Busy Busy Busy
Once again we’ve been run off our little feet with events and shoots. We’ve been hot footing it around the North West. We’ve had shoots in Liverpool, Manchester, Morecambe and Chester with more on the horizon.
Here’s a quick image taken at the first Morecambe Variety Festival, situated in the fabulous Winter Gardens there were vaudevillian cabaret acts, burlesque performances and loads of vintage themed fun for all the family.
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All this fascinates me. I think the line beetewn cabaret and burlesque is a fuzzy one and when the discussion veers into “all burleswue is about boobs with glitter and feathers” it seems as crazy to me as saying all music is rap. Every performer is different. This weekend I watched Ginger Blush waddle around the stage dressed as an inflatable snowman and Ki Ki Kaboom dressed as a chav. Both completely different acts, both burlesque and neither particularly glittery or sexy!At the same event I saw a chubby man dressed as an elf strip down to his stripy long johns and climb inside a giant balloon, but no one felt the need to discuss whether he was being exploited or making a mockery of his gender. Why is it only women who have to answer these questions and feel guilty about the political significance of their performances?Anyway, I have work to do! Maybe this should be a post of my own?!
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Burlesque is indeed a much misunderstood art form but it’s also a fascinating topic too, most of the points you raised will receive totally different responses depending on which performer you were asking and it’s this diversity that increases the appeal of Burlesque.