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Dance Flair & Clean Lines : For Stage Performers

Vaudezilla Studios

Add pizazz with some fun dance techniques & refine your lines with dancer & performer Gaea Lady! This workshop will teach how to be aware of and extend the lines of your body for the stage to help embody characters, invite grace, and strike clean poses. We'll then play with fun spins & turns, leg extensions, core stability, and fancy footwork to add into your stage routines.  Beginner-Intermediate movers of all ages & backgrounds...

(14) Beginner 18 and older
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Lilly Rascal's Rock and Roll Workshop

Vaudezilla Studios

Do you like Burlesque but always wanted to it to have an edge? Lilly Rascal is teaching her Rock and Roll workshop - she will combine rock and roll with classic burlesque moves, using different genres of rock music to teach you kick-ass combinations, across the floor and floor work that will really rip your fishnets!!

(14) Beginner 18 and older
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Chair and Boa Work

Vaudezilla Studios

Learn from a burlesque legend! In this special workshop that has been taught all over the country by esteemed BHOF legend and Las Vegas resident Tiffany Carter, you will be guided through using props like chairs and boas to improve your stage presence and appearance.

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Movement for Everybody

Vaudezilla Studios

Ideal for performers with disabilities, those without dance training, big bodied performers, or movers who want to branch out from their training this movement workshop utilizes the principles of Integrated Dance to make your body work for you. Utilized by Candoco Dance Company and Axis dance company, Integrated Dance is a method of individualized technique. We will take a somatic approach to movement and explore three core principles: Intention,...

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Burlesque Clownesque

Vaudezilla Studios

Using techniques of body movement, facial expressions, humor and exaggeration, you can become a burlesque clown. The clown comes from within ourselves, from our body's creativity and discovering this gives us permission and freedom to be crazy and wacky! Polly will help you create a burlesque clown through exercises and explanations. Whether you're a clown who would like to discover burlesque or burlesque artist who would like to explore clowning,...

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Slow & Tease-y

Vaudezilla Studios

This workshop will help you learn find the confidence it takes to embrace the sensuality of stillness. Whether you freeze up or freak out when performing, it's difficult to be motionless on stage. Learning to project control and emotion in those moments is an indispensable skill you'll learn in this class. This course is designed to help you channel a strong, slow, sexiness that will help you take your burlesque routines to the next level.

(14) All levels 18 and older
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The Art of Asking

Vaudezilla Studios

The hoots, hollers, and wild appause from the audience can be one of the most gratifying parts of burlesque. This class teaches an ethic of interaction and reciprocity with the audience, focusing on learning how to earn audience feedback and let the audience know when it's time to cheer. Make your "Wow!" moments land harder, and keep your character up from your first step on stage to the flutter close of the curtains. 

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Cane Technique & Balancing

Vaudezilla Studios

Learn a no-fail technique for spinning, balancing, and dancing with a cane in this workshop which will leave you able to manipulate this prop with confidence.

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Pastie Making

Vaudezilla Studios

Pasties are one of those burlesque basics that almost all performers should be proficient in. In this workshop, you'll learn about different Pastie making materials, shapes, and embellishments. We'll also address speciality and novelty pasties, as an added bonus! If you have a costume that you'd like the pasties to match, or any materials you think you'd like to incorporate into pasties, please bring them along. All skill levels welcome! 

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Veil Technique

Vaudezilla Studios

Useful for any dance performer, this class will teach you how to go beyond manipulating the cloth and seamlessly move across stage with your new dance "partner." Veils available for use.

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Fan Dancing Basics for Burlesque

Vaudezilla Studios

Sally Rand style fan dancing with those giant ostrich fans certainly looks effortless, and tons of fun! However, there are many technical aspects to this performance style. We'll learn just the basics, like proper fan handling, fan upkeep, and a few, fun, feathery moves. If you have fans, please bring them, otherwise there will be a rental charge of $10 for a set. No dance experience required. 

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Chair Workout

Vaudezilla Studios @ 3614 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL

Get ready to break a sweat!  The first 45 minutes are dedicated to a chair workout that targets your core, arms, and butt -- get it toned! We follow that up with 15 minutes of stretching. Barefoot or gym shoes please!

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Reclaiming Your Sexuality (Intro to Burlesque)

Vaudezilla Studios @ 3614 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL

Whether you've got an eye on taking the stage, spicing things up in the bedroom, or simply looking for a different way to work up a sweat, this introductory level burlesque class can accomplish all three.  Vaudezilla's best known teachers & choreographers teach you fundamental stage terms and helps you get comfortable expressing yourself through dancing and using your body. In this class, you'll be encouraged to recognize 8-counts and remember...

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Burly Moves: The Classics

Vaudezilla Studios @ 3614 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL

Bump and grind, shimmy and shake with Hannah the Hatchet! Get your hips loose and your shoulders limber, learn to isolate and gyrate using muscles you didn't know you had! This 75 minute workshop includes accessible warm up and choreography for dancers and movers of all levels.  In this workshop we will learn: basic footwork choreography, titillating moves from head to toe, and a classic burlesque dance piece to take to the dance floor or stage...

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Rockstar Burlesque Fitness

Vaudezilla Studios @ 3330 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL

A high-energy, fitness-based burlesque/movement class set to sexy rock music. No set choreography, but structured series of sexy movements (hip circles, struts, hair whips and flips, and basic female empowerment) while standing, across the floor, on the floor, and on chairs. Sticky socks, knee pads, and yoga mat recommended but not required.

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Improvised Burlesque (All Levels)

Vaudezilla Studios @ 3330 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL

Planning and preparing a complete burlesque act can be very rewarding, but sometimes it's fun to play with the unpredictability of live performance. Chicago is the improv capital of the world, so why not put some of those skills to use in your burlesque?  In this class, Red Hot Annie will show you some skills that will let you take any act into any environment with the ability to roll with whatever comes your way. All genders welcome and skill...

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Improvi-Tease! - Improvising Burlesque

Vaudezilla Studios

Planning and preparing a complete burlesque act can be very rewarding, but sometimes it's fun to steer off the track to play with the unpredictability of live performance. Chicago is the improv capital of the world, so why not put some of those skills to use in your burlesque? In this class, you will learn to use all of your assets (especially the naughty ones) to make your audience scream for more. Vaudezilla C.E.Oh! Red Hot Annie will teach you...

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Choreography for Burlesque

Vaudezilla Studios @ 3317 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL

In this 90 minute workshop, learn the fundamental movements of burlesque, while also learning how to augment them to fit into acts you're already building, so they are one-of-a-kind and feel authentic. Get inspired and make it your own.

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Pasty Making & Twirling

Vaudezilla Studios @ 3330 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL

In this 90 minute party workshop, make and twirl your own pasties with me! I’ll show you how to make a pair of pasties just like the ones I sell in my Etsy Gift Shop, as well as how I’ve twirled them in six countries (and counting). Let go of inhibitions and join the party!

(14) All levels 18 and older
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Fan Dancing from The Heart

Vaudezilla Studios @ 3317 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL

Glide into the basics of fan dancing, including handholds, twirls, and the elegant sweeps that define classic fan dancing. Hearken back to the dawn of American burlesque while soaking in the high feminine energy vibes. Bring your feather fans, veil fans, or any other fans you prefer for this workshop.

(14) All levels 18 and older
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