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Entertainers Bare All at the 7th Annual Show Me Burlesque Festival

By on Fri, May 20, 2016 at 5:15 pm

No matter where you're from, burlesque is a language you can understand. The 7th Annual Show Me Burlesque and Vaudeville Festival opened Thursday night at the Ivory Theater, and RFT was there to capture the spectacle. Featuring performers from around the world, the show wowed the audience with song, dance and, yes, minimal clothing. And good news -- the festival continues this Friday and Saturday! Catch the Spectaculaire Friday at 9 p.m. at the Casa Loma Ballroom, and then head to 2720 Cherokee for the Red Light Revue at the Van Ella Bordella on Saturday at 8 p.m. You're sure to be calling for an encore.

No matter where you're from, burlesque is a language you can understand. The 7th Annual Show Me Burlesque and Vaudeville Festival opened Thursday night at the Ivory Theater, and RFT was there to capture the spectacle.

Featuring performers from around the world, the show wowed the audience with song, dance and, yes, minimal clothing. And good news -- the festival continues this Friday and Saturday! Catch the Spectaculaire Friday at 9 p.m. at the Casa Loma Ballroom, and then head to 2720 Cherokee for the Red Light Revue at the Van Ella Bordella on Saturday at 8 p.m. You're sure to be calling for an encore.

05/19/2016
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Rosa Lee Bloom from Hot Springs, Arkansas, opens up the show.
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Rosa Lee Bloom from Hot Springs, Arkansas, opens up the show.
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Cher D Blame from Kansas City brings old-school flapper style to the festival.
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Cher D Blame from Kansas City brings old-school flapper style to the festival.
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Cher D Blame shakes her tassels.
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Cher D Blame shakes her tassels.
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Sapphire Jones as a hot 1940s homemaker.
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Sapphire Jones as a hot 1940s homemaker.
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New York City's Sapphire Jones.
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New York City's Sapphire Jones.
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Sapphire Jones brings your Grandpa's kitchen fantasy to life.
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Sapphire Jones brings your Grandpa's kitchen fantasy to life.
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Brown Cocaine Love.
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Brown Cocaine Love.
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Miss Cocaine Love from New York City.
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Miss Cocaine Love from New York City.
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Balloon lady Jovie Devoe.
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Balloon lady Jovie Devoe.
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Jovie Devoe "takes off" her balloons.
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Jovie Devoe "takes off" her balloons.
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St. Louis' very own Boozie Q! and her armpit hair take the stage.
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St. Louis' very own Boozie Q! and her armpit hair take the stage.
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Please welcome a tap dancin' cowgirl from Munich, Germany: Dixie Dynamite!
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Please welcome a tap dancin' cowgirl from Munich, Germany: Dixie Dynamite!
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Dixie Dynamite.
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Dixie Dynamite.
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Dixie brings the party favors.
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Dixie brings the party favors.
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Sophie Champagne of Milan, Italy, makes her mark.
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Sophie Champagne of Milan, Italy, makes her mark.
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An Italian peacock.
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An Italian peacock.
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Cruel Valentine spreads her wings.
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Cruel Valentine spreads her wings.
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Miss Valentine.
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Miss Valentine.
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New York's Dandy Dillinger.
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New York's Dandy Dillinger.
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Dandy Dillinger keeps the party going.
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Dandy Dillinger keeps the party going.
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