Simple Act Development Exercise
Hello Burlesquers! Whether you're creating your first number or your 50th, sometimes coming up with an idea you love is the hardest part of all. Often this comes from overthinking, so the exercise in this post can be helpful in reminding you that burlesque is supposed to be fun. After all, burlesque is, above all things, optional -- you don't have to do it at all! However, the beauty of it is that you get to come up with everything on your own: concept, music choice, costume assembly, and choreography. This is a fully independent art form you get to do solely for your own satisfaction. So if you're going to do it, it should be fun. For this exercise, take a notebook and write down the following: 1) Concept or theme 2) Music 3) Outermost layer of costume 4) Innermost layer of costume For instance: 1) Spring 2) Spring by Vivaldi 3) An earth colored robe with really long sleeves and flowered gloves that will start poking out 4) Flower pasties and a squirting