Entertainment

  Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to experience a one-of-a-kind variety show at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium!!! Atrium: Sxip’s Hour of Charm, Jan. 6, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/v/YDvSrB6KCsk?fs=1&hl=en_US Read more.

The eighth annual New York Burlesque Festival opens today in NYC. Seems like just yesterday M and I were there for the second edition. Sigh. -ag   Read more.

  I love this idea of "teaching women not to fear the beauty in other women or themselves." It is such a needed lesson. And do see the vintage photo… Read more.

  Based on an unproduced script written by French actor/director Jacques Tati in 1956, this new animated film by Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Bellville) looks absolutely enchanting.  According to the… Read more.

Just stumbled across this nice interview with two very well-spoken dancers Coco Framboise and Amber Ray from watchmojo.com. There’s apparently a whole series of interviews with dancers from around the… Read more.

  I hadn’t realized sub-genres were localized. VERY interesting. Also in this article Betty Pickle says neo-burlesque performers are performance artists. That makes a lot of sense. -ag Quote Betty… Read more.

  What a great read! Jay Gabler’s response to this play is a multi-layered, thought-provoking conversation that inadvertently makes a case for why art is an essentail tool to aid us… Read more.

  Another blogger steps forth to define what burlesque was and is today, and more importantly perhaps, what it isn’t. Agreed: It is not the Pussycat Dolls. Quote Seattle Times »… Read more.

   http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649   Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 at the Vintage Theater in Scranton. A Steamtown Vaudeville production featuring The DEFiBULATORs, The Ends of the Earth, Haifa belly dance, Jack Bordo,… Read more.