Burlesque


Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese
The Burlesque Handbook
Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens
American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture
Burlesque and the New Bump-n-Grind
Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America
Burlesque: A Living History
The Queens of Burlesque: Vintage Photographs from the 1940s and 1950s
Gypsy: A Memoir
Burlesque Poster Design: The Art of Tease
Gilded Lili: Lili St. Cyr and the Striptease Mystique
The Happy Stripper: Pleasures and Politics of the New Burlesque
The Bare Truth: Stars of Burlesque from the '40s and '50s
Burlesque: Legendary Stars of the Stage
True Love and Other Disasters by Rachel GibsonStripped by Jasinda WilderRock Hard by Olivia CunningLover Undercover by Samanthe BeckSeize Me by Crystal Spears
Shimmy: Strippers in Romance
118 books — 26 voters
A Tempest Soul by Oliver PhippsThe Everyday Dancer by Deborah BullBlood Memory by Martha GrahamDance with Me by Luanne RiceTo Dance by Siena Cherson Siegel
Dance both fiction and non fiction
209 books — 12 voters

Kustom Kamera by Yahya El-DroubieKustom Kulture by Ron TurnerKustom Graphics by Julian BalmeKustom Graphics 2 by Art ChantryTiki Mugs by Jay Strongman
Kustom Kulture
19 books — 4 voters

Ultimate Burlesque by Alyson FixterBehind the Burly Q by Leslie ZemeckisLysistrata by AristophanesBurlesque Poster Design by Chaz RoyalBurlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of th... by Dita Von Teese
Books About Burlesque
12 books — 2 voters

Dita Von Teese
Would you believe I devise my entire show based upon a single one of these jewels? It's true I choose a color from my collection (...) and with it I can imagine a whole world. ...more
Dita Von Teese, Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese

Dita Von Teese
What modern day burlesquer hasn't been influenced by Sally Rand? My own pink ostrich fans -designed by Catherine, naturally- were the largest fans on any stage in the world (even I must up the ante). They are absolutely stunning! Made with four graduated shades of pink and hundreds of rose-colored crystals, they measure seven feet across and weigh 2.3 pounds each. ...more
Dita Von Teese, Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese

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