Are you ready for tantalizing teases, beautiful bodies and, yes, bawdy burlesque?!
It’s time for Toronto Burlesque Festival 2010 “MeTOPolis: The Future of Burlesque!”
Starting July 21st and continuing to the 25th, this year’s ferocious festival packs each night full of “bump ‘n grind” performances including appearances by Roxi Dlite, the first Canadian to win the Burlesque Hall of Fame title.
You’ll also be able to see Satan’s Angel in the flesh, “a veritable legend” who last appeared in Toronto at The Victory Theatre in 1969!
“Now in our 3rd year, the Festival offers a unique opportunity to experience the best of burlesque and variety entertainment. Each of our performances features outstanding acts from Toronto locals, burlesque and variety artists from across Canada, and many international headlining acts that have earned top accolades in the Burlesque world!In 2010, we build connections with the history of our art form with the current Revival, and turn our eyes to the future for “MeTOPolis: The Future of Burlesque!””
But that’s not all!
“The Festival also goes beyond the burlesque shows to offer performers and fans the opportunity to engage in the exchange of ideas and resources. Artists from many different mediums are coming together at many events and workshops held at popular Toronto venues. The Toronto Burlesque Festival includes an Art Show (in partnership with Dr. Sketchy Toronto), a Photography Exhibit, and a Burlesque Bra Auction with all proceeds going to Boobalicious for the Weekend to End Breast Cancer.New in 2010, we plan to hold social events, including film screening(s) and an international edition of “Naked Girls Reading.” We are also thrilled to include a full schedule of workshops for Canada’s only “Burlesque University.”
Want one more reason to check out this year’s Toronto Burlesque Festival? Just watch the video below!
For full dates and details check out the Toronto Burlesque Festival website at www.torontoburlesquefestival.com. You can also follow them on Twitter at @TOBurlesqueFest and Facebook here.
Digg
Facebook
del.icio.us
Leave a comment
Our comment policy
Shameless prides itself on the diversity of opinions expressed by our writers, and we encourage and appreciate different points of view. Our intention at Shameless is to foster community and to maintain a safe and positive blogging environment; we do not consider it our duty to give a voice to anybody with an opinion.
Discussion on this site is moderated. We will delete comments that:
(We get to decide what's discriminatory, hateful, attacking, or inflammatory).
In some cases, we will cap off comments on a discussion when we feel they are spiralling out of control and fostering an unwelcoming space for bloggers and readers. Comments will be closed by the Web Editor, unless the post is by the Web Editor, in which case the Editor in Chief will close them.
If your comments repeatedly make the same point, they may be deleted. This also applies to comments made by multiple members of the same organization.
Your comments should be about the topic of the post, not its writer—although we certainly encourage praise for our writers, if you want to say something nice.