Neo-burlesque
» Cultural
In a look at the burlesque revival we get one practitioner’s summary of its purpose and pleasures.
… Wherever people cannot pursue happiness, love and the expression of sexuality without being punished, they jack up, they protest, and often they find witty and often thrilling ways of expressing it.
“The spotlight has swung to burlesque right now, and no doubt it will swing off again sooner or later”, she says.
“But the core of what burlesque means for us - an entertaining, challenging, provoking, cutting-edge vision of gender, power and desire - has had a role for centuries now, and will keep morphing, exploding and eating its young for many, many years to come.”
