Burlesque
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A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. The word is loaned fr
Burlesque on Ben-Hur, c. 1900
Arabella Fermor, target of The Rape of the Lock
Florence St. John in Carmen up to Data
Sheet music from Faust up to Date
Striptease
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A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner. The person who performs a striptease i
Burlesque
…show format. These were popular from the 1860s to the 1940s, often in cabarets and clubs, as well as theatres, and featured bawdy comedy and female striptease. Some Hollywood films attempted to recreate the spirit of these performances from the 1930s to the 1960s, or included burlesque-style scenes within…
American burlesque dancer Lola Bel Aire performing a traditional striptease, 2008
Josephine Baker in her "girdle of bananas" outfit, first seen in the Folies Bergère show La Folie du jour in 1926–27
La Fontaine plate, 1896
Mata Hari. The most celebrated segment of her stage act was the progressive shedding of her clothing until she wore just a jeweled bra and some ornaments over her arms and head.