The Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender 2025 has crowned its Tournament of Tease 2025 winners. Images courtesy of SHPhotografia. Full writeup and performance photos to follow tomorrow. Find out more at bhofweekend.com…
This morning (PST), the board and leadership of the Burlesque Hall of Fame have announced their decision to ‘indefinitely suspend the museum’s operation, effective July 20, 2025’. In an email to members and…
What makes a burlesque headliner – the top-billing, top-of-the-poster big draw that brings star power and house-down finales to any show or festival? A passion project born in Brisbane Australia aims to…
Since 2013, award winning performer and instructor Maxi Millions has brought her fierce brand of “rock and roll bump ‘n’ grind” to stages all over North America. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, Maxi is…
One of the precious few Italians to make the Burlesque TOP 50, Ginevra Joyce creates ‘glamorous and explosive’ acts, winning ‘Most Classic’ at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend 2023. Crowned Miss…
Cadbury Parfait is an award-winning performer serving classic burlesque with a generous side order of tongue-in-cheek British humour. After several years performing and teaching at Shimmy Shake School of Burlesque in Berlin,…
Spookey, ‘The Tiny Titan of Burlesque’, began his career in 2011 with traveling burlesque shows in the metropolitan area of the US. An acrobatic stripping specialist, Spookey’s credits include the prestigious Le…
In the first of a new series, Alek Palinski – principal dancer, choreographer and rehearsal director for Dita Von Teese and her touring burlesque shows – walks us through a typical show…
Joy Rider is an award winning burlesque performer who just won Best Debut at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend. Based in Montreal, Canada she is also the co-founder of AMPLIFY BIPOC…
Everybody is talking about Cleopantha – the exciting British rising star who combines a high energy dance style with burlesque striptease and hip-hop. In 2020 she debuted at 29 on the Burlesque…
Hi! My name is Red Tongued Raven. I’m so thrilled to partner with 21st Century Burlesque Magazine to bring you my burlesque makeup tutorial for brown skin. When I first started doing…