To appreciate Burlesque for what it is and where it is headed, we asked a few male burlesque performers for their take on Burlesque.

Daddy D: “Burlesque is sexuality as performance, and my productions are a sex-positive variety show, including dance, comedy, audience participation and most of all, having fun celebrating our bodies and sexualities.”

Bijou: “To me, Burlesque is the art of celebrating your body, sexiness and beauty through dance and costume. It is a tasteful way of presenting nudity in a light of evoking a more confident, airy and joyful view on the human body.”

Christopher Throbbin: “Burlesque, to me, is the artistry of live storytelling incorporating the act of removing elements of attire. This act can have abstract and interpretive connotations to the performance, or be deliberate and intentional for the artist’s storytelling process.”