The wait is over! We have promised to run a Burlesque Course since the beginning of the year due to your popular request and now it is here! The club welcomes renown dancer and teacher Scarlett Brukmann to host a 4 week workshop series for those who have always wanted to try this sexy form of dance. This course is free for members. To register your spot simply use your MYPLATINUMFITNESS APP. For Guests to the club,  please book below.

WHAT IS BURLESQUE?

Burlesque had a huge popularization in the 1840’s in Europe. But by the 1880’s Burlesque had made a name for itself and had certain rules, including: minimum costuming, sexually related dialog, witty remarks that were easy to laugh at and easy to follow entertaining skits. Burlesque was known as a classy form of dance entertainment that had everything from comic sketches to dancing skits, with women as the actors.

Burlesque Today. Within the past few years there has been a robust eruption of the Burlesque in the United States. Dita Von Teese is very well known in the world or Burlesque. She has brought back the art in a special way that no one else could. The Media has been recognizing Burlesque as an art form as of late, with the one popular music video in particular Lady Marmalade, featuring pop greats Christina Aguilera, Mya, Pink and Lil’ Kim to promote the Oscar Awarding winning Moulin Rogue. The Pusscycat Dolls and the 2010 Christina Aguilera and Cher movie BURLESQUE rebirthed the style of what is seemingly a new generation of Burlesque. Bars, showrooms and fitness clubs have now started to showcase classes since it has been embraced as a way to empower women by encouraging them to embrace their sexuality and femininity and be confident in expressing themselves in a fun yet sensual way.

WORKSHOP GOAL
Learn to saunter and slide and bump and grind and express your inner burlesque babe with music through these fun beginner workshops. Have fun with simple, lighthearted exercises that allow you to discover your own movement style and a few basic conditioning exercises. You will even learn a beginner burlesque dance routine, perfect for entertaining friends as your latest party trick! By the end of this course, you will be pouting, strutting and shimmying like a pro.

COURSE OUTLINE

Each workshop will be divided into 4 main sections in the following order: 1. Warm up with basic movement drills and exercises that focus on movement patterns and musicality. These vary class to class as students develop. 2. Social and freestyle exercises that allow students to play, experiment, improvise and help students to get a feel for the creativity and comedy of burlesque performance, so they can enjoy the body confidence and self-discovery that comes with this art-form. 3. Choreographed group beginner routine that we learn over the entire course, building on it each week. 4. Core conditioning, cool down, stretch.

ABOUT SCARLETT

Scarlett has worked simultaneously in the fitness and entertainment industry for 15 years. She has taught aerial circus skills, pole dancing and martial arts. She has assisted accredited AcroYoga instructors, she has taught group fitness classes and aerobics.. Scarlett has a cert IV in Fitness and studied various dance styles at Macquarie University, among other places.

In previous years Scarlett regularly performed solo in Sydney, Byron Bay, Cairns and Festivals. She was particularly good at infusing the athleticism of aerial with the sensuality and mystique of burlesque. Currently, Scarlett operates a dinner and show at The Bamboozle Room  in Sydney, and produces and directs her own burlesque shows working with Sydney’s most talented and respected performers. She recently appeared as a guest judge for the final of Burlesque Idol 2017. Scarlett is really looking forward to getting back to burlesque basics with our members and guests to have fun and learning alongside you all.

CLICK HERE to find out more about her work and dance shows.