Have you ever been to a burlesque show? There are two different types of burlesque, traditional and neo-burlesque. Traditional burlesque integrates striptease with a bit of Vaudville, comedy sketches, ...

The Dirty Rose Pre-Met Burlesque Experience draws Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, Jennie, Janelle Monáe and Hunter Schafer.

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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 ...

Teyana Taylor doesn’t just attend pre-Met Gala events; she turns them into a performance. Ahead of the 2026 Met Gala, the ...

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 ...

A Burlesque Parody is celebrating its one-year anniversary at Rio Hotel & Casino on May the Fourth, 2026. Having dazzled ...

Jack Kabrud has spent years researching beautiful, nearly naked female dancers. He has collected photographs and films of ladies bathing on stage, performing various breast tricks and shimmying ...

The Stripteasers – the “babes” that brought burlesque back to Buffalo – are currently celebrating their 20-year anniversary. Since I first saw them perform at Roxy’s, numerous other burlesque groups ...

T-Swizzle sure knows to sizzle. In fact, Taylor Swift has gotten the thumbs-up from none other than burlesque queen Dita Von Teese when it comes to the sultry moves that she put on display in her ...

There are big thrills in it. There’s the thrill of the show, when the lights go down and performers lead you through a haze of flesh, feathers, and light, from one world into another. And there’s the ...