I know some of your women have ventured into this area or have knowledge of it and I'm desperate.
I've wanted to get into burlesque forever. There are local shows here many times a month and I spoke with the producers of a few shows and they all say I can have a time slot whenever I want (maybe they are desperate for fresh faces). So I've put together an awesome couple of costumes and picked out some music. I have 3 years of stripping experience, 10 years of ballet/tap/jazz, and have attended many different burlesque workshops so I thought it would be easy to come up with my own routine. But I'm a terrible choreographer! I filmed the routine I came up with and it was so amateurish and almost comical. It almost made me want to give up my dream entirely but I just can't.
With stripping I just made it up as I went along and whether it was the best strip tease ever or just good enough got me the same amount of money so it was no big deal. Now that money isnt really a factor my motivation to do well is totally based on my reputation and I want to be known as a good performer.
SO.
I'd really like to hear from fellow burlesque dancers or women who are familiar with the art and can give their opinion on what they think a "good" performance includes. I'll let you know that from what I've been told by another dancer burlesque is 70% strutting and the remaing 30% is divided between bumping, grinding, shimming, and shaking. Do you agree with this? It seems to me there should be more than that.
any advice will be appreciated.



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