Peepshow Menagerie presents Hot For Teacher!

This show is hosted by me because I've studied with every teacher performing.  I'm the embodiment of continuing education.  Opening the show are Mssrs. Snapper & Buddy.

Monday Night Tease presents TEENAGE ANGST

 

This is a photo of me as a certain teen sensation who leads a double life.

New Orleans, Here I Come!

I'm performing at New Orleans Burlesque Festival's Burlesque Bash on Saturday at House of Blues. I'm really excited about the whole thing. Here's what I posted on my personal blog when I found out I was accepted:

I've been accepted to perform at the New Orleans Burlesque Fest in September. I'm very excited to bring Red Snapper burlesque to a new city, and I'm also excited to go to New Orleans for the first time ever. (I grew up a few hours from Louisiana but I've never even been to Louisiana.) What's even better is that I'm performing in the late show on September 12th at the House of Blues. Holy shit! John Mayer has performed on that stage!


I submitted a number I put together for Memorial Day - Rosie the Riveter. It's cute and short. The photo to the left was shot by Dan Hendricks. I was going to submit a different number, but the technical aspects of that number (clothing made entirely of paper) were a little too complicated to risk. I'll be working the number the rest of the summer, a nice blend of classic striptease and cutesy comedy.

I've been rehearsing it in my living room a lot so everything is just right.  I'm not competing at this festival, and I'm really happy about that.  I think I'll be able to enjoy myself more by just dancing.


I leave Friday morning and arrive in New Orleans that afternoon.  I look forward to seeing shows, meeting new people, dancing and pigging out on crab cakes.  For updates during my trip, follow me on Twitter (code word: snapperama).

Victory Variety Hour presents FOOD FIGHT!

LA’s own “high-fallutin’ low-brow” variety show brings you the only back-to-school sploshing show, ever!

Victory Variety Hour presents
FOOD FIGHT
Where Jail Bait and Condiments Collide!

Starring:
What would you pay to dump food on JEWEL OF DENIAL?
Catfight!: DIZZY VON DAMN! vs. PENNY STARR JR
The Cutest ‘Tater in Town: LAVENDAR LA RUE
Wasabi hot:  BEBE FIREFLY
Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room: HOLLY ROCK-IT
Scout's honor: RED SNAPPER (drop my name at the door!)
Eat her with a spoon! new to the VVH stage: MARIEL ALA MODE
Pancake King:  SCOT NERY
Peanut Butter “Prince”: STIRLING GARNDER
                   
Music from prop punks
The FUXEDOS                       

With your em cee,
GARY SHAPIRO and
Go-go from the VAMP-TIL-READY DANCERS

And don’t forget
THE LATE SHOW
“the later it gets, the looser it gets…”


Wednesday, September 9th
Doors 9pm, show 9:30
$12 Cover , $2 off with flyer
(printable from website or available at your local coffee house or retail establishment)
at Bordello, 901 E. 1st Street (at Vignes), Downtown Los Angeles
213.687.3766
itsachick.com

About VICTORY VARIETY HOUR
“Raunchy, bawdy and fun” LA Weekly
Presented the 2nd Wednesday of the month at Bordello, LA's own "high-fallutin' low-brow" variety show ain’t your grandpa's burlesque show:  featuring striptease, sideshow, comedy and live music with performers from all over the country, VVH takes burlesque to the cutting edge of sex and off-beat comedy, with twisted themes like The Wrong Show: A Night of Offensive Material and Jesus Christ’s Holiday Burlesque Revue.
Voted One of the Best Shows in LA by BIZARRE MAGAZINE.

Early Influences

It's strange to me how I got into burlesque. I took pole dancing classes for a few years (which is another story) and had an incredible teacher who helped me discover that I could be sexy and I could dance. I was in her master pole class where we learned choreography and tough tricks and blended the two. We'd cover a different dance style each session.

This video is from my last pole recital with her in December 2007. (I had to stop going to classes because my burlesque performance schedule conflicted. Then the economy crashed so I couldn't afford my addiction.) This number opens with the toughest pole trick I've ever learned. I don't know that I did it again after the show.



This is a Leg Avenue costume that I pulled apart. I put rhinestones on the skirt and use it for my school girl burlesque number now.

The First Time

My first public burlesque performance (outside of a classroom and in front of more people than just classmates and the teacher) was July 2007.  A few months before I learned that burlesque was still in fashion.  I jumped at every opportunity to learn.  When a choreography class was presented by Jewel of Denial out in the desert (about an hour and a half from my home in L.A.), I reserved my spot ASAP and marked it in my calendar.  It was the major event for my summer, like kids getting out of school and waiting for the one week of camp in the middle of the summer.

It was hotter than hell out there, but it was life changing.  Jewel spent two hours teaching us this number and we performed that night.  You can see me look over to her to see where we are in the choreography at one point.  The pasties I flash were from the workshop I took earlier the same day from Venus deMille.  I still make my pasties the way I learned in her class.

An Introduction

Greetings, dear reader!

Welcome to Snippets from Snapper. This is your source for upcoming shows, live videos from past shows, and various tidbits about performing and producing. I've had burlesque-related postings online over the past two years, but this blog is exclusively burlesque.

I will repost lessons learned as a beginning burlesque dancer, but there will be plenty of new content as well. Keep your eyes peeled.