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B.D.U's mission is to advance the worldwide burlesque revival by creating fun, classy, scintillating, artful, high performance tease, which is neo-burlesque entertainment aimed to tickle Kansas City audiences and beyond.
Burlesque Downtown Underground is lovingly, lavishing in their second season contributions to Kansas City's burlesque scene. This company is compiled of sexy, professional actors, dancers and singers. Along with their break-through performance of "Naughty Knickers" in Kansas City's 2007 Fringe Festival, presented their second show December of '07, "Baby, Its Cold Outside!" and just finished their third self-produced show, "Ms. BDU 2008! Which took first at the box office in Kansas City's 2008 Fringe Festival!
Introducing! Classy, professional performers to the KC Burlesque Scene - Madame and her lovely, Luscious Ladies:
Biographies
Madame ~ Artistic Directing Producer & Company Choreographer
At a young age our burlesque Madame was whisked around the world by her gypsy performer parents. At the age of ten Madame was dropped into the Paris Opera Ballet School where she lived, trained, and performed through her teens. It was there in Paris where she stumbled upon the Moulin Rouge, and the world of Burlesque and Cabaret came to life before her eyes. After leaving the Paris Opera, Madame spent a brief stint dancing in London then, wandered to the states. There, she found her birth place, (Chicago,) spent time in The Big Apple, and shortly after was married and settled as a professional dancer in Kansas City. Madame instantly knew that this enchanting city needed more spectacle, more tease, more push… And thus began the bursting break-through of Burlesque Downtown Underground and its Luscious Ladies.
Ms. Kitty
Ms. Kitty Rose joins these neophyte, nubile ladies after a short stint in Paris. While in the city of lights, she learned to play nice with other kitties…not to mention the tomcats. Hiding behind masks is just one way to catch Kitty. Wily, sleek and determined, she appears just once in a holiday moon. While prowling by night, she likes to disguise herself in many forms…just another way to extend her nine lives.
Sweet Louise
What I can tell you of Sweet Louise is this: She was born on the top of a steamer trunk one hot and vaporous night just outside of Paducah, Kentucky. Maybe that's why she likes to travel so much. It should be noted that her mama's mama Elinore Du Prix closed the last act of the Chicago vaudeville circuit in 1939. So she just about got herself born into showgirl royalty. Let it not be said though that Sweet Louise has ridden the reputation of her grand mama's fringe. She has achieved distinction on her own with performances celebrated from here to there and there to here - including New York, New Orleans and even as far as Bristol, UK and now she finds herself in Kansas City, the bosom of America. With hips that wont quit and legs that go on just about forever it's no wonder audiences love her and her bum ex husband Ronnie won't quit chasing her - so if you see him hanging around the stage door, you just tell him to Shoo! And for goodness sake don't give him any money. And by the way, if you were thinking of warming your way into Sweet Louise's heart, she has a strong preference for sunflowers and foreign accents. Oh, and her favorite color is shiny. Respectfully submitted by Ms. Sweet Louise's personal biographer: Harlow Zug.
Ginger Snap
Ginger Snap has been dancing since she could put one foot in front of the other. Yielding from “the good life†of Nebraska, Ginger found herself in the heart of the Midwest dancing her way through college. Now, she often spends her days keeping house and loving her puppy. However, at night, this homemaking yet-to-be house wife gives Kansas City more than just a taste of what it's like to not only party, but to BE the party!
Puss-N-Boots
While she’s no stray to the stage, Puss started her dancing career as a young teen and has continually grown to please her audiences more and more. Born in the south, this minx made her way to the warm lap of the Midwest and you can find her prowling the local KC bar scene where martinis and wine flow freely.
Cherry Pop
Miss Cherry Pop escaped from a convent when she was sixteen. Discovering that she was a picker, a grinner, a lover, and especially a sinner she soon found the resurgence of the swinging sixties scene in San Francisco. She now is living her life with the mottos "make love not war" and "keep on truck’n."
Foxy Roxy
Born a penniless pauper, Foxy Roxy was determined to make an honest living shining shoes and selling cigars to Burlesque audiences. She soon found herself falling head over heals in love with the free spirit and artistic adventures that burlesque had to offer. She vowed to model her burlesque career after the immortal Mae West, always living by the phrase, “When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better.â€
Crimson Sugar
Miss Crimson Sugar started as an artist model and has been experimenting with putting her clothes back on with her entrance into Burlesque. A performer of many genres, creator of many productions, Miss Crimson Sugar is no stranger to the stage. When not performing or creating new, exciting dance works, she spends her time reading, visiting pubs, and attempting to re-learn the English language from the local Scouses. Now based in England, she is still adjusting to the constant cold, rainy weather that forces her to cover up, and is happy to be performing in Kansas City again where she can present many, many talents.
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Kansas City: Burlesque Downtown Underground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TwpNqPOlr8
Antonym Films Documentary, set to be released in fall of 2008!