Learn the art. Take the Stage.
We teach burlesque from the ground up. Drop into a single workshop or take the six-week beginner course.No experience needed.
Come once, or come for six weeks
Several ways in, depending on where you’re standing.
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Workshops
Curious about burlesque?
A single class, no course to finish. Come alone or bring people. You will leave having actually done something, not just watched.
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Burlesque 101
Ready to build a real act?
Six weeks, in person. Technique, act structure, costuming and stage presence, ending in a full dress rehearsal.
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Burlesque 201
Already performing, want more?
The advanced course. Where 101 introduces props, 201 lives in them: chairs, fans and boas properly, plus longer and more ambitious act work.
01
Workshops
Curious about burlesque?
A single class, no course to finish. Come alone or bring people. You will leave having actually done something, not just watched.
02
Burlesque 101
Ready to build a real act?
Six weeks, in person. Technique, act structure, costuming and stage presence, ending in a full dress rehearsal.
03
Burlesque 201
Already performing?
Where 101 introduces props, 201 lives in them: chairs, fans and boas properly, plus longer and more ambitious act work.
HOW WE TEACH
No wrong place to start.
Never performed? Fine. Been performing for years? Also fine. No dance background needed either way. We teach the basics and there's a room for whatever level you're at.
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Every body. Every gender.
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Burlesque has never had one body type and this room will not either. Classic, neo, comedy and boylesque all get taught.
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You set the reveal
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We'll help you find your comfort zone. Pasties and bottoms stay on, and you're in charge of the rest.
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Small rooms, real floor time
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Classes are capped so everybody gets looked at and corrected. You are not learning this from the back of a crowd.
FAQs
Is this the same as stripping?
Related, but not the same. Burlesque is a stage act. You build a character, pick your music, choreograph the whole thing and perform it once for a room that came specifically to watch a show. It's closer to cabaret. That said, we've got real respect for strippers, and plenty of performers have done both.
How fit or flexible do I need to be?
Less than you'd think. There's no floor work you have to do, no splits, nothing acrobatic. Heels are optional and plenty of people learn the whole thing flat. If you've got an injury or anything that limits you, tell us before the first class and we'll give you another way to do the move.
Do I need dance experience?
No, and most people arrive with none. Dance training helps a little with picking up choreography, but burlesque rewards timing, character and nerve far more than technique, and all three we teach from scratch.