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Striptease Expertise with Jo Weldon

Striptease Expertise
Jo Weldon's Signature Class
You'll be a better performer after you leave this class! You'll learn how to make everything from slipping out of a button-down shirt to removing your earrings into a devastating act of theater. We'll start with what you already know (and you may not even know you know it) and incorporate it into innovative and effective ways to handle any article of clothing. Though not a dance class, there are walking and movement components, so wear shoes in which you would like to perform. We recommend you bring a hoodie that unzips all the way down the front, or if you do not have a hoodie bring a cardigan or button-down shirt to class.
While both dance and theater training are excellent background for burlesque performance, the element of striptease is what makes burlesque unique. If you are looking for a better understanding of how to heat up your numbers, how to best connect to the audience, and how to create reveals that thrill them over and over, explore striptease with a master of the form. Be the performer that people remember!
Jo is Vice President of Burlycon and Co-Executive Director of Education at the Burlesque Hall of Fame, and has been voted one of 21st Century Burlesque's Top Ten International Burlesque Industry Figures six years in a row. She has been a burlesque performer for over twenty years and has taken the stage at Tease-O-Rama, the New York Burlesque Festival, Coney Island, the New Orleans Burlesque Festival, and the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender, as well as headlining events in Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. She also regularly attends burlesque shows and maintains her position as a passionate audience member--a perspective which no instructor or coach can afford to lose.

Cancellation Policies:

If your class is cancelled by the instructor, your payment will be refunded in full as soon as possible. Otherwise, tuition and deposits are non-refundable.