Thirteen years ago, dancer-choreographer Bella Sin took a chance when she started her Le Femme Mystique Burlesque troupe. Though the classic art form was enjoying a renaissance in cities such as Los ...

Burlesque is back in style -- five decades after its balloon popped. The art form enjoyed a revival in the 1990s that's still shaking. Contemporary performers such as Dita Von Teese have taken their ...

Anna Smith Higgs was just 24 years old when she suffered from a stroke on Christmas Day in 2004, just a month after the birth of her son, Henry. Devastated, she would spend the next five months in the ...

Spangles, sequins and skin will be on display again as the Hollywood Burlesque Festival takes to the stage this weekend in an expanded show sure to dazzle fans and newcomers alike. One of the founders ...