burlesque show
Comedic undressing performance
A burlesque show is a theatrical entertainment featuring comedic sketches, musical numbers, and striptease acts.
The format originated in the 19th century as satirical variety theater but evolved to emphasize risqué humor and female performers who undress to pasties and G-strings.
Modern burlesque has revived as neo-burlesque, often with ironic, feminist, or body-positive framing: We caught a burlesque show at the club downtown.
- stripteaseSeductive gradual undressing
- cabaretLive entertainment venue
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- feather boaDecorative plume garment
- sequinsSmall reflective fabric ornaments
vaudeville · variety act · tassels · showgirl · corset · risqué · glitter · fan dance · stage name · pasties · bump and grind · emcee · velvet · spotlight · dance routine · tease · costume · provocative
- traveling showstraveling troupe, roadshow, circus, vaudeville, sideshow
- theater genrestragedy, comedy, melodrama, farce, satire
- erotic arterotic art, nude painting, nude sculpture, artistic nude, classical nude
burlesque showtragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
Greek tragedy · passion play · memorial service · funeral oration · requiem mass
burlesque showchildren's theater
Plays performed by or for kids
church pageant · nativity play · peep show · pornographic film · lap dance
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