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Old 04-17-2008, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ladivina View Post

As far as what Fleur du Mal’s question regarding American burlesque, it does focus on the strip tease. Back in the 30’s and 40’s when the burlesque comics made a transition into radio and TV, the burlesque theaters had to fill the stage, and they did so with “strippers”.
I am unfamiliar with British burlesque. Does it focus more on the comedy than the striptease like American burlesque?
Hi, I just had a chat with a fellow burlesque dancer and discovered that in fact many of the American burlesque dancers at the recent London Burlesque Festival do in fact just do a general strip and follow less of a skit/plot/story line with their routines.

Isn't that interesting? I think most British Burlesque defintiely has a storyline to it to keep the audience enthralled AND to create the satire and parody...

There you go!
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