BurlyCon is incredibly excited to announce our Invited Presenters for BurlyCon X bringing a whole new kind of BurlyCon to you in 2017! Join us November 9-12 for four days of burlesque education and community building, classes from international award winning instructors and industry powerhouses. We are thrilled to announce your BurlyCon 2017 Invited Presenters: April O’Peel Bazuka Joe Lola Frost Miss Poison Ivory Ray Gunn Sweetpea Joe Williams-Willy Barrett, …
“Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030” is the theme for the 2017 International Women’s Day (IWD) which falls on March 8th. While the first National Woman’s Day was observed in the United States on February 28 in honor of the “1908 garment workers’ strike in New York, where women protested against working conditions” the first International Women’s Day was observed in 1911. The UN marks …
Mark your calendars, we have several festivals with application deadlines coming up! Get all the latest Burlesque Festival news over at burlesquefests.com Golden Legends Challenge Colorado Springs, CO Festival Dates: August 11-13 Application Deadline: March 1 http://www.goldenlegends.org/apply/ Ohio Burlesque Festival Cleveland, OH Festival Dates: August 3-5 Application Deadline: March 15 http://www.ohioburlesque.com/ Slavic Burlesque Festival Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland Festival Dates: June 16 – 17 Application Deadline: March 19 …
We want to give a shout out to Deanna Danger for inspiring us! Every year we open scholarships so more performers, regardless of finances, have the chance to learn at our convention in Seattle. But the lovely Miss Danger has taken it upon herself to create her own BurlyCon Scholarship for her students at her studio in Richmond, Virgina. Performers attending class at Boom Boom Basics have the chance to receive a scholarship …
It was more than just getting to be around shiny things & sparkly people, it was a true desire to
gain more knowledge & experience. To better myself as a performer & as a human being, and to bring
back what I learned to help in my own community here in Bloomingt
Happy January 2017! For those of you who put ‘apply to more festivals’ on your New Year’s Resolutions list we’ve rounded up festival applications that are currently open and accepting applications! POLAND: Applications are open for the Slavic Burlesque Festival until March 19th. The Festival will take place June 16/17 in Poland, Minsk Mazowiecki (50km from Warsaw). Write to: slavicburlesquefest@wp.pl to request an application. BERLIN: Applications are open for Berlin Burlesque …
By Sailor St. Claire BurlyCon is about to open the floodgates for class submissions for our 2022 convention, and we’ve put together this short how-to guide to help you write the best class proposal possible. Not only do your descriptions of your classes factor into our decision-making process, but they are also how you market your class to potential students at BurlyCon! So what should you include? First of all, include …
Now in its fifth year “Giving Tuesday” has become a global movement celebrating giving and philanthropy. In the spirit of #GivingTuesday, Burlycon is launching our end of year giving platform, which includes our 2016-17 Membership Campaign, Burlycon 2017 Sponsorship and BurlyBenefactor Push! Do you love burlesque and BurlyCon? Are you looking for a way to be more involved in the health and growth of the organization? Supporters like you contribute to the organization, …
Last weekend, a KOMO News team took a peek in classes taught by Coco Lectric and Jeez Loueez to find out what BurlyCon is all about. Includes interviews with Miss Indigo Blue, Executive Director; Gina Bon Bon, Legend Guest of Honor; and attendee Polly Esther. Check out the article and video here.
Based on remarks given at the closing ceremonies of BurlyCon 2016 By Lillith Grey ONE There have always been entertainers in times of war. There have always been artists in times of crisis. Even in the depths of despair, art survives. We saw theatre, poetry, music, and comedy in concentration and internment camps. We saw films, television, music and performance art throughout the Vietnam war. We saw drag, burlesque, theatre …
