This space is devoted to the famous burlesque-inspired dance fitness classes in Australia! We occasionally hold nightclub events that we affectionately call La Lola Salon!
NEWS! LA LOLA SALON is running it's last round for the forseeable future in April 2008 in Brisbane! Book now to support Australia's original and much acclaimed burlesque classes. Lola's career committments are leaving her little time to teach, so pop in now! Any future weekend workshops will be advertised well in advance via www.myspace.com/lalolasalon
International showgirl Lola The Vamp, www.lolathevamp.net, has devised a school to teach classic retro burlesque-inspired dance! Classes cover the common movements of American Burlesque from the 20s to the 60s. We offer several courses in this delicate art, all based in classic burly-q and researched intensely in the USA, UK, Paris and Australia.
La Lola Salon offers a range of courses. Each course comprises 6 weeks of training followed by optional graduation opportunities just in case you want to show off your shimmy to the world! All levels of training and experience are welcome.
WHO'S BEHIND THE CLASSES? Lola The Vamp is a world-renowned performer, with a string of stellar reviews behind her from several continents. She is also in the final stages of completing her PhD in her own showgirl performance. Many years of practical research have gone into the classes we offer you today! Fun, fitness, and even a stepping stone to performance, if that is what you dream! Lola has devised a luscious curriculum and hand-picked only the sweetest and most talented teachers. We'll look after you! Email us at [email protected]
WHERE ARE THE CLASSES? We run weely ongoing classes in Brisbane and Melbourne, and weekend workshops in all states. Email us at [email protected] for information. Please note that we are unable to respond to requests for information via Myspace. This site is for information regarding dates and bulletins. Please direct all enquiries to the bookers at [email protected].
COURSES WE OFFER:
INGENUE $250
This is the course to start your journey with. You'll learn the foundational moves of retro burlesque-inspired dance - notorious Bump, the grandeous Grind, every shimmy known to human and twirling those tassles like there's no tomorrow. You'll put all this together in a group choreography. BOOK NOW
INTERMEZZO 1: $250
Graduates of Ingenue progress to this course. You learn how to layer movements and make a scene! You'll learn a choreography using these layered movements. BOOK NOW
INTERMEZZO 2: $250
Completed Intermezzo 1? Next, learn how to strip like a superstar, ways of getting out of a corset, pulling a stocking and take off a glove like a glamazon. It's all done in mime, so there is never any pressure to get yer gear off love. You'll progressively learn a choreography using all these techniques based on the classic Golden Age burlesque structure. This course is about the stripping component of the burlesque form. BOOK NOW
Just contact us at [email protected] for all necessary information. Please refrain from sending class enquiries to this myspace. We cannot add you to our mailing list or send tantallising emails to you! [email protected]
BOOK NOW! PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE
Email us at [email protected] with the city you are enquiring about in the "subject" line and we'll book you in. Our bookers will inform you of the location and times of the course closest to you, as well as the starting date of the next round! Please note that we are unable to send you information via myspace, so email away and we'll get it to you as soon as we possibly can!You can also purchase your course online via credit card!
Your individuality is important to us! We aim to bring out your take on burlesque, through a series of structured sequences. We don't teach Lola's style, that's hers, instead we use the knowledge she has accumulated through years of research to bring you a sample of this amazing performance form.
Looking for Lola 'The Vamp herself? Try these: www.lolathevamp.net, www.myspace.com/lolathevamp.Photography copyright 2006 Lara Pape and www.lolathevamp.net
Video features La Lola Salon superstars and teachers Lady Laine and La Viola Vixen at Blowfly gig at Brisbane's Troubadour