Hi, everyone, I'm new here (and to burlesque). I've never done ANYTHING related to it before, but I'd love to get started. Any suggestions on what I should do first? I'm not sure I'd be able to take a class anytime soon, so I was thinking about buying a DVD. I live in the US, so are there any good ones that would be cheap for me to order?

Thanks so much!

I know that the Princess Farhana Hot Burlesque Moves dvd has got some approval from people on these forums and you can get that from ebay in the US - here.

The Gypsy Gyrls are a neo-burleque troupe in Hartford (I'm not sure whereabouts you live in Conneticut, but hoping this is near you).

I know you've just a show of theirs at the start of June, but I'm sure there'll be another soon.

Myspace - Gypsy Gyrls

I'm too sure about what else is happening in Connneticut, but in the scale of things you're not too far from Boston, which has a huge burlesque scene. Check out the Boston Babydolls website which has loads of stuff on it, including details of Miss Mina's Instant Burlesque Queen Class on July 20th.

Also a brilliant way to find out about the US burlesque scene is listening to the Burlesque Podcast which you can subscribe to via iTunes - I've learnt so much about burlesque listening to these.

Check out Jo (Boobs) Weldon's e-book on beginning burlesque - it's cheap and a great starting point.

Is that enough to be going on with?

And don't forget the MoB Burlesque for Beginners DVD!

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Can Kaylee watch it in a region 1 zone though? I wasn't sure if it's a Region 2 dvd for European players.

But if you can play Region 2 dvds Kaylee - I second this as a great start. It was one of the first things I got too, and there's lots on it.

Our DVD works on all regions!

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cool - get the MoB dvd then Kaylee - it's very good indeed