Summer of Nerdlesque Video Discussion
All right, so you’ve read our nerdlesque blog post or the GeekWire article about the “Summer of Nerdlesque.” Or perhaps you heard about nerdlesque on BJ Shea’s Geek Nation?
But some of you might still be wondering what this burlesque thing is all about. You could be thinking, “will I feel comfortable attending?” “how can it be empowering to take off one’s clothes?” or “how nerdy can it actually be?”
Here’s what I tell a lot of people confused about burlesque: the performer has the power in burlesque performance; they get to create and tell their own story. You’ll see some seriously artistic and nuanced performances, and when it comes to nerdlesque, joyously geeky. But don’t take it from me, take it from the experts!
Steven Stone, GeekGirlCon hospitality coordinator and organizer of the video game-themed burlesque show, JOYstick! (next week on July 20th & 21st), talks with burlesque organizers and performers about Seattle’s “Summer of Nerdlesque,” the history of burlesque and neo burlesque, upcoming nerdlesque shows, and why they see burlesque as empowering for women.
Check out the video below, and get your JOYStick! tickets here!
Have you been to a nerdlesque show (like Whedonesque at GeekGirlCon ‘11)? What nerdlesque are you looking forward to this summer?
[…] It is true to say that I knew practically nothing about burlesque before I met the wonderful and talented Stella Cheeks. Excited as I was to call her and tell her about the star-studded show at which I am volunteering, I was fully unprepared for her to enlighten me to the fact that Seattle is a Mecca for burlesque, and for nerd-themed burlesque to boot! What the what? Yes, it’s true! The Whedonesque Burlesque calls Seattle home, and JoJo Stiletto, the woman who actually wrote the book on Nerdlesque, hails from here. And, better yet, GeekGirlCon, a yearly convention celebrating (yep, you guessed it) geek girls, is held in Seattle, and they support Nerdlesque as a means for female empowerment. […]