There’s a saying that you can’t pick your family, but you can pick your friends. Well this is also true of your performance context. You can’t pick what has come before you, but you can pick how you inhabit the space created by the past – and who you choose to share that space with. As a burlesque performer, and… Read more →
The Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender is an event attended by hundreds of burlesque performers, producers, photographers and fans from all over the globe. It is held in Las Vegas, NV in a casino populated by the typical denizens of a casino except for at this one specific time. That is when the Glitter Tribe arrives to take over the… Read more →
The first time I presented my research on obscenity law and burlesque, there was an old man sitting at the back of the room listening to my presentation (and the other two in the panel). During the Q&A session he didn’t ask any questions of either the guy who presented on airplane shows, or the woman who presented on sideshow…. Read more →
I have done a couple of interviews about my work on a couple different shows, and it always comes down to the same question. Why do I enjoy the burlesque world? Why do I think it has a benefit for me as a disabled performer? The answer is in self selecting casting. In theater, I was always cast as either… Read more →
I’ve just returned from Seattle, WA where I was a part of Whedonesque Burlesque produced by Jo Jo Stiletto Events It was an incredible feeling to work with so many fantastic and talented performers. Our audiences were filled with nerds and we got frequent standing ovations and a lot of love. What was super lovely was that the cast took… Read more →
This week is Burlesque Week here at Eliminating the Impossible. For those of you unaware of my professional and academic and famillial activities, I’m a relatively active member of the burlesque community. In the last few weeks (especially with Burlesque Hall of Fame having occurred) we’ve had a lot of time as a community to discuss the things which bother… Read more →
