S7E210: Introducing Myself to Myself with Déjà Louve (Season 7 Finale)
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"Bringing Queen City [Burlesque Festival] to life had a lot to do with wanting to apply what I had learned from being on the road. I volunteered at the Burlesque Hall of Fame for several years in a row as a tech assistant; I've volunteered at the Vancouver Burlesque Festival a few years in a row as well, and I've performed there; many of my friends are producers. It was really important to me to elevate what I was seeing, or what I wanted to bring to the table, and really offer exponential and incredible, sensational art for not only for [other burlesque performers] but obviously for the...
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S7E209: Attraction Repulsion with Red Rum
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"When it comes to my work, I'm not going to make stuff that's so esoteric and so personal and emotional that no one can access it; that's not entertainment... I've tried doing pieces where I was very weird and abstract and it's not satisfying. It's very satisfying if you can get somebody hooked in, if you can challenge somebody's thoughts about what what burlesque is; I think that's great. But I really can't get down with 'Well this is my art and these are my feelings and I'm just going to explode all over the stage and you're just going to have to watch'' I just don't think that that's...
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S7E208: Creatively Falling Over w/ Ginger Snaps
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"I love anything glam. I am very much that person who I wants to add glitter and rhinestones to absolutely everything I can. Even in my professional work, any time we're doing a show or they're like 'let's add some glitter' I'm like mu-ha-ha, you asked for it." Ginger Snaps is a glamourous circus person, spinning majestically in Austin, Texas! She and Viktor Devonne discuss America's Got Talent, IVF (content notice; fertility talk), being the inspirational chubby person, dexterity, reproductive rights, hypermobility disorder, and more about the french horn than this podcast usually gets...
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S7E207: Pin-Up in Motion w/ Mika Romantic
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"I guess I've always been like a champion for the misfits, those who just don't belong; whatever that is. And I hope that people who see our show will feel that they can do it too, that they can take chances, that they can be naked; they don't have to hate their bodies just because society tells them [to.]... I just want people to smile, to feel good." Mika Romantic from Lehigh Valley, PA shares her story with Viktor, from the beginning of doing glove reveal classes for housewives to now running her own production company. We go in on topics like the Pussycat Dolls, her first act with the New...
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S7E206: Decolonizing Burlesque w/ Bella Sin
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"I just want to hopefully help end erasure in our scene and for everyone to have a moment of self-discovery and self-ideology and a moment of 'let me check myself, let me go ahead and try to go ahead and learn about this' and then spread that knowledge to somebody else." Bella Sin returns to the pod to discuss the project Decolinizing Burlesque, which is being made available for FREE this November, aiding in the amplifciation of BIPOC and queer burlesque performers in history who are often forgotten. Bella Sin is a powerhouse in Cleveland, Ohio as an entertainer, a makeup mogul, festival...
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S7E205: The Road to Iconic w/ Desiré D’Amour
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"I think we're a generation that recognizes that acknowledging and shining a light on people is important--to them, and to us. It makes me feel better when I can shine a light on someone and say 'Look what they did.'" Desiré D’Amour has been stripping since the 90s, and in burlesque for nearly 24 years. Telling tales from the San Francisco strip club to the legendary goat ranch years of Exotic World to the current incarnation of Burlesque Hall of Fame (and its spectacular Weekender), Desiré shares with Viktor thoughts on bridging the gap between historical burlesque and its present...
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S7E204: Madame E. Tells ALL (or at least, lots!)
WEBurlesque the Podcast
"Oh, there was always a fight or two in the dressing room, someone getting her hair pulled. But most of us were fucking each other, so we got along pretty well." Madame E. tells all the best stories from the debauchery and fun (and serious work!) of stripping in Honolulu, Guam, and beyond before the neoburlesque boom of the late 80s and 90s. Recognized rightfully as a burlesque legend, Madame E has returned to the stage in her 70s, soon to feature at Fat-lesque in Seattle come January 2024, and was recently seen at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in June of this year, peeling it off to a medley...
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S7E203: Howling w/ Kevin Honey-Bunz
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"I'm wearing platform heels but it still gives off masculine energy... People especially in the gay community, people either want you very masc or very fem... I feel it's whatever mood I'm in." Dance instructor and ooky-spooky boylesquer Kevin Honey-Bunz of Arkansas' True Grit and Grind joins Viktor Devonne for a seasonally appropriate talk on Halloween costumes and burlesque from voguing as a werewolf to reigning over the vampires as Lestat. (this conversation was recorded September 26, 2023) Instagram: @kevinhoneybunztgg @truegritandgrind True Grit and Grind Youtube:...
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S7E202: The Scenic Route with Harlem Nyte
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"It got me out of a really deep depression spell; I still live with depression. I tell people even when I'm smiling happy, and I have great days, I still live with depression. But I can say for sure that since I've consistently been performing, the days that have been bad have been few and farther between. Burlesque hs really opened that part of my life up for me, in the healing component of things. I didn't realize I needed dance as therapy too. Sitting in an office or on a zoom call twice a week is important, but I wasn't releasing anything out of my physical body. I was talking...
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S7E201: WEBurlesque Retrospective w/ Viktor Devonne
WEBurlesque the Podcast
Viktor Devonne talks about the last 17 years of WEBurlesque (est. September 29, 2006) and 200 episodes (est. January 23, 2018). from its convention circuit, theme shows, performers, podcast transition, and also shares answers to audience questions. (this conversation was recorded September 25, 2023) Instagram: @viktordevonne @weburlesque SUPPORT THE PODCAST: – patreon.com/weburlesque – venmo: @viktor-devonne – paypal: [email protected] – cashapp: $weburlesque All donations at $25 or above will get a signed 8×10 of Viktor Devonne, covered in flour. — WEBurlesque Podcast...
info_outlineBrilliant dancer Tutu Toussaint is also a healer and herbalist now living in Chicago. Closing a chapter in New York City after a whirlwind success as member of Perle Noire's Gems (including winning Best Group at the Burlesque Hall of Fame). As a spiritual herbal teacher, Tutu continues to incorproate movement and sensuality in her work, looking forward. She and Viktor Devonne talk about life during the pandemic, visiting Africa, reconnecting with family, and considering what's next.
- ON IG: @tututoussaint
- https://www.ritesofwellness.com
- From xoNECOLE: https://www.xonecole.com/i-took-a-burlesque-class-that-helped-me-reclaim-my-sensuality-2640298303/
— WEBurlesque Podcast Network is the creation of Viktor Devonne. Episode 173 call hook by Jacqueline Boxx. Podcast artwork by Logan Laveau, WEBurlesque the Podcast cover art photography by Atticus Stevenson. Theme song, “On a 45” by This Way to the Egress, used with permission. Incidental music via pixabay.com under fair use. Visit weburlesquepodcast.com for notes on this and every episode. Follow @weburlesque and @viktordevonne on just about every platform, and support the podcast via patreon.com/weburlesque or via Venmo @Viktor-Devonne. Don’t got the cash? Please follow, subscribe, and give 5 stars on every platform you can get your hands on. It really does help. All original material is owned by Viktor Devonne and White Elephant Burlesque Corporation; all other materials property of their respective copyright. No infringement, while likely, is intended.