Category: <span>Pro Tips</span>

Category: Pro Tips

BurlyCon Glitter Crash Hangover Kit

Everything you need to get through the weeks after BurlyCon! Still feeling that tassel-twirling high emotional high from attending BurlyCon? You worked hard, danced hard and played hard. You deserve the time to absorb, reflect and allow all that learning to integrate into your being.  The BurlyCon Team gives you full permission to take the day off! We declare a day of rest. Looking for inspiration on how to spend your …

Guest Post: Stretches to Get Ready for BurlyCon 2015

Written by BurlyCon board member Kristina Nekyia The Five Most Important Stretches for the Traveling Performer If you are hopping on a plane or planning a long drive to get to BurlyCon next week it is terribly important to take care of your body so that you can make the most of all those amazing dance and movement classes! Hydrate, eat good food, get some sleep, and do some stretching. …

2015 Class Schedule Is Live!

From tassel twirling to audio engineering, this year’s BurlyCon course offering is a five-star smorgasbord of burlesque education from some of the biggest names in the business. Check out the full list of classes here.  Interested in producing shows? Managing a burlesque troupe? Lacing and embellishing corsets? Filing your taxes as an artist? Moving and playing like a clown? Samba dancing? Manipulating silk fans? Prepare to wish you could clone …

Programming’s Most Wanted: Our Class Submission Wishlist

If you’re thinking about submitting a class to teach at BurlyCon this year, there’s still time! Class submissions are due March 31st. Our Programming team has been hard at work making sure that BurlyCon 2015 will be the best con yet, but we’re still looking for a few good courses to round out the offerings in glamour, history, business, movement and panels that have come in so far.   Application Forms …