FIDO, Skin Tight Outta Sight and Friends present...
The Toronto Burlesque Festival: Northern Exposure 2008
July 11, 12, 13th
READY FOR TAKE OFF!
Art Opening/ Cocktail Hour
Friday, July 11
The Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar and Art Bar
7-9 pm
Cover - Suggested donation of $10
All Proceeds to Boobalicious Team for The Weekend to End Breast Cancer
Performances by Sonya Cote, St. Stella, Maria Juana of The Harlettes, Flarington King, and our "Strip Search" winner, Miss dd Starr! Hosted by La Minouche (Les Coquettes). Live music by Venus Lakes and The Professor, and special guests, The Wet Spots!
OPENING GALA
FRIDAY, JULY 11
The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
1214 Queen St. W. Toronto
Doors at 9 pm; Show time at 9:30 pm
Tickets - $30.00
Performances by Michelle L'amour (Miss Exotic World 2005), CoCo La Creme, Sexy Mark Brown and Sauci Calla Horra of Skin Tight Outta Sight, Blue Light Burlesque (Montreal), Delilah (San Francisco), Minnie Tonka (NYC), Nina Arsenault, Damiana Dolce (Montreal), Rani Rhinestone, Fanny Tastic (Chicago) and more! Hosted by Parisien chanteuse, Majenta Butterfly, with House Band, Alistair Christl and The Swinging Chandeliers. Dance After Party with DJ Scottie P. of Sophisticated Boom Boom.
THE BURLESQUE BALL
SATURDAY, JULY 12
The Mod Club
722 College St.
Doors at 6 pm; Show time at 7 pm
Tickets - $35.00
Performances by Michelle L'amour (Chicago), Dirty Martini (Miss Exotic World 2004), Penny Starr Jr. (1st Runner Up, Miss Exotic World 2004), The Saucy Tarts, Diamond Minx (Vancouver), Cooter Nipplestein, Mina LaFleur, Flame Cynders (LA), The Harlettes, Hot Toddy (Chicago), Lena Love, Roxi D'Lite (Windsor), Coco Framboise, Miss Mitzy Cream, Mysterion the Mind Reader, Les Coquettes, Honey B. Hind and Tanya Cheex of Skin Tight Outta Sight and more! Hosted by the first ever Mr. Exotic World, Tigger! (NYC), with House Band, Blue Mercury Coupe.
SUNDAY TIKI BRUNCH
SUNDAY, JULY 13
The Cadillac Lounge
1296 Queen St. W. Toronto
Doors at 2:00 pm; Show time at 3 pm
Tickets - $20 (show only; brunch is extra)
Performances by Dirty Martini (NYC), The Cinnamon Hearts, Li'l Relly, Dominique Trixx (Chicago), Shane MacKinnon, Donnarama, The Flying Fox (San Francisco), Zero Gravity Circus, Anastasia and Tanya Cheex of Skin Tight Outta Sight, and more! Hosted by The Wet Spots (Vancouver), with special guests, surf band, The von Drats!
Tickets for the Toronto Burlesque Festival are now available through T.O Tix.
www.totix.ca
For online sales for Weekend Passes, Saturday and Sunday performances.
Weekend passes available for $80!
In Toronto, you can buy your tickets in person at:
Rotate This - 801 Queen St. W. For Weekend Passes, Saturday and Sunday single tickets
Nearly Naked - 920 Queen St. W. For Saturday and Sunday single tickets
The Gladstone Hotel - 1296 Queen St. W. For Weekend Passes and Friday Night Gala single tickets only.
Ticketholders and passholders can redeem their tickets after the show for discounts at New FIDO Store at 290 Queen St West. Also receive 10% all food items at The Gladstone Hotel during the Festival weekend!
Boom Chika Boom and The Toronto Burlesque Festival Committee present
BURLESQUE UNIVERSITY
For the first time in history, Toronto burlesque fans will have a chance to participate in a full weekend of classes! Whether you're new to burlesque or an experienced performer, our University is guaranteed to have something of interest!
We have three different campuses for our University - please read carefully the Registration directions for classes at each campus. Advance Registration is STRONGLY encouraged!
Wellesley Campus of Toronto Burlesque Festival University
585 Yonge St. just north of Wellesley, east side of Yonge. (put in map)
Saturday, July 12
(Sponsored by Boom Chika Boom and Superfly Dance Fitness)
To register - www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
It's Virgin to Vamp Saturday! Go from shy to smokin' burlesque showgirl in 4 classes!
Welcome to this beautiful studio space featuring floor-to-ceiling mirrors, a gorgeous and large wood-sprung floor and tons of wall space and chairs. On Saturday, July 12th, it will be our haven and our exploratory space as we spend hours smiling, grinding, sweating, learning and blossoming into our most beautiful dancer-selves! Join Michelle L'Amour, Coco Framboise and Sophie Luxton!
TAKE ALL FOUR WORKSHOPS FOR $84 (includes GST)
11:30am - 12:30pm –
The Art of Fan Dance with Michelle L'amour (www.michellelamour.com)
Single class - $31.50 (includes GST)
To register - www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
Direct from Chicago, we're thrilled to welcome Michelle L'amour, Miss Exotic World 2005. Don't miss your chance to learn the decadent art of fan dance from one of the premiere names in modern burlesque. Michelle says, "Feather fans can be fantastically beautiful or badly mistreated. Learn the right techniques to blow away your audience. After this class you will know the basic moves of a fan dance and how to build on them, as well as a short choreography." Bring your fans if you have them. If not, extras will be available to share in class.
12:30pm - 1:30pm -
Stocking/Floorwork with Coco Framboise (www.cocoframboise.com and www.boomchikaboom.ca)
Single class - $26.25 (includes GST)
To register - www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
It's time to fasten your garter belts. Unleash your inner temptress and get your pretty leg up on stardom with Coco's golden gams techniques. Come scandalize her top five classic stocking strips including "The Reverse." Then take it down to the floor with her next-level showgirl secrets for the ultimate leg show.
What to bring: Stockings, garter belts, gloves. Some gloves and stockings available for $15 per pair, or $25 for a gloves and stockings package.
1:30 - 2:30pm -
Nightclub Burlesque with Sophie Luxton (www.sophieluxton.com)
Single class - $26.25 (includes GST)
To register - www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
They say the filling is the most delicious part - and they are right! Between the perfect striptease moves, we must fill our space and time with sultry steps, cheeky chasses, wanton walks and other dance basics. Learn how to move around your space with "design it yourself" dance moves including walks, turns, poses, hand and arm positions, head accents and more! Inspired by Forty Deuce dancers (check out the video here - http://www.fortydeuce.com/video.php), this hour class will increase your confidence on the floor, find moves that fit your persona and deepen your improv and musical skills. Dance, dance, dance! Dancers will require high heels (that you can dance in!), and outfit that moves. Dress-up is encouraged - from slinky dress to lingerie, anything goes! Gloves, hats and boas will also come in handy.
2:30 - 3:30pm -
Dark and Stormy Chair Work with Coco and Sophie (www.lasgatasentertainment.com)
Single class - $26.25 (includes GST)
To register - www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
No more cutesy-pie. Let's get down and dirty...down on a chair, that is. Work with Coco and Sophie on chair moves from basic to ball-busting, moves to challenge your ever level of skill. No mere "sit-down" chat, this hour will give you hot chair moves and more to dream up yourself. And to inspire you even more, we will encourage our darker selves to come out as we dance to everything from dirty blues to hard rock.
3:30 - 4:00pm -
Coaching/Tips/Practice/Suggestions
FREE DROP IN!
Coco and Sophie will be on hand to give you suggestions on moves to fit a song, beginnings and endings of a number or ideas to juice things up. Not preparing for showtime yet? These dancers can also be used to go over moves, break-down sequences, help with movement "challenges" and any other questions that might cross your pretty mind. We are here for you!
Aradia Campus of Toronto Burlesque Festival University
721 Queen St W, 2nd floor, Toronto ON M6J 1E6
(416) 901-2848
(Sponsored by Aradia Fitness)
To register: http://toronto.aradiafitness.com/
Saturday, July 12
11:00 am to 12:30 pm -
Intermediate Pole-Dancing with Gravity Plays Favorites
$60
To register: http://toronto.aradiafitness.com/
All the way from St. Louis, Gravity Plays Favourites brings its award winning techniques in this sizzling burlesque take on pole dance. Not to be missed!
12:30 to 2:30 pm -
Take a Walk on the Naughty Side with Majenta Butterfly
$50
To register: http://toronto.aradiafitness.com/
Why do all the naughty girls get all the action and attention? What's the power they possess? Learn how to take your "Naughty Self" safely out of the closet and use it as an ally to be more confident and adventurous. By capturing the creativity of your naughty side, you can add more spice, passion and irreverence to your life. You will learn how being "bad" is really good!
Bring your "naughty" clothing and props: lingerie, corsets, leather, PVC, stilettos, crops, etc. Shoes are vital. An entire ensemble is not required.
2:30 to 4 pm -
Advanced Pole-Dancing with Gravity Plays Favorites
$60
To register: http://toronto.aradiafitness.com/
The toast of St Louis, burlesque pole dance duo Gravity Plays Favorites introduces key tips and tricks to take your pole stunts to the next level. This is a master class.
Sunday, July 13
12 noon to 1:30 pm -
Beginning Choreography: A Burlesque Dance in 10 Moves or Less
With Penny Starr Jr. (1st Runner-Up Miss Exotic World, 2004 and Founder, Striptease Symposium, LA)
$40; bring your own gloves, feather boa and shimmy belt, or purchase kit for $22
To register: http://toronto.aradiafitness.com/
In this class you will learn ten basic dance moves intrinsic to burlesque (showgirl pose, hip bumps, shimmies, etc) as well as a primer in glove removal, shimmy belt teases and boa play. But most of all, you will learn that with the right attitude and a little sex appeal, you can unleash your own Gypsy Rose Lee!
Gladstone Campus - The Art Bar
1214 Queen St. W.
416-531-4635
(Sponsored by The Toronto Burlesque Festival and Boom Chika Boom)
To register: www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
Saturday, July 12
3:30 to 5 pm -
Tassel-Twirling With The Greatest of Ease with Dirty Martini (Miss Exotic World, 2004)
$42, includes GST; bring your own tassels, or $63 including complimentary tassels and a martini!
To register - www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
You bring the "props" no matter how large or small and Dirty Martini will help you to get 'em moving in the right direction. The Jennie Lee Award winner for tassel twirling, Miss Martini upped the ante in New York City for tassel tricks. Many of the moves that she premiered at national burlesque festivals have been adopted and used by performers world wide. Come and benefit from her years of experience and research. Gain confidence in the basics and learn how to adapt special tricks for your individual physique. Learn from the lady who taught both the World Famous *Bob* and several men to toss those tassels with ease.
Sunday, July 13
10 to 11:30 am -
Costume Theory and Design with Penny Starr Jr.
$42, includes GST.
To register - www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
Get up close and personal with the costumes of Penny Starr Jr. Review the varied burlesque silhouette, contrasting colour theory, the art of camouflage (without looking like you are hiding something), the "Three Layer Theory" of striptease, a review of clasps and various options of embellishment that won't break the bank.
11:30 to 1 pm -
Crystal Compositions with Flame Cynders
$63, includes kit fee and GST. Bring your own flat back rhinestones (minimum of 100), or you can purchase rhinestones at LA cost - a fraction of what we pay here in Toronto!
To register - www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
Don't have the eye to free-hand a beautiful design, let alone to risk wasting Swarovskis in a pattern you don't like? Flame Cynders teaches you how to apply rhinestones using a transparent film--clear enough to see through, sturdy enough to hold your rhinestones in place before gluing, and you can clone the design easily for perfect symmetry. This technique is essential if you want to bring more life to your costumes than an oddball stone here or there.
Bring your favorite pair of Panties or Bra and we will embellish them with a design. Flame will bring an array of beautiful AB and regular Swaroski rhinestones for sale at cost, design templates for unique ideas, and the glue. Lab fee for small tube of E6000, Glue Needle, masking tape, and Frisket (transparent paper). You may bring your own rhinestones or Flame will have an array of them for sell at cost.
BOTH Costume Classes for $89.25!!!!
To register - www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
1 to 2:30 pm -
Building a Larger-than-Life Burlesque Persona with Tigger!
$42 includes GST.
To register - www.superflydancefitness.com/calendar.php
Stand out from the herd! Set the stage on fire! Tigger! is known as "the King of Boylesque" and is the 1st-Ever Mr. Exotic World! He has been stripping internationally for 16 years and acting all his life. Armed with his theatre degree and experience performing around the globe, Tigger! has gone from teaching acting to teaching burlesque (recently featured on CBS News teaching at Jo Boobs' NY School of Burlesque). All good strippers are good actors, so develop a Larger-than-Life Personality for the Stage, and take your performances to the next level!
Please check out
www.torontoburlesquefestival.com
for more information!
