This will be a one day event which will celebrate the present and showcase the future of burlesque within Wales, the UK and across the Globe!
The Wales Burlesque Festival date is:
Saturday 4th May 2013.
Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel and Spa
24 26 Newport Road
CF24 0DD - CARDIFF
A huge amount of events taking place throughout the entire day.
The festival aims to be an interactive experience and delegates will be able to participate in workshops as well as watching two first class shows in the afternoon and evening.
"All Tickets Aviailble on the Door"
Day Pass £50:
Two workshops, Newcomer’s Competition
plus Evening Gala show.
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Show Pass £25:
3.30pm to 6pm TeaTime Tease.
7.30pm to 10.30pm Evening Gala show.
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Free Workshops!
Free Workshops 2.30 -3.30 in the foyer.
Pin-Up-Pose and Pencil
Figure Drawing With A Difference At The Welsh Burlesque Festival
Individual Shows:
3.30pm to 6pm TeaTime Tease.
£10
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7.30pm to 10.30pm Evening Gala show:
£15
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Workshop Info:
Choose 2 of the following workshops.
NB: Note your selections on the paypal transaction.
11.15am-12.15pm
Dance Workshop 1 in Balmoral 1.
Fan Dancing with DeeDee DeLa Rouge 11.15am -12.15pm
Ever wanted to give the graceful art of fan dance a go? Well, now you can! Former performer and Bluestocking compere DeeDee will lead you through all there is to know about fan dancing, from the correct way (for you) to hold the fans, wrist action and basic moves and hide and reveal principles, plus posing techniques.
DeeDee is an experienced performer and teacher whose 'La Plume Noir' signature act with black feather fans was always a hit with audiences. We guarantee her fan workshop will be a lot of fun!
Participants will need to bring a pair of hand fans (small, folding fans - nothing elaborate!) and will be required to wear suitable attire for movement (non-restrictive outfits - leggings, t-shirts, dresses, etc and shoes with a low heel).
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Craft Workshop 1 in Balmoral 2.
Burlesque Tassel Making Workshop
with Lilly Laudanum 11.15am -12.15pm
Make your very own pair of burlesque tassels/pasties with performer Lilly Laudanum!
Who can forget the moment when Barbara Windsor brought a pair of red heart-shaped pasties to the small screen in Carry On Doctor in the 70s? Pasties have come a long way these days, and not only is tassel-twirling an art form in itself, but often the decoration of the performer’s pasties form the ‘punch line’ to the act.
Participants of this craft-based workshop will learn how to make the all-essential burlesque cover-up which has become an iconic accessory. Participants will be given basic materials and equipment (sequins, fabric, etc) although some may wish to bring any old trims etc they have lying around to transform into something fabulous. You don’t need to be any good at sewing as participants will be shown techniques are for non-sewers, too.
The workshop will be led by Ronnie Kerswell-O’Hara, costume maker for high profile attractions including The Dungeons brand (London, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, York and the newly opened Blackpool Tower Dungeon), Warwick Castle, Italy’s Gardaland and various theatre practitioners and burlesque artists and performers, including those of her own performing persona, Lilly Laudanum.
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Vintage and Glamour Hair and Make up 1 in Caernafon Suite.
Make Up and Hair with Rhiannon Hexter 11am-12.15
(please note extra 15 mins)
Classic vintage style workshop teaching all the basic skills to achieve a classic vintage look! Just bring your make-up bag to learn how to create the look, (some make-up will be provided too).
Theatrical workshop, teaching you how to create a more dramatic burlesque look, and to be creative with colour! Hair workshop, teaching you the techniques and skills required to achieve glamorous vintage styles.
Work shops will be very interactive and hands on, please bring note book if you would like to make notes but most importantly your glamorous self!
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1pm-2pm
Dance Workshop 2 in Balmoral 1.
Classic Burlesque Workshop with Kitty Kane 1-2pm.
Burlesque acts can be anything from classic striptease to modern dance, theatrical mini-dramas or comedic mayhem. This workshop will teach you all the basics of the classic bump & grind, burlesque secrets and costumes tips, all to give you a head starts to becoming your very own burlesque queen of tease. Women of all shapes, sizes and backgrounds welcome. The course will work on confidence building, posing for your body shape, classic burlesque move and working with props.
Taught by Kitty Kane. Internationally renowned starlet Kitty Kane embodies everything that is quintessentially British about the up and coming UK Burlesque scene. She embodies both charm and grace through her classical expression of the most elegantly executed dance numbers, but also incorporates the best of British humour by incorporating circus skills into her quirky comedy acts. She performed at the British Grand Prix sending pulses racing and was also seen on a 40ft screen as the back drop for The Manic Street Preachers acclaimed international tour Send Away the Tigers, performing the very best of classic British burlesque. Recently returning from a tour in Canada and America she is returning to her Welsh roots at the WBF.
Dress code: Wear Clothing that is comfortable and easy to move in (if you feel daring dress up but not essential). Gloves will be required for this workshop, can be provided or you can bring your own.
Shoes: Preferably heels you can dance in.
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Tassel Twirling with FooFooLaBelle and Lilly Laudanum
1.15pm-2.15pm
So you've got a pair of tassels and want to know the secrets of how to twirl them? Well, now you can! Join international performer Foo Foo LaBelle and Lilly Laudanum as they show you how to tassel twirl in their fun ladies only workshop.
You'll also learn about using pasties as a punchline to a routine, some hide and reveal techniques, how to remove a bra and corset and some shoulder shimmying skills to boot! All you need to join us is a pair of pasties (the sort with the tassel on!), a bra and corset and a sense of fun! Don't worry if you are not brave enough to bare your tassels, you can still come along, just bring an extra bra to stick the pasties to...
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Vintage and Glamour Hair and Make up 2 in Caernafon Suite.
Make Up and Hair with Rhiannon Hexter 1-2.15pm,
(please note extra 15 mins)
Classic vintage style workshop teaching all the basic skills to achieve a classic vintage look! Just bring your make-up bag to learn how to create the look, (some make-up will be provided too).
Theatrical workshop, teaching you how to create a more dramatic burlesque look, and to be creative with colour! Hair workshop, teaching you the techniques and skills required to achieve glamorous vintage styles.
Work shops will be very interactive and hands on, please bring note book if you would like to make notes but most importantly your glamorous self!
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Free Workshops!
Free Workshops 2.30 -3.30 in the foyer.
Pin-Up-Pose and Pencil
Figure Drawing With A Difference At The Welsh Burlesque Festival
Does still life leave you as limp as the fruit in the bowl? Does life drawing lack vivacity? Well, if figure drawing leaves you flat, prepare for a bit of va-va-voom with our Pin Up, Pose And Pencil workshop for creative minds!
Burlesque, like art, relies on self expression and freedom to make pictures on stage and here our models, clothed in their spectacular costumes, will be short-interval posing for you to explore their lines, contours and character as your observational skills translate what you see onto paper. We will also be encouraging expression, mood and individuality by playing with different lighting angles.
You do not need to be the next Da Vinci, Michelangelo or even Freud to come along and have a go as the workshop is not a tutorial, with the emphasis more on opening up art to everyone in a non-formal environment where you will be free to unleash that creative inner demon!
We will supply the paper and pencils or charcoal – you just bring yourself and a sense of creative adventure, plus any other medium you fancy drawing in (eg pastilles, pen – and budding photographers you are welcome to! Sorry, we can’t accommodate paints due to the clear-up required!) if pencils are not for you… Unlike life drawing, our models will not be nude but will they will be theatrically and interestingly attired for this occasion of self expression, freedom and fun!
The secret of on line publishing and how to create an on-line persona.
Details to follow.
Accommodation in Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel
Nights of 3rd and 4th £70.00 - Single Occupancy B&B
£80.00 Double Occupancy B&B
Guests can book bedrooms through
the reservations team
email: H6622-RE1@accor.com
or 02920 435043
Please note that twin rooms are filled early so please book as soon as possible.
We are now also taking booking
from burlesque/vintage-related Stall holders
The festival was created in response to the resurgence of burlesque, both in its classical, comical and contemporary forms and to platform burlesque as a recognised modern art form that encompasses a range of disciplines including dance, drama and theatrical expression.
The festival is geared towards (but not limited by) growing interest and increasing numbers of Welsh audiences and the influx of new burlesque talent. We aim to foster a supportive community of performers, both old and new, within the UK burlesque scene, and to enable networking opportunities among performers and promoters.
Welsh Burlesque Festival aims to promote the art and entertainment that is burlesque, inspire audiences and to encourage the exciting and diverse range of acts and performers by bringing a first class event to the Welsh capital.
All performers from across the Globe are invited to perform in the live shows which will take the form of The Evening Gala show and a Tea Time Tease Show: (Up and coming acts fresh from the UK scene that we think you should know about in a "tea time tassel off" where you decide which act you want to see again in the evening show.)