ACTUAL DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED. LOOKING LIKE A WEEKEND IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY 2010

ABOUT THE BURLESQUE BOOTCAMP

Producer & Agent JAC BOWIE and Australia’s premier Burlesque showgirl, LOLA THE VAMP join forces on this weekend of intense workshops and development for professional and emerging performers.

In this genre, what makes you unique? What are your strongest shows, skills and how can you improve to become a more allround professional performer?

Aimed at the current or very driven new performer, this course is aimed at developing you further, and gaining more work both here and overseas. It's really for those of you serious about making this a full time career.

During these intense 2 days you will have the opportunity to brainstorm new ideas and workshop your current shows, working on the choreography, movements, connection with the audience and technique.

Lola will be covering a range of traditional moves, techniques and routines. Learn about international competitions including Miss Exotic World and other festivals and opportunities for work, focusing on UK and US.

Join Jac & Lola and learn how to develop your brand, image and character. Develop a PR & marketing campaign and best present yourself to clients.

Learn how to make a living from Burlesque and become the best performer you can be.

ABOUT JAC BOWIE

Jac Bowie started her career as a theatre director and actor  and went on to event producing in 2004 with the hugely successful Burlesque Ball. She has worked with some of the entertainment industries biggest names including Cirque Du Soleil and Disney. Since The Burlesque Ball she also now produces several Cabaret & Burlesque events including The Ruby Revue in Sydney and Melbourne, and Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School in Sydney.

As Artistic Director of The Jac Bowie Agency, she also casts over 200 performers based in Australia, UK and USA into events internationally.Jac will be overseeing all course content and running some Business courses for the School. For more information on Jac Bowie visit www.jacbowie.com

ABOUT LOLA THE VAMP

Lola The Vamp is Australia's premier showgirl and the fastest rising star around the world. She's the new star of the tease, the damsel of deshabille, the princess of boom boom! Notorious around the globe for "losing " her pasties, you never know how far she might go! Her sensual and stunning shows have captured the world's imagination. Lola's acts have graced stages in Hollywood, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, and every stop in between! Lola The Vamp has prided herself on presenting the world with her sensual acts of deshabille since 2002, making her a forerunner of Australian burlesque and an internationally recognised trailblazer! She now divides her time between her home country of Australia and her beloved city of Paris. For more info visit www.lolathevamp.net


FULL OUTLINE:

Saturday:
10.00am - 11.00am
A Short But Detailed History of Burlesque! Learn about the amazing legacy
you inherit as a burlesque performer and the creative, strong and
wonderful women who have paved the yellow brick road on which you are
embarking. We run through the history of the word 'burlesque', the
genderbending amazons of Victorian Burlesque (and the birth of the pin-up
by burlesque performers), the early 20th Century Carnival and Medicine
Show influences, the Golden Age of the 30s to the 50s and finally the
pioneer post-feminist women who picked up their feather fans all over
again in the mid to late 90s and founded a theatre movement like no other!

We will also teach you the old terminology - so if we ask you to give us
"The Boston Version", you'll know just what you need to do!

11.00am -11.30am Break - You'll need it because Lola is about to get you
moving! And her classes have a reputation for high physicality and
demanding warmups!

11.30-1.30
Lola will teach you the four corners of classic burlesque that every
self-respecting dancer should know: The Bump, The Grind, The Shimmy and
the Burlesque Walk. From there, we will cover classic moves of burlesque
past and present, each named in tribute to the performer who "owned" the
move, or who taught it to Lola personally! It's our way of thanking the
dancers who have given us so much, and keeping their memory alive in our
bodies and hearts. There is also room for improvisation - your routines
will rely solely on your creativity so we want to start bringing it out
here and now! be prepared to dance to your own rhythm!

1.30 - 2.30 Lunch

2.30 - 3.30
We will show you the standard sexy strip routine of the Golden Age, and
how it was integrated with the costume of the time. (Book: Pretty Things
would be helpful to have around here). Chair and veil work is
incorporated.

3.30 - 5.00
Lola combines the moves you have learnt and layers them onto each other in
the most challenging routine she teaches. This is what you need to pull
out to match the spectacle of your amazing costume. If you can't have a
large prop, you need to have a spectacular physical routine. Featuring the
infamous Undulation Kick, and Lola's secret weapon, The Hummingbird!

Sunday:
10.00 - 10.30
A dance warm up with Parasols and Boas - learn some cool sexy tricks -
what a great way to start the day!

10.30 - 11.30:
Show Us Your Bits! This is the time for you to show Jac and Lola your
routines and have them workshopped in a supportive and honest professional
group setting.

11.30 - 12.00 Break

12.00 - 2.00
Workshopping continues. You will also have the advantage of seeing the
other student's acts workshopped, and pick up more than a few tips by proxy!

2.00 - 3.00 Lunch

3.00 - 4.00
Workshopping continues. Walk away with an act!

4.00 - 5.00
Q & A: Your time to ask Jac and Lola about the Biz. How to get started?
How to export? Tease-o-rama/Miss Exotic World applications? How to present
and promote yourself? What do I need to 'sell' my act and build an
audience, contacts and a 'reputation'!