When I studied burlesque, the best routines teased the audience with a wink at what was to come — and the slow reveals were just as enjoyable as the exuberant tassel-twirling finales. My rhinestone ...

Pamper yourself with some pasties. Women looking for an afternoon of self-love can attend a tassels- and pasties-making party, where they will get all the craft materials they need to design their own ...

The Colorado Burlesque Festival returned to Denver July 12-15 for a third annual twirl of the tassels, showcasing the art of burlesque with performances by some of the top women in the field. Jim ...

Ruth Corwin, who danced on Bourbon Street during the golden age of French Quarter burlesque as “Alouette Leblanc, the Tassel Twirler,” has died in Charleston, S.C. She was 80. Rick Delaup, producer of ...

The four-day New York City Burlesque Festival is officially in full shimmy. While dancers were busy backstage securing their tasseled and bedazzled pasties (one dancer lamented a time one had actually ...

When you’ve got it, flaunt it. Ask actress Cady Huffman, who belted that message as Ulla in 2001 in “The Producers” and is currently living it as Sylvie Sylvane, a striptease artist in the new ...