The 3rd Annual Seattle Boylesque Festival is proud to present a BurlyCon Benefit at their Saturday night 10pm show. This late show will help BurlyConX be the biggest educational burlesque bash yet! Buy your tickets for the entire event HERE. With more than 30 performers from Japan, New York, LA, Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas and Canada, this year’s two-day extravaganza promises to be the sexiest weekend of 2017. The festival …
“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 Vixen Valentine For the 10th year in a row the Seattle Burlesque Community will be participating in the Seattle Pride Parade on Sunday, June 26th. Planning is already underway as decorations and a float are currently being constructed. A few of the Seattle Pride Parade Committee members were able to give us some insight on what is in the works for this year’s’ parade! What was the process for …
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 …
BurlyCon is shimmying along at full speed, thanks to our incredible volunteers, sponsors, presenters, and attendees. We kicked off the weekend in style at the Vintage Meet and Greet. Check out some of these well-dressed burlesquers! (All photos credited to POC Photo, 2015.)
Friends and lovers, we’re SO excited to be kicking off BurlyCon 2015 today! For those of you who are joining us here in Seattle, here are a few key things to help you get started. Grab your badge at registration Registration is located in the Hilton Conference Center, which is in a separate building from the main hotel. To reach registration from the hotel lobby: Go straight past the restaurant Proceed …
