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RuPaul's Drag Race- Bosco's performance to Show me how to Burlesque. Lip sync

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Bosco & Daya Betty’s Burlesque Lip Sync ❤️‍🔥 RuPaul’s Drag Race

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Funny Girls- drag show in Blackpool, UK. Lip sync drag performance inspired by Kinky Boots: the musical

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Funny Girls Blackpool,  Summer Show 2025

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Dita Von Teese martini glass performance behind the scenes with Taylor Swift- showcases Burlesque techniques

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Bejeweled (Behind the Scenes with Dita Von Teese)

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Dita Von Tease compilation video in Las Vegas. Burlesque

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This is a drag act by someone called Marina, I couldn't really find out a lot about her but I found it really interesting how she was lip syncing and how good she did it as well as the costume and lighting was amazing to look at , the act overall was really impressive.

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Jacque ze Whipper includes elements of circus, stand up, singing and comedy.

I really enjoy this as it’s very different and entertaining, he also uses the audience to his advantage as he usually asks for songs to perform with his whips, and it allows him to create comedy from pure improv.

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Super iconic video of the gorgeous Tandi Iman Dupree <3 This performance was in 2001 at the Miss Gay Black America Pageant, and combined drag, lip sync and dance elements. Truly, this is one of the best stage entrances ever documented. If you look closely, you can see that she immediately breaks her shoe on impact with the ground. This doesn't stop her and she performs this entire 5 minute dance with a broken heel, amazing!

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Tandi Iman Dupree - Holding Out For A Hero AKA The Best Drag Entrance Ever (2024 Remaster)

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DfwwvweClGjM&ved=2ahUKEwjIqufj-oyQAxX-QEEAHWvGGjkQFnoECA8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2gBQu2za4jZqtycd3YcBN8

5 different bottles of shampoo is a spoken word about women empowerment and since I first heard it I loved how it was performed love as a spoken word piece rather than a song and the actual lyrics itself being so strong and moving.

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Not really an act in this video so much as a talk and pictures. Ive started reading the Drag King book cause I saw it when I walked to the library to check out a different book for live art. It grabbed my attention and I wanted to read it. I'm not even half way yet and ive looked up alot of the films, terms and phrase referenced in this book as well as Del Lagrace Volcano themself so many times just to learn more than what is in the book. The pictures in this book are both gorgeous and effortlessly cool. Reading this book has given me a bit inspiration and I want to learn more.

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Drag King Legends tribute - Del LaGrace Volcano

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very short clip indeed, but even in the short clip i found amusement!!! the subversion of expectations that is created with the glove feels very burlesque to me :)

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Abby Toir on Instagram: "Halloween is heating up! In just over a week @thegoregirlz are off to @horrorconscotland and I can’t wait to show you our new act 😈"

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92 likes, 5 comments - abby_toir on October 12, 2023: "Halloween is heating up! In just over a week @thegoregirlz are off to @horrorconscotland and I can’t wait to show you our new act 😈". 

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This is something that I would consider a cabaret act, the song, the dance and whole over all performance is what I feel is Cabaret

This is a kind of performance I love to watch and learn to perform as well!

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I specifically love this live performance (as an example) of a medley from Cabaret as not only are the costumes and songs a good example of immersive musical theatre, but the performance utilises a lot of political imagery, as is a theme in the show. For example, the emcee constantly moves in flow of a swastika (as it’s set in the 1930s in Berlin).

Shows like this i enjoy looking into as it has all of the surface level themes (antisemitism and fascism - themes that are similar to things we are experiencing in the modern day), but it can be delved much deeper into for other themes - specifically of a political nature for this show.

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Willkommen/Don't Tell Mama | BBC Graham Norton Show (feat. Callum Scott Howells and Madeline Brewer)

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I’ve grown up being fascinated by burlesque shows, especially Dita Von Teese, because of my mom. She’s always had tattoos and books around the house dedicated and devoted to burlesque.

I find burlesque combines both culture, sophistication and erotica, ‘flirting’ with the idea of sexuality.

Especially this performance by Dita Von Teese. The use of the martini glass, hints at the upper echelon, and high society associated with the drink, combined with her sensual movement. Also the fact that she’s higher up than the audience and splashes the water towards them, almost like for a moment they’re able to feel her on them, but that’s as close as it will get. The exact reason she chose her name, ‘Teese’.

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Dita Von Teese performing in Los Angeles, Palace Theatre 27 October 2019 guest of Marc Almond Pt1

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I got this from An evening of Burlesque’s TikTok. I haven’t really exposed myself to Burlesque and Cabaret much other than watching the movie ‘Burlesque’ but from what I have seen so far in research: There’s a lot of playfulness and flirtation and slow movements especially taken garments off. And they all come across so confident and I love the outfits!!

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Even though this is more of a promotional video for cabaret than an actual cabaret performance, Catrin Feelings is a Welsh drag queen that in this video is showing all the different types of performances they have in the Welsh Millennium stadium for their Cabaret shows.

Catrin is also a fluent Welsh speaker, so the representation of Wales having a Cabaret eisteddfod as well as it being promoted by a Welsh speaker really speaks to me in a way not many other performances do, and I think that Wales does need this kind of representation for the arts. :)

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Wales Millennium Centre / Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru

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Welcome to Cabaret with Catrin Feelings / Croeso i Cabaret gyda Catrin Feelings

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Ive always found myself drawn to musical theatre, and Chicago in particular is one of my all time favourite shows. I love the high pace, exciting intensity of this song as an opening act, and also enjoy "Both reached for the gun" as it gives the experience that you are also sat in the courtroom, experiancing the verdict in real time.

The use of big, exaggerative characters such as Billy Flynn, and the use of human puppetry always draws my attention, and i think the choice to use it draws further on political messages too, which is something Ive always enjoyed looking into when exploring any piece of work.

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All That Jazz (Official Video) - Chicago The Musical

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(Profanity Warning for the video)

I've probably done hours of research across the span of a couple days trying to figure out what exactly cabaret is, and I think I'm more lost now than I was before this

I've always enjoyed stand-up comedy, not just because I find it entertaining and funny, but because it always felt more real and personal in a way. I think it's something to do with the performers needing to come from a place of understanding to write up the jokes they tell.

Ronny Chieng tends to joke mostly about the contrast between Asians and Americans, pointing out the drastic differences between both cultures. I think I find him funny because I am able to relate well with his jokes.

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Ronny Chieng On Chinese People Loving Money

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Derecee

I chose this performance as I have always been fascinated by shows with dance numbers as I myself don’t mind taking part in a performance with some dance numbers , while also adding i did this show in college helping with backstage, lighting and sound

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Moulin Rouge! The Musical Official West End Trailer

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I’ve always loved ventriloquism as it can be so entertaining to watch and it’s always satisfying to see it done well. It makes you as an audience member use your imagination to see the puppets come to life.

It is also interesting for the fact that it is such a challenge for the performer, to be able to firstly speak without moving your lips, but to be able to go in and out of a character quickly to create the effect that the puppet has its own mind.

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"José Jalapeño's bad day" | Arguing with Myself  | JEFF DUNHAM

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Drags queens are one of my favourite types of performers to watch because they are so talented and hilarious too. I was lucky enough to be able to see Rupaul drag race series 2 on tour, throughout all the seasons this is my favourite girl band group.

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Rupaul's Drag Race UK Season 2 - "UK, Hun?" (United Kingdolls Performance) 💟

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https://youtu.be/QinW84zvbBI?si=mJJ_io6A3hLqBaxs

I found this interesting due to the fact there is no dialogue yet this character is so well developed. Also the dancing done in heels impresses me.

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I really enjoy this film and the aspects it portrays of an underground burlesque night club. When researching, different dance routines in the burlesque style this song was used regularly. I love the jazz elements not only to the music but the dancing.

As a musical theatre lover, Burlesque has been recently transitioned from the film to the stage and this was something I was interested in looking into how they adapted the songs to fit the stage rather than the screen.

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Burlesque: Show Me How You Burlesque (Christina Aguilera)

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I have been a massive fan of Chicago for a long time but especially this song!

I like that the characters stand out and possess their own bold characteristics and personalities. In cabaret, there usually tends to be a distinct difference in most of the characters so i found this super interesting!

To add, I admire the fact that this song has a ‘Musical Theatre Jazz’ style which tends to also be a hallmark in Cabaret & Vaudeville styles.

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I loveeee this performance! I love the play on how he is speaking for her during the press conference and how they connote it to puppetry- I think it’s so clever.

Aswell as this I love when the ensemble come together on the build up to the chorus. The level of talent gives me chills every time🙂‍↕️

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This scene won an oscar (We Both Reached for the Gun) | Chicago | CLIP

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I think about this video most days. I haven't watched A Star is Born, but I love everything about this. With Lady Gaga being a massive icon in the drag community, it's comical and subversive that they both would rather be Bradley Cooper. I love Maxx's air guitar, Bertha's little head shakes, the way she looks knowingly at the camera, the subtle breeze, the laugh of the person filming. When he's absolutely going for it at the end and she's just stood behind posing. They both look gorgeous. I'm bitter to not have seen this in person.

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When a Drag King and Drag Queen Perform "Shallow" But They Both Want to Be Bradley Cooper

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I didn't really know what to put in but I saw this I thought this fit as there was drag , burlesque, comedy & other variety acts. even through it's only a short video it looks really good and I lived seeing all the different pieces that they did.

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✨ It's Showtime! The Velvet Burlesque - award-winning Burlesque & Cabaret!

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https://youtu.be/rLEQixR1y5I?si=G6n0Kv9XSV667iYD

(Im not sure i have this correct but having looked up definitions, Lucy Darling seems to fit them.)

Ive been a fan of Lucy Darling for a little while now. I love her performances simply because she makes me laugh

Her performances tend to include:

Comedy

Drag

Magic

Variety arts

Lucy Darling excels at working with her audience and never failing to make them laugh, her charm has yet to fail.

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Bailey J Mills is a drag artist who I’ve been a huge fan of for years. What I love about their approach to drag is the subversion of expectations of what a “typical drag performance” is:

-They’re literally wearing a bin bag

-Performances are messy, experimental & chaotic

-Parody of drag / character acts

What strikes me about this performance is how little happens but it’s still so encapsulating and entertaining. Bailey J Mills is excellent at utilising awkward silences and awkwardness in general to create a character - which makes it all the more enjoyable, it’s kind of like watching bad talent show auditions, the kind of satisfaction you get from that

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Bailey j Mills preforming “Tequila” in Boom Box Belfast