To celebrate the incredible, talented and diverse students of The Bombshell Burlesque Academy, we are featuring students who run their own businesses and their experiences with burlesque. They are our Business Bombshells! The Bombshell: Emma Marshall AKA Ivy Dynamite I started burlesque not long after I started my career as a graphic designer, so the two have always felt linked. A lot of my freelance design work under Dilemma comes from the burlesque community and that suppor

1. Learn the basics. Before gracing the stage, take some classes in burlesque and other movement disciplines. Whether its ballet, circus or salsa it will help you to create textured choreography. 2. Research. In this day and age, there is no excuse not to research! There are countless videos and articles online that you can watch and gain inspiration from. We highly recommend reading ‘The Burlesque Handbook’ by New York School of Burlesque Headmistress Jo Weldon for valu

Yes, it’s true – My bestie Selina Power and I flew to America to see a burlesque show, specifically Dita Von Teese’s latest show ‘Art of the Teese’. We admit, it does seem rather extravagant to cross the globe for a show when Brisbane offers so many so regularly, but what is life without the occasional extravagant girl’s holiday! The lure of seeing our favourite artists (Violet Chachki, Ginger Valentine, and of course Dita Von Teese) perform in one show was just too strong to

To celebrate the incredible, talented and diverse students of The Bombshell Burlesque Academy, we are featuring students who run their own businesses and their experiences with burlesque. They are our Business Bombshells! The Bombshell: Lecky Snitch I have just completed my third term of burlesque, and debuted as a soloist in February’s Ball. After dancing professionally in my teens and early twenties, I took a break to get a ‘real job’ and eventually opened my business. Look