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Workshops with The Schlep Sisters!
The Schlep Sisters bring Dallas their signature NYC Burlesque workshops! Take one class for $20 or both classes for $35!
We will also take cash at the door!
PLEASE NOTE! CLASSES ARE HAPPENING TODAY!! United Dance Academy is opening just for our workshops!!
1pm-2:30pm
Naughty-Knee Slapping Burlesque
by Minnie Tonka
Lets face it, funny is sexy but combining the two on stage can be challenging. This movement class explores ways to approach and build your comedic side, share your sense of humor, and showcase all your glorious sexiness with an audience. Bring a pair of burlesque gloves and dance shoes.
2:30pm-4pm
"Oh how I love you!" Connecting with the audience
by Darlinda Just Darlinda
In order to do what we do, we need the audience! There is hardly ever a fourth wall in burlesque, our fourth wall is "the tease." The Latin root of Entertain is "to hold" and as entertainers we must hold the audience and by doing that we love them! In this class you'll learn all the vital skills of loving and connecting to your audience, body language, internal dialogue and eye contact! Bring clothing you can move in and an open heart!
All levels welcome to both classes. Please wear comfortable clothing!
If you are unable to attend a class you registered for and are interested in a refund, please request this no less than THREE (3) full business days before the class is held. We are unable to issue refunds or transfers on requests received with less than three days notice.
Classes at United Dance Academy
6333 E. Mockingbird Lane, #270
Dallas, TX 75214
The Schlep Sisters are burlesque performers of the Jewish persuasion! Minnie Tonka and Darlinda Just Darlinda are long lost sisters who found each other while tracing the roots of Yiddish Theater and Vaudeville on the Lower East Side. Inspired by Manischewitz, The Barry Sisters, and Rock n' Roll these ladies can cut a rug! The Schlep Sisters have been livin' it up on stage together and captivating audiences across North America since 2004 from the New York, Toronto, and Dallas Burlesque Festivals to the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas and the Key West Burlesque Holiday Extravaganza to a month-long Australian Tour! The Schlep Sisters were both voted into the Top 50 International Burlesque Industry Figures of 2012 and are founding members and co-producers of Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go-Go!, the USA's Premier National Touring Burlesque Troupe! These sassy sisters have so much love they schlep it all over the world!
International burlesque star Minnie Tonka hails from the Land of 10,000 Lakes that's Minnesota but is based in New York City. Known as the One Woman Riot, Minnie's theatrical, inventive, and flirtatious striptease has been dazzling audiences across the globe since 2004. Minnie is a multiple-time New York Burlesque Festival Golden Pastie Award Winner and was voted #23 in the Top International Burlesque Industry Figures of 2012. She's the co-founder of Kosher ChiXXX Jewish Burlesque Revue, produces the annual Menorah Horah Hanukkah burlesque show, The Burning Bush VS. The Second Coming, and she produced and starred in Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go-Go, the USA's premier national touring burlesque troupe, and more. A solo performer who can be seen every night on stages across New York City, Minnie Tonka also performs as one half of The Schlep Sisters the internationally acclaimed duo competed at the '09 and '11 Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas for "Best Group!" Minnie's lusty hilarity has graced the stages of the Burlesque Hall of Fame as a Best Debut Contender 2011 and in the Movers, Shakers, & Innovators Showcase 2012, Reigning Queen of Burlesque in 2013, The New York Burlesque Festival, Toronto Burlesque Festival, Vancouver International Burlesque Festival, Show-Me Burlesque Festival, Midwest Burlesk Festival, Tease-O-Rama, and the Key West Burlesque Holiday Extravaganza. Minnie was a Featured Performer at the 2013 Minneapolis Burlesque Festival and in 2012, Miss Tonka was a Headliner at Girlesque 7 in Toronto and at the 4th Annual Dallas Burlesque Festival. Minnie is a sought after burlesque performer and teacher and has toured the world, performing to packed houses in Australia, Italy, Finland, England, Sweden, Germany, and across North America.
The Village Voice calls DARLINDA JUST DARLINDA a "Mastermind of Bizarre Extravaganza" and she has been working as a Burlesque Performer and Producer locally (NYC) and internationally since 2003. Darlinda is one half of the Burlesque duo The Schlep Sisters, co producing such shows as Menorah Horah and The Burning Bush vs. The Second Coming. Darlinda is also a proud co-producer of the monthly Bushwick Burlesque. She's also performed Off Broadway and on television; Darlinda performed with Taylor Mac in The Lily's Revenge(Obie) and The 29th Annual Roots of American Music Festival at Lincoln Center. She can be found on television, in HBO's Boardwalk Empire. She's lectured for Yale's infamous Sex Week. She's crossed over into performance art with her year long "life as art" projects Year in Dance and Year in Rainbow. Darlinda is a current faculty member at the New York School of Burlesque and BurlyCon and also teaches internationally. The Sundance Channel made Darlinda a "Top 10 Badass Burlesque Babe," she was voted in the Top 50 International Burlesque Industry Figures of 2011 and 2012! Darlinda is the recipient of the Golden Pastie Award for The Most Innovative and Creative and The Brooklyn Nightlife Award Winner for Best Burlesque Dancer! USA Today says "It's hard to top Darlinda."
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LocationUnited Dance Academy (View)
6333 E. Mockingbird Lane, #270
Dallas, TX 75214
United States
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