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While the lacy red corsets are certainly burlesque, the scene which greeted us at the Nightingale kept the grotesque well hidden. Who, after all, has anything to fear from a straightforward swoop on a ...

If you’ve ever seen the 2010 film “Burlesque” starring Christina Aguilera and Cher, chances are you have a pretty narrow viewpoint into what the art of burlesque dancing is truly all about. The film ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Zen Zen Zo are set to transform QPAC’s Cremorne Theatre into a world of grotesque beauty in their ...

THE Sydney Chamber Opera's third production this year showed again its capacity for arresting design, freshness of idea, and stylish and polished presentation. Goddess ... Anna Dowsley sang with ...

The Ape Woman puts a savage switch on the sly old joke about the monkey who notes hopefully that people look “almost simian.” The ape woman of the title (Annie Girardot) is a freak: a poor thing ...

Before the art of burlesque was ever linked to the modern striptease it served as a parody of traditional opera and theatre — with an important risqué twist. Though it has evolved over the years, most ...

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