Undressing the Part With Rosie Cheeks
Recommended for all students, whatever your style!

Above: Rosie performing at the Borgata.
Love dressing up like your favorite characters? Want to make sure your burlesque costumes wow the crowd? Join Rosie Cheeks, one of the hottest performers and producers in New York City burlesque, for a class on assembling the level of polished and coherent character costumes that can make or break your numbers. She will describe a few of her most popular costumes and show how she brought them together, including how ot make layers work with your character. This workshop will open your eyes to all the possibilities! Get ready to be inspired and to solve some of your most vexing costume issues.

Even if character burlesque isn't your focus, even if glamour is all you're here for, remember, a showgirl is a character! This workshop will help you achieve a new level of costuming that will get you gigs. If you're at all new to burlesque costuming, this class is for you, no matter what your style. You'll love what you learn!

Above: Rosie as Lily Munster, showing how costume layers and movement can build a character in ways that are specific to burlesque.

About Rosie Cheeks

Rosie Cheeks is a burlesque performer, producer, actress, and pin-up model based in New York City. A trained dancer, Rosie performed in musical theater productions, touring nationally and internationally for many years. She began her burlesque career in 2012, and made her debut at Coney Island as a graduate of the New York School of Burlesque. In NYC she’s brought her dynamic, vivacious stylings to The Slipper Room, Bathtub Gin, Hotsy Totsy, Nurse Bettie, Apotheke, and as a 2 year resident performer at Hotel Chantelle. Rosie is a featured performer at The Burlesque Show, a weekly production at The Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. As well as the co-producer of Burlesk! at Birdland, an all classic burlesque show reminiscent of the golden age of burlesque. Watch for Rosie in the upcoming season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel!