Burlesque Weekender: A Weekend with RedBone

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About this event
Event lasts 1 day 5 hours

The Atlanta School of Burlesque is proud to present A Weekend With the No. 40 most influential burlesque performer in the world - the award-winning burlesque phenomenon RedBone, September 21 -22.

Internationally known, Minnesota grown’ RedBone is one of the biggest names in burlesque! She began traveling the world as one of the Wham Bam Thank You Ma’ams, backing up the infamous Foxy Tann in her quest for world domination in 2005. RedBone has featured at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend, is the 2019 reigning ‘Princess of Burlesque’ of The Miss Exotic World competition at The Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender in Las Vegas and 2016-2023 21st Century Burlesque Magazine Top 50 Most Influential Industry Figures!!

Owner of Cyclone Enterprises, a production company focused on Black, Brown & Queer Fringe Arts Entertainment and producing Moist - An All Black Erotic Cabaret at Oasis SF. She is co-founder of The Nudie Nubie’s Show - An Amateur Reveal established in 2013 designed to support and elevate the 4 years and under generation of teasers. Since 2014, RedBone has made it a priority to prevent ashiness by glamorously and naturally hydrating the skin of humans across the globe with her product Glam Jam - an all-natural glitter lotion stick, aka “Glo-tion For Your Motion”

RedBone “The Cyclone of Burlesque” | cycloneenterprises.com| IG: @redbonempls

The Atlanta School of Burlesque has been providing burlesque education since 2013. As an institution dedicated to burlesque education it is of the utmost importance that we provide our students access to the best burlesque and dance instructors and performers in our industry.

AGENDA
September 21
10:00 AM Reclaiming Your Erotic Burlesque Class
11:45 AM Intro to Breakin’ Burlesque Class
1:00 PM Make Choreography Easy Bulesque Class
9:00 PM Southern Cyclone Burlesque Experience

September 22
10:30 AM Doors & Brunch begins
11:00 AM Nose to the Rhinestone Burlesque Peer Review begins
VIP Weekend Pass: $135
Admission to all three (3) classes
First or second row VIP seats the the Saturday night burlesque experience, Southern Cyclone
General Admission seats to the Sunday morning Nose To The Rhinestone Burlesque Brunch

General Admission Weekend Pass: $125
Admission to all three (3) classes
General admission seats to the Saturday night Burlesque show, Southern Cyclone
General Admission seats to the Sunday morning Nose to The Rhinestone Burlesque Brunch

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SHOW ONLY - September 21
Southern Cyclone Burlesque Experience
VIP - $55
One (1) first or second row seat
Custom branded bag
Complimentary drink ticket

General Admission - $45

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CLASSES ONLY - September 21
Class Pass - $70 for admission to all three burlesque classes
Individual Class - $25

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BRUNCH ONLY - September 22
NOSE TO THE RHINESTONE Burlesque Brunch & Peer Review
$10 or free if you bring a dish. Sign up here!
September 21, 2024

Reclaiming Your Erotic • 10:00 AM

“I feel, therefore I can be free” - Audre Lorde

We are poetry in motion, Your erotic is your spark, seed of life, your motivation, your physicalized expression of honesty. How you move through the world, untainted by outside influence. Your unapologetic truth. Inspired by Excerpts & Quotes from Audre Lorde’s Essay The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House and All About Love by Bells Hooks, we’ll get out of our heads and into our bodies to connect the spiritual, physical & emotional to Reclaim Your Erotic.

Starting with a meditative yoga inspired stretching series, cardio movement drills/across the floor followed by the choreography from the original 4 week series to 2:35 (I Want You) by Ashanti which is a mix of slinky contemporary jazz threading foundational hip hop funk style movements from locking & tutting and executing through the lens of Burlesque. Some dance experience is required. Must have basic knowledge of spotting.

Participants will move/dance in an intentionally holistic manner to learn & execute Contemporary/Foundational Hip-Hop inspired choreography.

Suggested Tools & Attire (These are not mandatory but will elevate your experience, please show up how you can and feel free to communicate directly to RedBone on how she can assist in making these things more accessible):

Journal (Begin a daily Journal if you do not do so already)
Acquire: Audre Lorde’s Essay The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House - you can purchase the essay alone or in the book Sister Outsider a larger collection of Essays & Speeches. YouTube:
- Uses of The Erotic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmq9gw4Rq0
- White Canadian Man Analysis That Doesn’t Suck For Self Reflection & Innerstanding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPLaZlWVaqg
All About Love by Bells Hooks
- Full Reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK2-CMoPu7U&list=PLHfhBW1jQ_pT-l253iPR-rFr-7rlj5S-z
Attire: Wear layered clothing that you can remove & move in. Knee pads encouraged but not required. Water & Towel
Shoes: In studio use only. Heels optional after choreo is more concrete.

Intro to Breakin’ • 11:45 AM

Breaking or Breakdance is a style of dance that encompasses many energy flows, levels and body parts which in turn allows you to use of ALL your muscle groups. You don’t have to be a trained dancer or even flexible. Breaking is a style of dance that you can adapt to your body and actually…. you’re supposed to. The goal of this intro class is to assist in gaining upper body, core and lower body strength through a variety of dance moves versus traditional cardio & strengthening exercises.

Please bring: a skull cap (optional), knee pads, outer hoodie/sweatshirt, water, snack and a towel. Wear comfortable clothes that are easy to move and stretch in and in studio only sneakers/joggers (fashion sneakers MUST have rubber bottoms).

This class is for any level though only for people ready for the workout. It can be intense for the faint of heart. Skull caps & Heels are not required though a tester of technique is installed.

Make Choreography Easy • 1:00 PM

What is choreography? In a nutshell, choreography is designing & memorizing moments, motion and/or formations to and from the next moment, motion and/or formation. Movement should complement or enhance the story you’re telling, not distract! Keep it simple! Moving with good posture and lines can be just as powerful as intricate choreography. Move right for you and grow from there. In this class we will:

A: Play with exercises to assist in coming up with movement and how to apply and manipulate it.

B: Talk about various ways to memorize what you create.

C: Move through stage mapping and the emotional ties of certain spots on stage.

D: You will then repeat the movement phrase to several different genres of music with composition elements, characterization/visualization.

Please bring: heels, notebook & writing utensil and wear comfortable clothes for movement.

Note: This is a composition style class. Not specifically a “dance” class. I will not be giving you movement. You will be learning tools & ideas to enhance your current embodied movement.

Southern Cyclone: A Burlesque Experience

September 21
Doors 8:00 PM, Show 9:00 PM

Starring the Cyclone of Burlesque, REDBONE! The evening forecast is for a phenomenon you have to experience to believe! Expect a swirling and twirling low-pressure system bringing showers of tassels and packing a strong chance of scattered feathers!

With temperatures rising steadily throughout the night, localized areas of fainting are possible, particularly for those susceptible to lighting “crack” displays of rhinestones and thunderous choreography. Our storm trackers say this burlesque show has a high probability of leg and possibly some midriff exposure.

The Southern Cyclone Burlesque Experience is expected to linger for a few hours before dissipating sometime later this evening.

So folks, grab your umbrellas and settle in for Atlanta’s Southern Cyclone Burlesque Experience!

Featuring Performances By: TBA

NOSE TO THE RHINESTONE: Burlesque Brunch & Peer Review

September 22

$10 or free if you bring a dish. Sign up with your dish here!
Bringing a dish? Arrive by 10:15AM
Doors 10:30 AM
Show 11:00 AM

Brunch just got a whole lot spicier! Join us for a weekend brunch experience like no other! Atlanta’s Burlesque Brunch features a panel of burlesque professionals who provide constructive suggestions and feedback about what they saw and based on each performer’s goals. The show is to help each performer put their “nose to the rhinestone” to further develop and find glittering success! Panelists: RedBone, instructors of The Atlanta School of Burlesque, and select performers from Saturday’s show.

Tickets include brunch and bottomless mimosas.

Featuring Performances By: TBA

Apply to Nose to the Rhinestone: Application Deadline 8/1/24

Become a Sponsor

We thank our sponsors and partners for their ongoing support of the studio and its work! Metropolitan Studios (our parent company) is fiscally sponsored through Fractured Atlas, an arts 501(c)3 nonprofit, so your sponsorship can be a tax deductible donation. If you’re interested in becoming a cash or in-kind partner, please contact info at metrostudioseav.com