These days, burlesque is a term as abused as a stripper’s feet at the end of a night in clear heels. Oops, that was a bad comparison — especially because, dammit ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — A once-thriving burlesque scene is getting a glamorous revival later this month, as local performer and choreographer Jess Worley, known on stage as Scarlett Kiss, prepares to bring ...

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In the Depression-era days of Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque dancing was about as naughty, and as nude, as it got in public. The emphasis was on the tease more than the strip, until Playboy and harder-core ...

"I do not perform a strip tease. I'm nude to begin with." Sally Rand, who revolutionized exotic dance in the 1930's by combining classical ballet with peek-a-boo titillation, knew how to tease the ...

Just for kicks, imagine New York City, 1868: The bustling center of American culture abounded with theaters, P.T. Barnum-esque museums of curiosities, and the middle and upper classes whose ...

The Brazen Belles are saucy. Now approaching their third anniversary, these risqué, all-in-good-fun dancers with stage names such as Mini Teasecake and Olive Mia are bringing the spirit of classic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Curtain call at the 11th Annual Asian Burlesque Festival, April 2023. Curtain call at the 11th Annual Asian Burlesque Festival, ...

The Lehigh Valley doesn’t have much of a burlesque scene today, but not all that long ago Allentown was one of the major hubs for it on the East Coast. Maybe that's because burlesque has evolved from ...

Angie Pontani is ready to get back to the stage. The Trenton-native and Brooklyn-based neo-classical burlesque queen will be making her long-awaited return to the Garden State on Saturday, Jan. 9, ...