On our first one, luckily it was with 3 other girls, I was dragged into burlesque performance through gymnastics and circus, and being bendy- I was asked to join in a routine. At that point, I kinda thought burlesque was just stripping with funny facial expressions and nipple tassles.
Needless to say, our routine was exactly that- a mixmatch of costumes and stripping with silly facial expressions!
I have to say though, that the crowd seemed to absolutely love it- whatever it was that we did (it wasn't a typical burlesque event crowd, and I don't think they were expecting the performance) so I had a fantastic time.
But it was that night that i also watched Missy perform 'burlesque propeur' and I was hooked!!!!
So not quite burlesque, but a start of a serious love affair!!....