Take Classes with Burlesque Legends in New Orleans!

SATURDAY, SEPT. 12 5:00 pm Wild Cherry
WILD CHERRY was raised in a circus family, and began dancing in the girlie shows in the carnival circuit. In the late 1950s, Cherry worked as an exotic dancer in the nightclubs on Bourbon Street. Wild Cherry received her stage name from a club owner, who gave her the moniker due to her hot temper. She specialized in "oriental" and Afro-Cuban dancing during her striptease performances. Wild Cherry danced until her mid-forties. She currently can be seen performing her comedic routine and greeting fans at the Bustout Burlesque show.
Learn classic burlesque styling and movement from one of the legends of burlesque, Wild Cherry. She has taught at Tease-O-Rama in San Francisco and the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. Now you can learn authentic burlesque moves from Miss Cherry, just steps from where she performed as a young woman.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 11:00 am
TEE TEE RED, the TNT Girl entered the world of striptease after winning an amateur striptease contest in Miami. The competition was judged by burlesque queen, Zorita, who took the seventeen-year-old dancer under her wing. In 1960, Tee Tee portrayed a stripper in the Jerry Lewis film, The Bellboy. Only one quick shot of Tee Tee made it into the final cut. Her first engagement as a feature was in New Orleans, where she spent the next three years performing at the 500 Club and the Sho Bar. She referred to herself as an exotic acrobatic/comedienne/contortionist. The affair between burlesque superstar Blaze Starr and Governor Earl Long is stuff of legend, but few knew ol’ Earl had his eyes on Tee Tee Red as well, as mentioned in Blaze’s autobiography. After thirty years, Tee Tee finally threw in the g-string at the age of forty-nine, a week shy of her fiftieth birthday.
Trained by 1940s burlesque queen Zorita, Tee Tee Red performed as a striptease dancer for 30 years! For the first time, Tee Tee will teach how to work panel skirts and everything else you've got!
Classes will also be presented by some of neo-burlesque's most accomplished performers!
Classes are available for registration online. Drop-ins are permitted, but class space is limited and your slot is guaranteed only if you pay in advance.
http://www.neworleansburlesquefest.c


