Wednesday's class saw us canter to the satisfying close of our latest routine. Like very British superheroes, put together from Mary Poppins; cross-dressing City gents and The Avengers, we taught those brollies a lesson.
We swung them open; we snapped them shut; we caressed them; we (ahem) polished their little ends; and we twinkled our legs coyly behind them. As the Sparkly Bra Pixie observed when fifteen showgirls each took the tip of a furled brolly lingeringly up the back of her leg to her behind, "Steed would have loved this!"
Of course, this meant nothing to the less mature members of the troupe. However, those of us who grew up wanting to be Purdey loved it.
You were fabulous, as always, showgirls. Next week, it's time to put those brollies to one side and get yerselves ready to slink about with a bit of Slow, Southern Style as we launch the next routine.
Yours, as Purdey as a picture,
Burlicious x
26 Feb 2016
15 Feb 2016
Get ready for glamour
Yes, showgirls, we'll soon be returning to class. Hooray for laughs and lusciousness, giggles and gorgeousness, sexiness and sassiness... they're all on their way back.
So, put Wednesday 24th February in your diary in a big lipsticked heart with spangles around it - that'll be the first class of this half term. We'll be back then with a "pop" of brollies and a shiver of boas.
And... we'll start a new routine on Wednesday 2nd March. So, new lovelies, here's your chance to come and join the fun!
See you soon!
Yours, stroking unworn corsets wistfully,
Burlicious x
So, put Wednesday 24th February in your diary in a big lipsticked heart with spangles around it - that'll be the first class of this half term. We'll be back then with a "pop" of brollies and a shiver of boas.
And... we'll start a new routine on Wednesday 2nd March. So, new lovelies, here's your chance to come and join the fun!
See you soon!
Yours, stroking unworn corsets wistfully,
Burlicious x
4 Feb 2016
Who is this Bob?
Picture the scene:
We dance in a small hall. We have around 15 showgirls... plus the three of us. So it's pretty full.
The music is turned up LOUD.
I'm at the front, pretending I know what I'm doing.
The Sparkly Bra Pixie is at the back, chuntering instructions to showgirls near her who can't hear me to save their life.
The Voluptuous Jules is at the back or side, in her own dreamy, seductive world.
Not everyone can tell left from right.
To overcome the fact that the music is loud and that we dance without mirrors, instructions need to be short and pithy, as well as coming up with ingenious "left/right" alternatives.
Which is how we get to Sergeant Major Burlesque and shouts from us of: "Bob OUT! Bob OUT!" and "bum STAGE and bum BUS STOP!" and "TITS!" and "CARESS!!" (which, as instructions go, does seem an odd one to be shouting).
Add to that the unpredictable and recalcitrant nature of our childrens' umbrellas, and it can get a bit random in there. "WHIZZ!!!" I yell dulcetly, meaning, "fling yer umbrella open over yer shoulder in one seamless movement". And they do. Some brollies open. Some don't. Some turn inside out and refuse to turn back again. Some try to clock their showgirl on the head. Gentle chaos reigns.
It's amazing the fun you can have with a great bunch of women, some props and a dance routine.
We'll miss you until we meet again on 24th February, showgirls.
Yours, dancing for pleasure,
Bur
licious x
We dance in a small hall. We have around 15 showgirls... plus the three of us. So it's pretty full.
The music is turned up LOUD.
I'm at the front, pretending I know what I'm doing.
The Sparkly Bra Pixie is at the back, chuntering instructions to showgirls near her who can't hear me to save their life.
The Voluptuous Jules is at the back or side, in her own dreamy, seductive world.
Not everyone can tell left from right.
To overcome the fact that the music is loud and that we dance without mirrors, instructions need to be short and pithy, as well as coming up with ingenious "left/right" alternatives.
Which is how we get to Sergeant Major Burlesque and shouts from us of: "Bob OUT! Bob OUT!" and "bum STAGE and bum BUS STOP!" and "TITS!" and "CARESS!!" (which, as instructions go, does seem an odd one to be shouting).
Add to that the unpredictable and recalcitrant nature of our childrens' umbrellas, and it can get a bit random in there. "WHIZZ!!!" I yell dulcetly, meaning, "fling yer umbrella open over yer shoulder in one seamless movement". And they do. Some brollies open. Some don't. Some turn inside out and refuse to turn back again. Some try to clock their showgirl on the head. Gentle chaos reigns.
It's amazing the fun you can have with a great bunch of women, some props and a dance routine.
We'll miss you until we meet again on 24th February, showgirls.
Yours, dancing for pleasure,
Bur
licious x
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