Joule and Jolie Goodnight are on the road for their summer tour, “Road Strip!” and they'll be stopping in Boise for a variety of events, even offering the ...

Burlesque combines dance, music, and parody as a way to both celebrate and ridicule sexuality—and studies suggest dancers can reap social and emotional benefits.

NEW YORK – The old bump and grind is the new way to tone abs and thighs. That old vaudeville staple, burlesque, is fast becoming a workout of choice for women across the nation as the lost art of the ...

It was not the kind of stripping that we think of today. There were no poles, no overtly dirty songs and the women didn’t get totally nude, according to the new documentary “Behind the Burly Q.” “The ...

The reigning Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese, who is often credited with re-popularizing the performance art form in the 90s, has said of burlesque, “It’s about what you reveal and how you choose ...