Dolores Sparkles debuted her solo show in New York City and has played in Chicago and throughout the Midwest. You can laugh with and relate to her this Saturday, Jan. 18, at The Mill. Several years before being “born” onto the “Wall of Babes” at Studio Vitality dance school in Cedar Rapids, the nouveau-vaudevillian was a New Jersey medievalist who […]
Muscatine native Irene Jara has been a burlesque dancer for just shy of a year, dancing with local burlesque troupe the Heartland Bombshells. While Jara identifies as genderfluid, their burlesque identity, Amelia Bucks, embodies all things feminine. […]
Chicago sensation Jeez Loueez graces Iowa City tonight with a stop on the tour of Jeezy’s Juke Joint, an evening of burlesque celebrating black culture. Little Village caught up with her in this email interview, so she could tell us all what we have to look forward to. […]
Heartland Bombshells Blue Moose Tap House — Friday, Sept. 30; doors at 8 p.m. Burlesque has exploded nationwide in recent years, and styles run the gamut from revival of classic teases like the fan dance to edgy, performance arty acts […]
Kick Ass Red Lipstick Burlesque Revue Coralville Center for the Performing Arts — Saturday, Mar. 19 at 8 p.m. Vitality Dance Studio in Cedar Rapids is sending its burlesque troupe, The Va Va Voom, south to the CCPA — their […]
Vivi Phoenix, founder and madame of Va Va Voom! Burlesque Troupe — Cedar Rapids’ only burlesque troupe — is inviting women to celebrate… […]
The 2nd Annual Iowa Burlesque Festival invites admirers of the glamorous and amorous to indulge in two evenings of sensual dance and racy … […]
Analia Alegre-Femenias, director of the Iowa City-based burlesque troupe Les Dames du Burlesque, and Nolte Academy of Dance (1619 2nd St., Coralville) will… […]
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