Arabian Nights

Last fall, when I performed at Caput Mundi International Burlesque Award in Rome, a camera crew from Fizioni Entertainment was there to film everything in 4K. As a thank you for letting them shoot this project, all performers got a video from their respective acts. They had three cameras, and filmed each act two times - first during the rehearsal, and then during the show - which resulted in videos shot with six cameras from all angles. It's so nice to get professionally shot videos of performances, and as I received mine yesterday, here it is! I did my act Arabian Nights, and I think that was a very appropriate choice, since I use an aladdin lamp filled with glitter in that number, and an aladdin lamp is exactly what Fizioni Entertainment use as their logo! Haha!

Diamonds Are Forever

As I told you a while ago, I recently had two of my burlesque acts filmed in a studio, with the help of photographer Qbike. And here is one of them, the act I did my burlesque debut with, and that I named Diamonds Are Forever. The other act - Moonlight Sonata - can be seen here!

Full Moon

Photo: Don Hong-Oai. Source

To get some better videos of my burlesque acts than the iPhone videos from performances I already have, I recently had two of my numbers filmed in a studio, with the help of photographer Qbike. As my newest act is all about the moon, I thought it fitting to post the video of that one in today's Full Moon post! The music I'm using is a remix of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, done by E.S. Posthumus. I had to speed it up a little bit though, to make it better to dance to. I've noticed I've made it very difficult for myself by always using pointe shoes in my acts, as ballet might look a bit ridiculous if you can't take out the steps properly - and many stages you end up on as a burlesque dancer are quite small (which was also the case with this studio stage), and the floor of the stages vary a lot, sometimes being very non-pointe shoe friendly... The stage floor in this video was wholly carpeted for example, which screwed up my balance a bit. But I guess all of these challenges make you a better dancer in the end. I mean, why should anything be easy here in life?! Haha! So here it is - my Moonlight Sonata act!

Arabian Nights

So. Remember I promised you a video of my burlesque performance at last weekends Burleskloppis 5.0. I did my Arabian Nights number, which - as the name tells you - is inspired by the book Arabian Nights. The music I use is called Beauty Beats, by the band Beats Antique. I end my act by calling out the "genie" from an Aladdin lamp, which comes out in the shape of golden glitter that I pour over myself. During this performance I wasn't allowed to use glitter though, so I went with tiny golden, star shaped sequins instead. But that worked fine too! Fanny captured my performance with my iPhone, and here it is! Need to get good studio videos of my numbers some time though...