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Act Development

Create Your Own Original Solo Routine!!


The spring 2024 GYAT series in 2024 will take place May 5, 12, 19, 26, and June 2, with a showcase on June 23.
Registration will open the first week of April 2024.
To be notified first, send an email to schoolofburlesque@gmail.com with the words "Get My Act Together" in the subject line.
We recommend you take Essential Burlesque before or alongside this series.


This series happens four times a year.



PAST SERIES:

Winter 1 2024 Get Your Act Together!
With Headmistress Jo Weldon
Sundays Feb 4-March 17, 1-3 pm
440 Lafayette, Greenwich Village, 4th Floor Showcase March 24 at Drom!
Create your own solo burlesque routines with the author of The Burlesque Handbook!
Your number can a classic showgirl striptease, a comedy number, a performance art piece, or any other style.
Class meetings:
You are expected to attend a student showcase at DROM February 11 2024 in order to fully understand what your performance entails and to see the space in which you’re performing. Also, it’s fun!
Feb 4: No class meeting. You will receive links to some videos you are expected to have watched before the class meeting on Feb. 11.
Performance Fundamentals Feb 11: videos discussion, stage names, music, the concept of costume assemblage, choreography of events, discuss worksheet.
You are also expected to attend the student showcase at Drom at 8 pm.
Worksheets, reading, and video watching assigned and discussed via email Feb 12-17.
You will be offered to choose from a group of recorded classes for additional information related to your interests.
Feb 18 2-4 pm: Bring worksheet and we’ll start talking about your act!
Feb 25: Discussion of where students are in the development process and what they need, guidelines, problem solving, and a performance exercise.
Music file will be requested at this time.
Music file is required before March 10, before March 3 is even more helpful.
March 3 2-4 pm run number as a sketch of what it will be.
March 10 1-4 pm Peer Review, Run Numbers with staging tips specific to the venue Bio information will be requested at this time.
Bio information is due before March 17.
March 17 2-4 pm Run numbers for each other without Jo present.
In order to participate in the showcase you must send music files and bio information in the time frame requested.
You must attend, at the very least, the February 4 class and the March 3 and 10 classes.
March 24 Showtime! Meet at 5.30 at 85 Avenue A. doors to public at 7 show at 8
Dress for classes with comfort and movement in mind.
Bring a bottle of water to the space (no food in the studio, though a snack bar is fine)
Be prepared for optional additional costs related to costuming (you set the budget) and photography ($35-75 per person), video costs if available, as well as attending the student showcase at DROM ($10-$40 depending on your selection of tickets, plus table minimum of $25, and stage tipping is strongly encouraged).
To reserve a spot email schoolofburlesque@gmail.com with the words "Get Your Act Together" in the subject line.



You may want to purchase a copy of The Burlesque Handbook to keep for reference during the series. It contains chapters on everything from getting inspiration to making pasties.

If you need to learn to fan dance, chairdance, or twirl tassels, you will not be learning that in this series, so to prepare you may want to take The Essential Burlesque Series



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