Meet The HeadmistressJO "Boobs" WELDON
JO "Boobs" WELDON
Photograph of Jo Weldon by Scott Shuster
Jo is the Headmistress and Founder of the New York School of Burlesque, and is one of the most recognized burlesque instructors in the world. She is a recipient of the coveted Burlesque Hall of Fame award for Recognition of Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Burlesque. She has been interviewed for or mentioned in countless major press articles, films, documentaries, news items, and television shows. Internationally renowned as burlesque personality Jo Boobs, she's rounded her heels on stages from Coney Island to Sydney Harbour. Garo Sparo named her one of the Top Ten Badass Burlesque Babes, and she was recently voted one of the Top 3 Burlesque Performers in the World. She's taught thousands of women (and men!) to twirl tassels, and has conducted performance workshops producing some of the most respected new performers in burlesque. She recently taught burlesque to disabled performers at DaDaFest in Liverpool. She's the winner of such exotic titles as Best Bump N Grinder, Best Teacher and Mentor, and Biggest Cougar in Burlesque! She has worked with performers from Leonard Cohen to Spinal Tap, and has been featured on television shows from CBS Sunday Morning to Gossip Girl. She's taken it off in the grimiest strip clubs and at the most esteemed venues, including being the first burlesquer to ever strip down at The New York Public Library, and has performed and headlined at dozens of festivals all over the world, including The Vancouver Burlesque Festival, the Toronto Burlesque Festival, and the New Zealand Burlesque Festival. She is Co-Director of Education at The Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, Co-Curator of Burlycon, and conducts the Master Class in Burlesque at Coney Island USA. She has released three ground-breaking how-to burlesque DVDs (via World Dance New York), and her critically acclaimed book The Burlesque Handbook, with a foreword by Margaret Cho, (HarperCollins) is the first book ever published on how to create burlesque routines. She is also the founder of Pink Light Burlesque, a program that produces free burlesque classes for breast cancer survivors and patients.
Ask Jo any question about burlesque on Formspring
Jo on Facebook
Jo on Twitter
Jo on Blogspot
'The Burlesque Handbook Fan Page
Jo's Author Page on Amazon.com
Jo's Instructional DVDs
Read an interview with Jo on Coilhouse
Jo Teaching at Tease-O-Rama in San Francisco.
Jo performng at the Toronto Burlesque Festival
Core Instructors
Amber Ray
Get to know Amber at amberray.net
Calamity Chang
Get to know Calamity at foxfatale.com/calamitychang/
Darlinda Just Darlinda
Get to know Darlinda at darlindajustdarlinda.com
Doctor Lucky
Get to know Doctor Lucky at Lukki.com
Gal Friday
Get to know Gal at galfridayburlesque.tumblr.com/
Jezebel Express
Get to know Jezebel on jezebelexpress.com
Peekaboo Pointe
Get to know Peekaboo on peekaboopointe.com
Perle Noire
Get to know Perle on perlenoireburlesque.biz/
Veronica Varlow
Get to know Varonica at Dangerdame.com
Weirdee Girl
Get to know Weirdee on Facebook
Hooping
Pinkie Special
Get to know Pinkie at pinkiespecial.com
