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 ...

“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 ...

Burlesque has been titillating audiences since the 17th century, but more recently the dance has been heating up the fitness scene. Think of burlesque dancers as a blend of strippers and showgirls. It ...

Body confidence and self-love – or at least accepting our s0-called "flaws" – is having a moment. Thanks to the plethora of body-positive Instagrammers and the rise of publications like ours (and many ...

She’s a lawyer by day, she said, and looked forward to burlesque classes as an opportunity to cut loose. Over the course of the hour-long session, there was a clear transformation: Indigo led the ...

A Tucson burlesque instructor is inviting the community to learn the art of tease — all while giving back.

But burlesque is an art; it's not stripping. When Johanna Krynytzky puts on her leopard lingerie and red lipstick, when she hoists an ostrich feather fan and slips into the character of Miss Lily ...

While dance classes for young girls may be commonplace today, for a group of women in their 60s and 70s on the NSW mid-north coast, dancing was once not encouraged, and even frowned upon. Now they're ...