BOYLESQUE!

My next shoot is on Thursday 1st April. Equador the Wizzard is very kindly allowing me to go down to London to interview him and film his performance in Mayfair.

http://www.equadorthewizard.com/Boylesque.html

First studio shoot - interview clips

On friday I shot my first studio based interviews with 2 performers, I couldn't have picked two better people to have in, they both said some very good stuff, we touched on a wide wide range of topics. Here are a few little tasters of the footage I got.

Isadore LaBelle:



Glorian Gray:

Sailor Jerry Documentary

Photos

Recently Watched ....

On DVD, show, interviews, backstage footage.

Link to amazon page

Comunications

Eliza DeLite 15 March at 12:42

Hello my lovelies,

For those of you who don't know, aside from being a burlesquer, I am actually studying to become a photographer/film maker and am nearing the end of my degree here in Leicester.

I am making a short documentary film about burlesque to submit for my dissertation, with the possibility of entering a few short film festivals.

I am looking for any shows or events within the coming weeks that I would be able to come along and film, backstage, interviews with performers and also audience members.

I am trying to make a visually stunning piece of work which also sends out a strong and TRUTHFUL message about burlesque, the hard work behind the acts, the nitty gritty details of becoming a successful burlesque performer, the pros and cons of working in the world of burlesque & what (if it is the case) careers/jobs do performers have by day.

If you know of any upcoming events or would be interested in taking part in any of my studio interviews please get in touch.

Many Thanks
Eliza

xxx

Darkteaser Dt 15 March at 12:45 Reply

Hi if you want to do something with me then please send me a PM with detail on when you wanted to do things and such.
DT
xxx

Glorian Gray 15 March at 12:48 Reply

I would love to do this hun! Not sure about upcoming shows that are nearby- obviously theres powderroom! I would be up for a studio interview or performance also. Let me know what you think! xxx

Eliza DeLite 15 March at 12:50

Hi Darkteaser,

Do you have any upcoming shows? Are you hosting another Garter Lounge in the near future? I'm just trying to suss out/locate a couple of events to film at. I have no specific dates that i'm looking shoot on, really I need work out when things are and schedule around that.

Eliza
xxx

Glorian Gray 15 March at 12:52 Reply

Im doing a show on the 27th in Holmfirth hun, its not exactly near but its a fab venue, old picturedrome, massive stage and lots of backstage room to interview if the promoter was ok with that?

Darkteaser Dt 15 March at 12:52 Reply

Ok well my next show in in grenoble france on tv friday then saturday a show in grenoble too.
I do have my dark side 2nd april
x

Eliza DeLite 15 March at 12:53

Hi Glorian,

Brill! Would you like to/be able to come in for a studio interview and perform one of your acts? I do love the two you performed at Powder Room last time... the painter and the nun. Are you free for a day over the next fortnight?

xxx

Glorian Gray 15 March at 12:56 Reply

Sure thing! I need to be down in Lboro off and on anyway so can combine it with a study trip! If you werent massively bothered I wouldnt mind doing one of my newer acts- those two are the 2 and 3rd acts I ever did so am well sick of them lol!

Equador Zaha 15 March at 13:09 Reply

haya, i'm very much up to give you a hand darlin, theres a show coming up in holloway on April 1st which is in a rockers club. so its very raw, the changing rooms are in the basement where there's not even enough hight room for me to stand strait. there'll be a few different performers there. Also, either before of strait after i'm shooting off to a 2nd gig in mayfair for the eccentric club.
coluld be interesting for your doc to see how a burlesque dancer rushes around like a mad thing trying to fit as many gigs in as possible. Also, seeing the parralel between the expensive corporate mayfair burlesque scene too the undergroundy rockerers of holloway.
here's my number, **************
give me a shout

having a good copy of my show filmed is always apreciated too.
:-)

The Naked Truth

This is just something I was trying out yesterday, I wanted to show the transformation from bare faced to full burlesque make up, which thinking about it since, i find rather ironic. It's ironic that a burlesque performer would spend time and attention to detail, in covering up their face, painting it with make up, to achieve a perceived ideal... when really they are about to go up on stage in front of so many people to "bare all". Think about it!

Recent Developments...

Went to see "Burlesque Undressed" at The Phoenix recently. It is the latest to join the growing collection of documentaries on Burlesque out there. I think it was definitely worth seeing, though I am slightly critical of it's approach and the message of utter glamour it gives off. Come on, inscence sticks and champagne before a show?....Last thing I remembered, the lead up to a show involves running around in a mad frenzy trying to find that damn double sided sticky tape for sticking your tassels on with, while trying to rip the velcro rollers out of your hair!

I found also, that the interview clips with Immodesty Blaize were a little too rehearsed and lost that "documentary" feel of honesty and gut reaction answers.


The film is now available on Amazon too:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Immodesty-Blaize-Presents-Burlesque-Undressed/dp/B002YT7W2E

Not long after this I shot some photographs at Redeemer, the local metal nightclub, which was hosting a show put together by some "collegues" of mine. I wasn't taking part this time, but I thought it would be a nice opportunity to start gathering some images together.

The nature of these shows often leaves the girls changing in corridoors or stairwells and this event was no exception. It's this one factor really that provoked my reaction to Burlesque Undressed because unless you have Immodesty or Dita's money, there's no pre show champagne, it's the odd free Rum and Coke if you're lucky!

Anyway, I tried to get this across through these photos, which yes... possibly challenge people's assumptions of what burlesque is about.

This last image is one of my favourites, maybe because it is so ambiguous... but for me, it really captures one of the feelings of the backstage experience, of the cold gritty floor under your feet.. which at that point really doesn't matter because the sheer adrenaline you get before a show is the only thing you can feel.

The final thing I have to blog about is about where I'm taking this whole thing. On one of my many recent visits to the Phoenix Square, I went to see Tom Ford's A Single Man, which was the most visually stunning film I've seen for a long time. Beautiful use of colour, sound, close ups... really an amazing film.