Neo-Burlesque: Striptease as Transformation

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a b Wells, Stanley. "Shakespearian Burlesques", Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Winter, 1965), pp. 49–61, Folger Shakespeare Library in association with George Washington University, accessed 2 February 2011 (subscription required) April March took risks in her career, turning down both straight acting on Broadway, lucrative contracts and a Playboy photoshoot in favour of burlesque. She did it her way and became an international burlesque star. For that we curtsy to the First Lady of Burlesque. Fowler, H. W., rev. Sir Ernest Gowers (1965). Modern English Usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 68 and 96The uninhibited atmosphere of burlesque establishments owed much to the free flow of alcoholic liquor, and the enforcement of Prohibition was a serious blow. [35] In New York, Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia clamped down on burlesque, effectively putting it out of business by the early 1940s. [36] It lingered on elsewhere in the US, increasingly neglected, and by the 1970s, with nudity commonplace in theatres, reached "its final shabby demise." [37] Both during its declining years and afterwards there have been films that sought to capture American burlesque, including Lady of Burlesque (1943), [38] Striporama (1953), [39] and The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968). [40] The "Stage Door Johnnies", Burlesque Hall of Fame, Las Vegas, 2011 Allen, Robert Clyde (1991). Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-1960-3 Gänzl, Kurt. "Edwardes, George Joseph (1855–1915)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 3 February 2011 (subscription required) In 1959 she taught Joan Collins burlesque dancing for one of her roles, earning Miss Candy Barr a film credit. She said, “Anytime Miss Collins wants to leave the movies, she has it made in burlesque.” a b Caldwell, Mark. "The Almost Naked City", The New York Times, 18 May 2008, accessed 19 September 2009

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Tempest Storm was a featured dancer and among her many travels starred in Oakland, California, Las Vegas, Reno and Portland, Oregon. Though, she also had a few burlesque rivalries along the way. As you can see (above) Tempest Storm and Evelyn West were in competition. Lamb, Andrew (1992), "Ziehrer, C. M." in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7 Zeidman, Irving: The American Burlesque Show. Hawthorn Books, Inc 1967, OCLC 192808, OCLC 493184629 Originally the dance troupe members were chosen for uniformity in their height and shape. Though recent years have seen them become more diverse. Abrams, M. H. (1999) A Glossary of Literary Terms. Seventh edition. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College Publishers