Spectacles of Agency and Desire: Dance Histories and the Burlesque StageMain MenuKatherine Greerfc295a655478c83ef28fbc5d88f44e832ee8ba0bLilianna Kanec453f3fcecc1717732f04f989f34f22e5a4d4903Maddie Leonard-Rose7795fc6919b777a978ec7bda4587e47146d4272eMargaret Morrison70f833738ab191151c82af514f5ee008e3ec05e1Claire Staveskifd4448269ba1d9180643996c497c3b954e2e9635Rachel Sigrid Freeburg19a18a24de8629654b230af3d38b9d4e018fd92aNena Couch011ed4d85d026b7c015f3ceb81e22a57b29b69c6Harmony Bench0272c6dce71da71c341d0dca5e4d21947d1ad231
Tempest Storm and Herb Jeffries with daughter Patricia Anne (15 months)
12015-11-30T14:57:04-08:00Katherine Greerfc295a655478c83ef28fbc5d88f44e832ee8ba0b59771Jet Magazine November 12, 1964 pg 61plain2015-11-30T14:57:04-08:00Katherine Greerfc295a655478c83ef28fbc5d88f44e832ee8ba0b
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12015-11-16T14:03:44-08:00The Burlesque Family: Husbands and Children8Katie Page 3 pathwayplain2015-12-06T16:07:52-08:00In a clipping from The Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine in 1966, the article titled “The Shape Burlesque Is In” explains what the personal lives of Burlesque dancers at the time were like. “Some were divorced or separated, some had children; a small child was often brought along for company and convenience” was one quote generalizing dancers at The Roxy Theater (The Plain Dealer 1966). Some dancers did not make enough income to pay for day care if they had small children, so they had no choice but to bring them to the theater with them. Others simply enjoyed having their children close to them and were welcomed into the burlesque family. “One married burlesque couple, stripper and straight man, had in tow a small baby who cooed in a basket backstage during shows” explains how one dancer dealt with a newborn child (The Plain Dealer 1966). Having children was a common occurrence in the burlesque field at this time and did not necessarily mean the end of someone’s career. “Tempest Storm’s husband brought Patricia Ann, her two and a half year old daughter, over from the hotel in the afternoons” (The Plain Dealer 1966). These quotes give a lot of insight into the burlesque profession and how dancers dealt with husbands, children, and having a family while performing. It sheds light onto the “not so glamorous life of a burlesque stage dancer” and how they had personal family lives too. Works Cited:
“The Shape Burlesque is in.” The Plain Dealer: Sunday Magazine(January 1966). Newspaper Clipping. Series 5, Box 1, Folder 5. Charles H. McCaghy Collection of Exotic Dance from Burlesque to Clubs. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theater Research Institute, Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, OH. 2 Dec. 2015.
