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Author : David Cary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book A Bit of Burlesque written by David Cary and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Giselle Renarde
Publisher : Giselle Renarde
ISBN 13 : 1005684340
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (56 download)
Download or read book A Little Burlesque written by Giselle Renarde and published by Giselle Renarde. This book was released on with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madame Mireille's ocean-side parlour, Les Trois Dames Jouissantes, is one of the last houses holding to the tenets of classic burlesque. They specialize in raunchy comedy sketches, undulating fan dances, chorus lines and, of course, the striptease. In post-war Maritimes, Madame’s burlesque house enjoys notoriety thanks to an all-female cast combining the smart with the sensual. It was this reputation that attracted the troupe's two newest members. Ginger, the saucy redhead, has been around the block a few times. She might come on strong, but she’s a master of the comedy striptease. Orchid is young, new to the stage, and embodies all that is innocent—or so she'd have you believe! Secrets abound behind the scenes, and it’ll take more than slippery fingers to bring them to the surface. Historical lesbian romance with an erotic edge.
Author : Michelle Baldwin
Publisher : Speck Press
ISBN 13 : 9780972577625
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (776 download)
Download or read book Burlesque and the New Bump-n-grind written by Michelle Baldwin and published by Speck Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Evolving from an underground movement to a nearly mainstream fetish, neo-burlesque embraces a wide variety of modern interpretations all based on the classic bump and grind and "taking it off" with a wink and a smile. From classic tributes to punk rock revisionists, women of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds are rediscovering burlesque and reinventing it. A sense of heightened imagination, empowerment and energy are being delivered to the stage, perhaps even more so than during the historic heyday, the Golden Age of Burlesque. Slipping behind the scene, Burlesque and the New Bump-n-Grind undresses the issues of feminism, modern popularity, and what exactly draws the unique and varied audience members to the shows. 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. Peppered throughout the book are full-color and black-and-white photographs that fully instill the picturesque dance into the reader's mind. Founder of one of the first neo-burlesque troupes, author Michelle Baldwin (a.k.a, Vivienne Va-Voom) has helped to bring the lost art of burlesque back to the forefront of pop culture. Baldwin has served as the creative director, choreographer, music director, costumer, financial head, and performer for her troupe, "Burlesque As It Was." Her deep immersion into this art form has provided her with a rare view into the growth and evolution of the revival.
Author : Robert Allen
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807860085
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Horrible Prettiness written by Robert Allen and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Allen's compelling book examines burlesque not only as popular entertainment but also as a complex and transforming cultural phenomenon. When Lydia Thompson and her controversial female troupe of "British Blondes" brought modern burlesque to the United States in 1868, the result was electric. Their impertinent humor, streetwise manner, and provocative parodies of masculinity brought them enormous popular success--and the condemnation of critics, cultural commentators, and even women's rights campaigners. Burlesque was a cultural threat, Allen argues, because it inverted the "normal" world of middle-class social relations and transgressed norms of "proper" feminine behavior and appearance. Initially playing to respectable middle-class audiences, burlesque was quickly relegated to the shadow-world of working-class male leisure. In this process the burlesque performer "lost" her voice, as burlesque increasingly revolved around the display of her body. Locating burlesque within the context of both the social transformation of American theater and its patterns of gender representation, Allen concludes that burlesque represents a fascinating example of the potential transgressiveness of popular entertainment forms, as well as the strategies by which they have been contained and their threats defused.
Author : Jane Briggeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781593934699
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Burlesque written by Jane Briggeman and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book captures the spirit of a unique art form through hundreds of photographs and stories from many who were a part of America's most colorful past, highlighting the careers and contributions of selected artists, many of whom were the nuts and bolts of the industry. It also acknowledges some of the young performers of today who are working to remember the days of old.
Author : Gypsy Rose Lee
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1558617612
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (586 download)
Download or read book The G-String Murders written by Gypsy Rose Lee and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Burlesque is the background . . . [and] the background is perfect. Recommended for the readers who feel better when their eyebrows are raised.” —The New Yorker A mystery set in the underworld of burlesque theater, The G-String Murders was penned in 1941 by the legendary queen of the stripteasers—the witty and wisecracking Gypsy Rose Lee. Narrating a twisted tale of a backstage double murder, Lee provides a fascinating look behind the scenes of burlesque, richly populated by the likes of strippers Lolita LaVerne and Gee Gee Graham, comic Biff Brannigan and Siggy the g-string salesman. This is a world where women struggle to earn a living performing bumps and grinds, have gangster boyfriends, sip beer between acts and pay their own way at dinner. Femmes Fatales restores to print the best of women’s writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Enjoy the series: Bedelia; Bunny Lake Is Missing; By Cecile; The G-String Murders; The Girls in 3-B; Laura; The Man Who Loved His Wife; Mother Finds a Body; Now, Voyager; Return to Lesbos; Skyscraper; Stranger on Lesbos; Stella Dallas; Women’s Barracks. “[Lee’s] novel is a rich and lusty job, brimming over with infectious vitality and a hilarious jargon of her own.” —Life “A lurid, witty and highly competent detective story . . . Rich show business vocabulary and stage door gags make her book almost a social document . . . The G-String Murders builds up to a hair-raising climax.” —Time
Author : Liz Goldwyn
Publisher : It Books
ISBN 13 : 9780062011817
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (118 download)
Download or read book Pretty Things written by Liz Goldwyn and published by It Books. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liz Goldwyn's lifelong fascination with the inimitable glamour of classic burlesque inspired her to spend the past eight years corresponding with, visiting, interviewing, receiving striptease lessons from, and forming close relationships with the last generation of the great American burlesque queeens. Goldwyn invites us to step back into an era when the hourglass figure was in vogue and striptease was a true art form. Meet Betty "Ball of Fire" Rowland, who was known for her flaming red hair and bump–and–grind routines. (It turns out she once sued the author's grandfather, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., for using her stage name and costume in his Hollywood picture, Ball of Fire.) Meet Sherry Britton, who, with her long black hair and curvy, trim physique, was among the most stunning of the burlesque stars before Mayor LaGuardia outlawed burlesque in New York. Meet Zorita, whose sexually explicit "Consummation of the Wedding of the Snake" dance (performed with a live snake) and other daring performances earned her legendary status. Goldwyn draws back the curtain to reveal the personal journeys of yesteryear's icons of female sexuality and power, restoring their legacy to an age that has all but forgotten them–despite today's resurgence of burlesque.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 972 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Courtney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998449616
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (496 download)
Download or read book The Burlesque Coloring Book written by James Courtney and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burlesque Coloring Book is a delightfully detailed collection of illustrations showcasing the fabulous scenery, extravagant costuming, and vibrant performers that make burlesque what it is today. Featuring over 50 real-life drawings by highly acclaimed pin-up artist James Courtney, every page of this book stands poised and ready for your choreography of color!Printed on high-quality thick paper stock, each coloring page is on its own separate sheet; crayons, pencils, or even pens can be used. And the variety of illustrations presented guarantee a relaxing and inspiring experience for colorists of every skill level.
Author : Jo Weldon
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061997005
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)
Download or read book The Burlesque Handbook written by Jo Weldon and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burlesque Handbook is the essential manual to understanding and performing both classic and neo-burlesque. Written by Jo Weldon, award-winning founder of the New York School of Burlesque, this book features easy-to-follow suggestions and exercises for developing stage-worthy confidence, presence, and sexiness. You'll learn about the fabulous makeup, costumes—including pasties!—moves, grooves, and attitudes of burlesque. The Burlesque Handbook is the must-have guide for everyone interested in this vibrant and wildly popular performance art, providing inspiration and practical information that readers can take straight from the page to the stage!
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book McClure's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kurt Gänzl
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438487525
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book The Musical, Second Edition written by Kurt Gänzl and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Musical, Second Edition, introduces students and general readers to the entire scope of the history of musical theater, from eighteenth-century ballad operas to nineteenth-century operettas, to the Golden Age of Broadway to today. In this comprehensive history, master theater historian Kurt Gänzl draws on his vast knowledge of the productions, the actors, the music and dance, and the reception of the central repertory of the musical theater. Focus boxes on key shows are included in every chapter, along with a chronology of the major musical productions described in the text. Production photographs from around the world enhance the descriptions of the costumes and staging. This book is an ideal introduction for college-level courses on the History of Musical Theater and will also appeal to the general theatergoer who wants to learn more about how today’s musical developed from its earliest roots.
Author : Rod Rees
Publisher : Jo Fletcher Books
ISBN 13 : 085705502X
Total Pages : 1677 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Demi-Monde written by Rod Rees and published by Jo Fletcher Books. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 1677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Demi-Monde Ella can trust nothing and nobody . . . not even herself. This omnibus edition includes all four parts of The Demi-Monde, called 'Discworld's savage noir cousin' by Stephen Baxter and 'an amazingly quick and enjoyable read' by the British Fantasy Society. The Demi-Monde is a computer-simulated training ground for soldiers. Populated by history's most notorious leaders, it is truly a Cyber-Hell. Ella Thomas was sent there to rescue Norma Williams, the daughter of the President of the United States, but it has all gone horribly wrong. Now she is stuck in this cyber world; the friends she trusted have become her enemies and the Grigori, who have lain quiet for thousands of years, dreaming of the day they will emerge into our world, threaten to finally achieve their goals. To succeed in preventing this destruction, Ella must be more than she ever believed she could be, because resisting evil will require courage, resolve . . . and sacrifice. 'Part Matrix, part Escape from New York , with a dash of Film Noir and a whole host of imagination. Beautifully written' Falcata Times
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Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
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Author : Rod Rees
Publisher : Arcadia
ISBN 13 : 1849166641
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (491 download)
Download or read book The Demi-Monde: Winter written by Rod Rees and published by Arcadia. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We want you to go to hell, Miss Thomas.' For five million bucks Ella is prepared to give even hell - or in this case, the Demi-Monde - a shot. And all she has to do to earn it is find the President's daughter and lead her to safety. But as Ella discovers, getting into the Demi-Monde is the easy part; surviving to collect her money is quite another. With thirty million digital-Duplicates at war in the cyber-killing field that is the US Military's virtual-training ground, the Demi-Monde is a challenging place - especially as the Dupes are programmed with a craving for blood and are led by some of history's most vicious tyrants. And the many bizarre conceits in the Demi-Monde have a sinister reason behind them. In the Demi-Monde Ella can trust nothing and nobody . . . not even herself.
Author : Sherril Dodds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0190639083
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition written by Sherril Dodds and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook asks how competition affects the presentation and experience of dance.
Author : Rachel Wood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315447509
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Consumer Sexualities written by Rachel Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer Sexualities explores women’s experiences of shopping in ‘sex shops’ and using sexual commodities in their everyday lives. This enlightening volume shows how women take up sexual consumer ‘technologies of the self’ to work upon and understand themselves as confident and active sexual agents in postfeminist neoliberal culture. In guiding the reader through the historical emergence of sexual commodities ‘for women’ in feminism and postfeminism, Wood points to the normalisation and regulation of sexual practices and identities in and through consumption. Indeed, women’s accounts show the work involved in constructing the ‘right’ – knowledgeable, tasteful, and confident – orientation to sexual consumption and, by extension, in becoming an intelligibly ‘good’ sexual person. At the same time, the author draws upon de Certeau to show how the ordinary contexts in which sexual commodities are used can lead to unpredictable moments of adaptation, discomfort, playfulness, and resistance. A rich analysis of women’s everyday strategies of ‘making do’ with the kinds of femininity and female sexuality that sex shop culture represents, Consumer Sexualities will appeal to scholars of sociology, cultural studies and gender studies with interests in gender, sexuality, sex, and consumption.
