Welcome to Flirting With Burlesque!
CLASS INFO
Class is held live on ZOOM for five consecutive Thursday evenings at 7-8pm ET from SEPT 26-OCT 24TH 2024. Class recordings are uploaded to this page the day after each class for those wish to take class on their own schedules!
THIS IS THE LIVE CLASS ZOOM for all five classes: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82799062333
General CLASS Guidelines:
For clothing, go as sexy or as comfy as your mood dictates but... just be ready to move. Heels, flat shoes, sneakers or bare feet are all fine. If you need advice on dancing shoes, scroll down.
Before class, you will need to download Zoom. Here’s a link: HOW TO DOWNLOAD ZOOM
The classroom opens up 5 minutes before class starts so everyone can get situated.
In the last half of the class (classes 3-5), we will be using movement that involves long sexy opera gloves in class to practice striptease moments. These gloves are optional and it is FINE to mime the movements, but the gloves do help you feel sassy! Scroll down for suggestions on where to buy gloves.
CLASS LINKS & RECORDINGS
HERE IS THE LINK TO TAKE CLASS LIVE ON ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82799062333
All class recordings of live classes will be posted below on the day after class ends.
SEPT 26: to be posted Sept 27
OCT 3: to be posted Oct 4
OCT 10: to be posted Oct 11
OCT 17: to be posted Oct 18
OCT 24: to be posted Oct 25
PLEASE NOTE: class recordings will be available until JUNE 1 2024. Students can download classes if they would like to retain permanent access to them after that date.
CLASS PLAYLIST (JUST FOR FUN) :
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6377odIVywjIdKULuUGel3?si=862d72dc5e994a55
GLOVES, SHOES, INSPIRATION, ETC.
During the second half of our class, we will practice removing long opera gloves. You can usually get a pair for around $15, and it is also completely fine to simply mime the movement!
If you want to buy gloves in person, Party City stores or any Halloween store will almost always several colors.
If you want to order online, here are some options (but please do pay attention to shipping dates- if you order soimething on Etsy from another country, it can take 3-4 weeks to arrive):
ETSY (PREPOPULATED SEARCH)
EBAY (PREPOPULATED SEARCH)
if you are a sexy human with fuller arms, here are a few wider glove options from HalloweenCostumes.com:
I am a 2X and generally wear "standard sized" gloves (from the first list), but some of my students find plus sized more comfortable or easier to remove, so please go with your body's preference!
SHOE INFO:
You can wear whatever shoe you want, and you don’t need to wear super tall shoes - 2 inch up to 4 inch tall heels are pretty normal. If you plan to wear a heel onstage, I recommend practicing in it!
This is the shoe I wear to teach in (this is an affiliate link, you do not need to use it but I wanted to be transparent): TT Dancewear Rhinestoned 2.5
TT also has a lot of other style options on their website and you can choose shoes that are shorter or taller, and with a rubber sole or a suede sole. Here is their full site: TT Dancewear
FURTHER INSPIRATION:
Jo Weldon’s book The Burlesque Handbook contains extremely useful information on everything from how to choose a name to how to twirl tassels. I highly recommend it as a companion to your journey into burlesque.
The blog 21st Century Burlesque covers a lot of in the industry issues.
This Goodreads List is helpful if you want burlesque books.
Dita Von Teese has written several good books on burlesque costuming and makeup.
There are plenty of goodpodcasts out there, including the WEBurlesque Podcast and Angie Pontani’s The Bump N Grind.
If you are on Facebook, it’s a good idea to see if your local burlesque scene has a group (it will be called “Indiana Burlesque” or something similar). If you are on Instagram or TikTok, it might be worth digging around to see if there are shows and performers in your area that you can follow so you stay clued in about when local shows are happening.