14 "hot" shots from the world of burlesque

Traditionally, London hosts a burlesque festival, in other words, a “parody festival”, “comedy festival”, or as it is most often pronounced here, “a striptease festival”. The word burlesque itself is translated as a joke, a parody. We are talking about performances that are humorous in nature, where several artists take part with their numbers. This style of holding the festival was characteristic of the art of Western Europe and America from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries. The actresses were so popular that their beauty was considered an ideal, and they themselves flaunted on all kinds of posters and posters. Shining in every performance, they seemed inaccessible and therefore more desirable. Wonderful outfits, corsets decorated with gold and jewels, huge feather crowns on their heads made the actresses the queens of the celebration, they could afford to flirt with the guests right during their performances. This is a truly breathtaking sight.

(Total 14 photos)

1. London, 26 April 2011: A dancer prepares to perform at the opening of the London Burlesque Festival. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA

2. London, April 26, 2011: the actress fixes her makeup in the dressing room. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA

3. New York, May 5, 2011: Perle Noire (Black Pearl) before her performance in honor of the Cinco de Mayo holiday. Emi Sussman/Getty Images

4. Australia, Sydney, April 30, 2007: Dita Von Teese during the show "Lipteese". Photo: Kristian Dowling/Getty Images

5. London, April 26, 2011: dancer takes part in the show at the opening of the London Burlesque Festival. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA

6. London, January 3, 2011: Kimberly Dunn poses for a photo with other girls during an attempt to break the world record for the most massive burlesque performance. Photo: AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

7. London, April 26, 2011: Dancers backstage at the London Burlesque Festival. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA

8. London, April 26, 2012: Warming up before the performance. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA

9. New Zealand, Auckland, September 5, 2012: a dancer during the presentation of the jewelry brand Kagi. (Photo: Simon W/Getty Images)

10. Scotland, Glasgow, February 1, 2007: Performance by Missy Malone from The Ministry of Burlesque. (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

11. London, April 26, 2011: the dressing room of the London Burlesque Festival. AFP PHOTO / CARL DE SOUZA

12. USA, New York, September 18, 2008: Angie Pontani performs at the annual New York Burlesque Festival. AFP PHOTO / State HONDA

13. New York, September 25, 2011: Performance by a burlesque dancer at the Nurse Betty Club. (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

14. Supposedly 1955: Kristin Lilly puts on makeup before her impressive performance at the Cat Dance Club. (Photo: Three Lions/Getty Images)