THE BURLESQUE TOP 50 2012: 50 – 31
Well, here we go again! Thank you all for your patience. I have counted, confirmed and written up the results as fast as I possibly can, and here they are. I have taken some extra time to include social media links and 2012 footage for each performer this year, so go check them out! Thousands [...]
Khandie’s Kholumn: A Social Media Whinge
Log on to any of the countless social media network platforms out there and do you groan like I do at all the self-serving tosh you read? ‘Oh wow I totally rock, I am super. I am… I am.’ Me me me! I know we are meant to keep fans abreast of what we are [...]
Khandie’s Kholumn: Going International
I have a friend – a rather opinionated friend – who believes that to be ‘truly international’ as a performer you must be paid to do gigs in places beyond Europe. ‘International’ by its very meaning throws this statement out, as it means to cross national borders, and leaving the UK is enough. Hell, if [...]
Print Edition Online Companion
Welcome to the Print Edition Online Companion, which contains further information on every feature, and direct links to related websites. I know it can be tedious typing out website addresses from a magazine page, so I want to make it easy to find out more about all of the amazing people and events in this [...]
PRINT EDITION
***BACK ON GENERAL SALE*** (PREVIEW SHOTS BELOW) 21CB 2012 Print Edition A 122 page, full colour celebration of burlesque and our community that you can curl up with and keep forever! Since I began in 2007, 21st Century Burlesque has received so many requests for something in print. And so, to celebrate another amazing year [...]
The Burlesque TOP 50 2011: 50-31
Well, here we go again! Thank you all for your patience – I have counted, confirmed and written up the results as fast as I possibly can, and here they are. A record number of you voted this year, and the results are very interesting. There are several new entries in the TOP 50 this [...]
Khandie’s Kholumn: Confidence Knocks
Gosh who hasn’t had it?! Someone makes a comment and before you know it you are staring in the mirror questioning yourself. Burlesque is no different from life in that respect. We are not immune to taunts, hurtful comments and soul destroying remarks. It seems for me I am either too fat, too crazy, too [...]
Khandie’s Kholumn: Networking
It’s a tricky business this burlesque malarkey. Whilst your talents may get you so far, any professional performer will tell you that networking is key. This isn’t simply spouting on Facebook or the other social media networking sites. It’s about clever negotiations, working the room if you will. But not simply at shows. Networking goes [...]
Khandie’s Kholumn: Inspiration
My lack of inspiration regarding new acts was beginning to cause me worry. While I have been furiously beavering away at honing/fine tuning my old acts (paying particular care to the Rabbit Poison and Dark Before The Dawn acts), my desire to create a new act has not diminished. But alas, no muse or divine [...]
The Burlesque TOP 50 2010: TOP 10 Non-Performers + 51 – 100
As requested and promised – here are some extra results. Thank you for all of your emails and messages so far – and we are thrilled to hear that so many of you are discovering new performers, contacting eachother and enjoying all of the videos and links! This is a large part of why we [...]