Spectacles of Agency and Desire: Dance Histories and the Burlesque StageMain MenuKatherine Greerfc295a655478c83ef28fbc5d88f44e832ee8ba0bLilianna Kanec453f3fcecc1717732f04f989f34f22e5a4d4903Maddie Leonard-Rose7795fc6919b777a978ec7bda4587e47146d4272eMargaret Morrison70f833738ab191151c82af514f5ee008e3ec05e1Claire Staveskifd4448269ba1d9180643996c497c3b954e2e9635Rachel Sigrid Freeburg19a18a24de8629654b230af3d38b9d4e018fd92aNena Couch011ed4d85d026b7c015f3ceb81e22a57b29b69c6Harmony Bench0272c6dce71da71c341d0dca5e4d21947d1ad231
Bon-Ton Burlesquers Poster
12015-09-23T14:00:09-07:00Lilianna Kanec453f3fcecc1717732f04f989f34f22e5a4d490359771"Bon Ton Burlesquers - 365 days ahead of them all." Poster of U.S. burlesque show, 1898, showing a woman in outfit with low neckline and short skirts holding a number of upper-class men "On the string". Color lithographplain2015-09-23T14:00:09-07:00Lilianna Kanec453f3fcecc1717732f04f989f34f22e5a4d4903
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1media/rose la rose paparatzi .jpg2015-11-16T14:12:17-08:00The Burlesque Voice Offstage: Power and Manipulation25Katie Page 1 Introplain2113452015-12-09T06:50:57-08:00 The “voice” of the burlesque dancer has taken many forms throughout the years. Dancers had a voice through interviews that were published in newspapers as well as in photographs and how they were portrayed in the media. Others had little control as they were topics of uncensored gossip columns and their images were manipulated through captions and subtext. Well known Burlesque theatre managers and entrepreneurs such as Rose La Rose, Lillian Hunt, and Jennie Lee had extremely powerful voices in newspapers and interviews as well as had strong relations with the media and press (Vogt 12-13). On the other hand, lesser known dancers had little to no voice off stage. Their stories exist in anonymous individual interviews or gossip columns and pictures in popular magazines. Through these findings, it seems that burlesque dancers had to find their “voice” in a variety of ways and depending on their connections in the industry and having more leverage while creating their public image. Burlesque dancers voiced themselves off the stage in many different ways due to the amount of power they may or may not have had. Works Cited:
Vogt, Julie N. Woman to Woman: Ann Corio and The Rehabilitation of American Burlesque. Diss. University of Wisconsin, Madison. 2010. ProQuest. Web. 2 Dec. 2015.
