Jo Weldon's New York School of Burlesque

The book's designer, Paula Szafranski at HarperCollins, won an award from the Book Industry Guild of New York for the design of The Burlesque Handbook! It was a pleasure to be able to work with Paula and I was so thrilled when I first saw her design. It's a real honor to be associated with her work! You can look inside the book here and see her fabulous work. Tamara's copy. Learn more about the Book Industry Guild. I've been a lucky lucky lucky lady to be working with Paula, Rakesh Satyal, and the other amazing folks at HarperCollins!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVsdGmi_vc http://burlesquedaily.blogspot.com/2009/05/burlesque-hall-of-fame-pageant-2009.html

Interview with Deirdre Timmons Director, A Wink and a Smile http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjDNZJYuQAY "An intoxicating mix of private thoughts and public behavior, A Wink and a Smile exposes more than the human body by putting gender, power, sexuality and social identity under the glittery spotlight, as it follows the lives of ten "ordinary" women who do something extraordinary – learn the art burlesque dancing and striptease. Through their adventures, we see how a homemaker, a reporter, a doctor, an opera singer, a taxidermist and a college student, join the American cultural revival of burlesque, as it moves from fringe fascination to mainstream obsession, engaging a world where performance art and showgirl spectacle, music, theater and sensuality crash into over-the-top glamour - a world where many want to go, but very few dare." On Saturday, May 2, I'll be performing with some of the subjects of this film at Quad Cinema in New York, so I took it up...