♥ lost in the cobbled back alleys of shoreditch, i wandered around in search of the venue for my burlesque class and found it just before my iphone's battery gave way and google maps disappeared. i'd forgotten my high heels and leggings at miss A's house and was forced to present myself to the first class in jeans and bare feet. some of the other girls had enthusiastically dolled themselves up in corsets, mini skirts and stay-up stockings and i felt like a real piker...
the teacher, milicent, was a lovely young thing; alabaster skin, red lips and dark hair swept up, wearing the most gorgeous velvet dress and vintage heels. she'd just gotten back from doing a show with deeta von teese and told us that burlesque has given her great traveling opportunities.
we spent the class prancing around in circles, kicking, spinning and dipping, while admiring ourselves in the wall to wall mirrors. she taught us the bump and grind, the kitten walk, the marylin monroe, the starlet pose, a feather boa dance, boob and bum shimmies and 5 ways to seductively remove your gloves with your teeth, your toes and your knees! she assured us that we would eventually learn hundreds of ways to remove gloves, and that we should all choose a favourite for our personal routines!
apparently by the second level, we should have an idea of what type of burlesque dancer we are, we will have created our own stage names and started putting together our own costume! but to begin with, lets master this bump and grind! i kept catching myself with a big silly grin on my face and then scanned the room to find that all the girls had them!
oh... what fun!! i can tell i'm gonna love it!
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