The Glamour of it All – Burlesque (These Girls Brought Sexy Back)
February 5th, 2010 / Comments / by Rah-Shell
This weekend will have me attending the Dallas Burlesque Festival, thanks to kdge and my continued winning streak. I have been to many of strip clubs in my life and before I ever attended a burlesque event, categorized burlesque in the stripping slot in my brain. I am here to tell it is not. First, you don’t get to touch the dancer. I know, in strip clubs you are not supposed to be allowed either. However, as a woman, I pretty much have always been allowed. Call it sex discrimination, I call it I win. Again. I am not going to bash stripping as those girls work their asses off and do it looking sexy as the fuck. I will say, burlesque has stolen my desire or want to ever go to a strip club again. For now.
I went on a first date to my first burlesque show. That’s right, a date, a first even and it was one of the best first dates I have ever been on in my life. And I have been on A LOT of first dates. Right in the middle of the show, I look over at my date and there she is mesmerized by the intoxicating dance of the burlesque dancer. That is what these ladies do all the way up on a stage, they intoxicate you with their smooth moves and sexy ways. They seduce you right there in your seat all the way in the back. It is like these girls are there dancing just for you. So utterly and completely amazing.
If you have always wanted to go to a burlesque show but you fear your lady will get angry and upset at the mere mention, send her this link. These are events where you can dress up and be as girly as possible and get to experience women power in its raw form…sexy. These ladies carry around a sense of respect and are not for sale. You feel that directly. As you and your guy watch the show be sure that what is to follow is a night of raw unabashed loving between to the two of you when you get home. Also, where else can you wear a big flower in your hair and cover yourself in glitter and totally fit right in?
The fun thing about burlesque is it can be a night of playing dress up and you can even get a little kinky about it. Use the night to play a scene out of MadMen with you and your lover. This is the perfect place for that sort of acting out. The burlesque shows I have attended make me feel like I am in a 1940’s movie when I look into the crowd. Men dressing like men and ladies dressing like ladies. Nowadays, that sort of thing is hard to find and another reason I love burlesque. If you are curious, I recommend taking a chance and attending a show. I promise you, you will be hooked by the time she takes her first shimmy.
UPDATE: I came, I saw and I was definitely delighted. I was only able to attend the Friday show of the festival. However, I gave my tickets for Saturday’s show to a couple that had not had any luck getting tickets to the sold out show. All was a win. I give thanks to Jessie at 1021KDG for the winning VIP tickets. Here is the flickr stream to the event: StealingKitty Flickr . It was wonderful seeing LadyDivina again and meeting Miss_Alainious and VforVermuth. I also got to see Miss_Bubbles perform but did not get to meet her in person. Next time. I did not take as many pictures as I would have liked but there is always next time my burly sweethearts.
Here is the video I took at the event with my Blackberry Storm:
