How To Become A Burlesque Dancer

How to become a burlesque dancer. The first thing, I think really, is to find some classes. That way, if you know what you're doing, it's much, much easier to get some work.

So, if you've never performed before, you've never danced before, find yourself a good burlesque dance teacher who can show you the moves and explain to you about the genre, about the theatricality of it and about all the little gimmicks that you can add in to make you a very special performer. Once you've learned a little bit, then you can start looking for work. It could be that you are already a performer.

There are lots of people with circus skills and even dancers who want to go into burlesque. You obviously won't need to learn how to dance but it might be a good idea to go and have a little look at some cabaret shows, some burlesque cabaret and see what the burlesque performers do and that way, it will give you a better idea of what it is that you need to add to your act to make it a valid burlesque performance. It's a really good idea to start looking for auditions.

Now, a lot of places, what they will do is have you come along and they will let you do a spot just for a little bit of money, very often, just for your travel expenses, to see what you've got. If they then think you're good enough, you may very well get a paid performance. The best way to find those places? Again, it's going to be things like time out, online, maybe stage.

It's a really good newspaper. It has lots of advertisements for lots of shows and lots of auditions. It's really worthwhile contacting the promoters.

A lot of people don't think of doing that but promoters are always looking for people and they very often, don't have the time or the inclination to actually advertise so that's a really good route. That's how to become a burlesque dancer. .