Before dipping my toe into the seductive pool of burlesque, I had no clue how real the intersection of burlesque and body positivity actually was. I'd seen the film Burlesque, featuring Christina ...

"For women, saying 'yes' to our bodies is discouraged," Lillian Bustle tells PEOPLE Lillian Bustle initially began performing burlesque as a hobby while pursuing a musical theater career. “I had ...

Melinda Miller-Klopfer, now 30, was a highly accomplished ballerina with an enviable figure. But despite the adulation she received, she struggled with body image for years, constantly aspiring to be ...

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If there's somebody I want to teach me just about anything, it's probably a burlesque performer. Funny, smart, and oozing positive energy — all of the burlesque performers I've known are seriously ...

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Award-winning burlesque dancer Lillian Bustle is fat, and she knows it. "I happen to use this word as a self-descriptor," Bustle says in a powerful TEDxJerseyCity Talk. "And I don't say it to put ...

Here’s the naked truth: burlesque is an art form for every body. Since the 19th century, burlesque has been a potentially potent and provocative performance style where striptease, satire and cutting ...

Body confidence and self-love – or at least accepting our s0-called "flaws" – is having a moment. Thanks to the plethora of body-positive Instagrammers and the rise of publications like ours (and many ...

Medill junior Samuel Maude knew stage managing “Burlesque 2018” would pull him out of his comfort zone and challenge his Catholic beliefs, but he did not expect to fall in love with the show. Now, as ...

Audiences laughed, gasped and even blushed as burlesque dancers stripped down to lacy lingerie, spun around on the pole and danced with fake penises in the Louis Room at Norris University Center this ...

Step out of your comfort zone this year! In this fun and friendly workshop, you'll get to know your body and how to show it off in its best light. Find permission to claim space, command the stage, ...