Whether you’re attending your first BurlyCon or your fifteenth, make room for discovering new classes! You may feel excited. You may feel overwhelmed. Most likely, you’ll feel both. This year, BurlyCon offers three primary class formats: Standard Classes, BurlyLabs, and the new Master Ecdysiast Track (M.E.T.).
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Every year, BurlyCon produces a convention program that is more than a schedule. It’s a keepsake. Advertise with BurlyCon and place your brand inside a bold, tabloid-style program that travels everywhere our attendees go.
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Teaching at BurlyCon is more than leading a class. For fourteen years, BurlyCon has created space for artists to step forward—not only as performers, but also as teachers, mentors, and leaders in our field. And now, we’re thrilled to share that Presenter Applications are officially open. Teaching at BurlyCon means more than leading a class.
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Each class type supports a specific learning experience. Teaching at BurlyCon starts with two simple questions: what do you want to teach at BurlyCon? And how do you want your students to experience your work?
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Now live: the BurlyCon Presenter Submission Guide. Submitting a class proposal is an act of generosity. It’s an invitation to share your knowledge, your process, and your perspective with artists who trust you with their learning. To support that exchange, BurlyCon created the Presenter Submission Guide as a companion to the annual convention Presenter Application.
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Helping People by Removing Barriers At BurlyCon, accessibility isn’t a checklist, it’s an ongoing practice. Each year, we look closely at how people move through the convention, where barriers show up, and what support makes it easier for more folks to fully participate.
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This November, BurlyCon returns for its annual convention, bringing together burlesque performers, educators, and producers from across the world for four days of immersive learning and community exchange.
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To help us learn a little more about Peer Reviews, we’ve caught up with Fosse Jack, BurlyCon’s Peer Review Coordinator, to get a little more insider information about the event! Name: Fosse JackCity: SeattleOfficial Job Title: Peer Review Coordinator; Programming Committee How long have you been the Peer Review Coordinator? This will be my third year as the
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I’m The English Muffin, and I’m the co-founder of Frostease Burlesque in Anchorage, Alaska. Last year at Burlycon, I presented my “Eat It” act for Peer Review. What was originally concepted as a throwaway act for a seven deadly sins show had grown, in my head, to a signature piece of commentary on diet culture, body
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Every year BurlyCon offers scholarships to help offset the costs of attending the convention and this year we are excited to introduce you to 6 of the 7 scholarship recipients. To help us get to know them a bit better we asked them a couple of questions to find out what they are looking forward to most
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