How to Dance Burlesque

Transcript There are different burlesque styles. You have the classic, and traditional burlesque, and then you have the neo-burlesque, the modern burlesque. The classic, and traditional, is where it comes from Gypsy Rose, and it’s more about, there is humor, and comedy, and it’s glamorous. You, basically, tease the audience, and come down to pasties, …

Transcript So how do you put on a burlesque show? In a burlesque show, first, you start off with picking the music, and scanning the girls together, and then choreographing the dance, and the routine to the show. After hours, and days, of rehearsal, you then pick a location of where you’re gonna have the …

Transcript Picking good burlesque songs. When you pick a burlesque song, you want to feel the music, so the music needs to speak to you, whether it’s the words in a song or the beat that captivates you. So when you’re looking for it, find something that you feel. Because that’s the best way for …

Transcript How to do burlesque makeup. So I’m going to first start off with the body. So the body you can put body shimmer. Just highlight the cleavage area. And your shoulders. And your arms. And your face. You want to have a smooth complexion. Make sure that you powder. And then false eyelashes. You …

Transcript How to do burlesque hair. So, when you’re performing, you want to make sure that your hair is away from your face, but also that you have big, loose curls, and there’s some wings to your hair. So, usually what I do is, I start out curling my hair, then I will pin up …

Transcript How to do vintage burlesque. So, vintage burlesque, usually you will start with a prop of some type. So, whether it’s a feathered fan, you can have a cane, maybe a little bathtub, a martini glass. Usually, you will have some type of prop and, as well, you will have a concept. So, whether …

Transcript Hi, my name is Elizabeth DeGennaro and I am a burlesque performer and founder of the Wild Cherryz Burlesque. I am here in New York City and I am a professional dancer performing in New York City, as well as teaching. I started doing Burlesque about 6 years ago. My background stems from ballet, …

Transcript How to do signature moves from the best burlesque dancers. Okay, I’m here with Jill and Jess, and we’re going to show you a little combination that a lot of the best burlesque performers use. We’re going to start with a twirl in our hands using our boa. Okay? So you’re twirling in. Alright, …

Transcript How to pick a good bump and grind song. So, in the music that you pick, you want make sure there’s strong beats, but then there’s a slow part of the music for the grind part. Okay? So good songs that I recommend that I personally use and love is like Lipstick, by Rihanna …

Transcript How to dance like Christina Aguilera from Show Me How You Burlesque. Okay, I’m here with Jill and Jess and we’re going to demonstrate a combination from the movie and song Show Me How You Burlesque. Okay, so the combination starts when you step out with the right foot, arm is gonna come up, …

Transcript This is how you put on a burlesque show like Dida Vantis. So Dida Vantis uses elaborate props. So whether it’s a martini glass or a mechanical bold-looking lipstick. Or a huge feather fan, they’re elaborate beautiful props. Beautiful costumes. Sometimes she’s in point shows. Ballet shoes. So today, I’m going to be using …

Transcript So this is the second routine and I’m going to use a prop, my feathered fan. So we’re going to have our hands on our hip, left hand and we’re going to set out our left leg as our right hand comes around. Okay? Let’s do that again. One, two. Again. One, two, and …

Transcript So I’m going to show you three easy routines to get started with burlesque. I’m going to show you first and then I’ll break it down. So how we break it down. We’re going to go out to the right. One and two. To the left, three and four. Come together. Five, six, squat. …

Transcript Okay, so this is the third basic routine for burlesque. This time, I’m going to use my gloves. I’m going to be doing lots of arms, and I’m going to keep it slow this time. Okay? So here we go. I’m going to slide up slowly, all the way to the top, and then …

Transcript How to work a boa in burlesque. You’re gonna get the biggest boa you can find, like mine, mine’s very think. You want a thick, big boa because you really want to be able to do all sorts of movement with your boa. Okay, so you can first start out with the boa around …

Transcript How to do a burlesque belly dance. We’re going to use our bellies for our belly dance. These are called “belly rolls.” How we do a belly roll is we stick out our chest, then our ribs, then our belly button, and then our pelvis. It’s a little belly roll. We’re going to stand …

Transcript How to use burlesque tassels. This is the fun part. Now, these actually have the tassels where it’s easier for it to spin, right? So when you put the tassels on, you’re going to put it on the areola, right? And how you put it on is by pasite glue which you could buy, …

Transcript How to do burlesque dancing for a beginner. Okay, so I’m going to teach you a little beginning step to start up a lot of your burlesque dancing. We’re going to start with our hands up and then we’re going to caress our body as we come down half way, turn your legs and …

Transcript How to do a reverse striptease in burlesque. I have Jill here who’s going to demonstrate. The whole concept for the reverse striptease is to start with what you would normally reveal and then put your items on top. So your clothing, your props will come on after. So the audience is going to …

Transcript How to do a glove peel in burlesque. I have Jess here to demonstrate. She’s going to show you how to peel off your glove, nice and sexy, in burlesque. So, usually long opera gloves work best. And she’s going to use her right hand first, and use her teeth, starting with her pinky, …

Transcript In burlesque, we use lots of props. I’m going to show you how you can incorporate all your props in one routine. I have my feather fan, my boa. I have a chair that I’m on, and my hat. In this routine, we’re going to use each prop and my gloves, and I’m going …

Transcript How to shimmy your shoulders in burlesque. So we’re going to open up our arms, loosen up our shoulders, and that is how you shimmy. So again you could, just… You want to be loose, you want to open up, and shimmy your shoulders. Okay. So this can be done in many ways. You …

Transcript How you do a Burlesque Quiver. Now the Burlesque Quiver is just like the Shoulder Shimmy, it’s just called two different things. Most people call it a Shoulder Shimmy but a Quiver is the same thing and Quiver is great. You have a fringe costume on so really when you shake, you want to …

Transcript How to do reveal and peel techniques in burlesque. So I and Jill here are going to demonstrate a reveal and peel technique where you’re playing with the audience, tantalizing them at the last minute, you peel. So you’re doing this in a playful way, having fun with it, smiling, and flirting with the …

Transcript How to fan dance in burlesque. You’re going to get a feathered fan. Usually there are ostrich feathers. These have marabou and ostrich, and there are sticks at the bottom. Okay? How I teach it always is you’re going to hold your thumb in the inside of the feathered fan, and then your fingers …

Transcript How to shimmy in Burlesque. Shimmy, you’re going to use a lot of your shoulders and your body so tassels and fringe is a great costume for Shimmy. When we shimmy we’re going to use our shoulders like this, so you use your upper body, Shimmy, and then your lower body using your hips. …

Transcript How to do a chair dance, okay. I’ll practice the chair and we’re going to stand to the left side of the chair. Okay, we’re going to take a step to face out. I’m going to lift our right arm, left that’s 1, 2, milk it down, 3, 4, 5, 6, lift it up. …

Transcript How do you do a sexy stocking peel? I have Jess here demonstrating for me. She’s going to show you how to tease the audience while she peels off, slowly, her thigh-high. Okay. She’s going to first show her leg and slide down nice and sexy. So now the focus is going to her …

Transcript How to do a hat and tie dance in burlesque. I have a jazz tape and I’ll demonstrate a little routine using your hat and your tie. So we’re first going to start slowly and taking off our tie. So 8 counts. So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Good, so now …

Transcript How to do easy burlesque moves. So we’re going to start. Our right hand is going to come out with our right leg. Look and then slap and look forward. So again, your right leg’s going to come out with your right arm and you’ll look to the side. Look and then you’re going …

Transcript How to do a classic showgirl striptease. I have Jill here to demonstrate for you. Okay. So if we’re doing a showgirl striptease, everything has to be up. Posture is up and you’re showing off your beautiful legs and your beautiful hands. Okay? So here’s a little combination for you. We’re going to start …

Transcript How to do burlesque walk. So when you do your walks you want to make sure your hips are moving side to side and we keep it sexy and keep it slow. Here I’m going to walk around the chair and demonstrate. I’m going to start with my right leg. You can start with …

Transcript Okay. I’m going to show you some classic moves in burlesque. I’m going to show you the hip pop to the right and left, the slide and the dip. Okay. I’m going to teach you each one and then we’re going to put it together. So the hip pop, you’re just going to pop …