Emerging Blossoms

Emerging Blossoms

The emerging burlesque dancer is a bit like a blossom. At times burlesque is the most exhilarating exciting thing many women have ever experienced and at other times it is terrifying to imagine how on earth could reveal yourself, your body, and your heart to a group...
A Female Re-wilding

A Female Re-wilding

When is the last time you swung from a staircase banister with abandon? This type of freedom was very new to me as well! Prior to meeting my friend Kristin Morelli I never would have taken these risks. Kristin has shared with me much wisdom about embodying my pleasure...
Dancing In The Face Of Rejection

Dancing In The Face Of Rejection

Email address: Leave this field empty if you're human: Contributor: Paul Paiva, M.Div., M.A. “I wouldn’t go to a burlesque show with someone I had just met, not because there’s anything wrong with it, just because it’s not me.” This is the response I received from a...
Reverence To The Strip

Reverence To The Strip

“The art of the strip becomes a shedding of layers. We shed layers of doubt, of insecurity, and of cultural taboos that have held us and that so many are still held by. We dance for ourselves and we dance for others. We dance for a type of freedom that very few ever...