Performer/columnist Jo Weldon interviews UK burlesque entertainer Immodesty Blaize, Miss Exotic World 2007, about her influences, her debut novel, and her most scandalous moment.
Lili St. Cyr
Weekly Burlesque: Dita Von Teese Interview Part I
At Tease-O-Rama 2002, I had a front-row seat for Dita Von Teese‘s performance with her giant moon prop, and you may well resent me for that.
It was a gorgeous performance, with Dita obviously having a good time, and at the end of the number, a cannon shot a shower of silver mylar stars over us, hundreds of which I carried in my camera bag for at least a year after the show.
Weekly Burlesque: Interview with Kelly DiNardo
Lili St. Cyr, a pioneering burlesque performer known for on-stage bubble baths, has her life chronicled in the forthcoming biography Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique. Jo Weldon, our resident burlesque expert, spoke with its author, Kelly DiNardo, in anticipation of its release on October 16.