DIY Dance

Erin Kilmurray, a Chicago-based dance artist who is best known for the queer punk dance and variety performance project The Fly Honey Show, describes the drive behind the DIY (do-it-yourself) aesthetic found throughout her work.

January 20, 2025  |  Read Article

The Ph(Double)D of Burlesque

Dr. Lucky, a performance studies scholar at New York University and an acclaimed burlesque artist, shares what neo-burlesque is, why it’s important to study burlesque academically, and how her burlesque shows have moved with her from NYC to sunny New Mexico.

October 17, 2022  |  Read Article

Uplifting Voices through Burlesque and Dance

Jenn Freeman (aka Po’Chop), a Chicago-based performance artist, shares how she found her voice through burlesque and how her recent piece aimed to uplift Black women’s voices.

November 11, 2019  |  Read Article

Professionalism Through a Burlesque Lens

RAVEN GEMINI is a burlesque dancer with Chicago’s Vaudezilla. She shares a peek into the world of burlesque dance and how some of the assumptions often made about professional dance differ in burlesque. Her responses are part of a larger series dissecting what it means to be a professional dancer. To […]

February 26, 2018  |  Read Article