This page is a place for the womxn in our burlesque community to share their goods and services offered, so that we can support and uplift each other, not only in class, but in the big wide world too! Services Lola Dust I am a registered sworn translator for spanish and english. Visit my website…

The Rouge Revue – Studio Shows and Mentorship Program We host studio showcases 4 times a year. These studio shows give our students a chance to invite friends and family to see them on stage and share what they’ve learned. It’s our way of growing the burlesque community and also an incredibly FUN, life affirming…

A Review of the Rouge Revue – By Jamieson In hindsight, the show of resistance I displayed to starting Burlesque was just that, a show. I felt obliged to at least pretend it hasn’t always been a secret fantasy of mine to be Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge (minus the TB and tragic ending of…

Personalities are relatively enduring traits that remain fairly consistent through the way we operate in the world. We are fairly consistent in the way we think, feel and act in different situations throughout our lives. However, we are facets of everything we see and hear and taste. If we are fragmented bits and bobs of…

The atmosphere at a burlesque show is celebratory, the environment casual but glamorous and the energy is high! This is not a formal theater environment, this is BURLESQUE! Not everyone will be seated. This is a part of the magic of burlesque, it’s fluidity and dynamic nature are present in all things. If you do…

ROUGE & GLITTER Dance has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember… from being a bumble bee in my early ballet classes, Mickey Mouse amongst the Minnie’s in my early modern jazz days and the Blues solo that burnt dance on my soul, my spiritual experience.  Dance was taken…

The Grand Exhibition, An International Burlesque Benefit.  Cape Town, 2015 The Grand Exhibition – An international Burlesque Benefit   (First weekend in August, annually) Our intention is to unite burlesque dancers around the world, and celebrate the beautiful art that is burlesque on the 1st weekend in August annually. We are inspired by World Belly Dance…

I woke up at 6am to take my wife, Kerry, to work this morning, and as I walked back in through the front door, was hit with the sight of 2 days worth of photo shoot debris! Rose petals and glitter covered the floor, champagne glasses were scattered between the kitchen to the bedroom, feather…

Show Make Up and Prep This post is specially for all the beautiful new dancers who will be performing for the first time at A (S)Trip Down Memory Lane. Show make up is totally different to every day natural make up and should feel a bit over the top when you apply it. If you…

The Rouge Revue survived (and thrived on) a whirlwind weekend of performances on both Friday and Saturday night, a workshop on Saturday afternoon and finally,  after 4 hours sleep,  a fabulous photo shoot with 14 of our beauties heading into studio with Ruby Red Door Photography and her fabulous assistant, Nelly. What made the day…