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With burlesque, performing Salt Lake duo takes control, unapologetically.
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If you’ve been to a burlesque performance, you may have felt like the dancers were performing for you and for the audience. Burlesque is an art form known for its sensual movements and teasing. For two local burlesque performers—Dr. Rubi K. Rose and T. Lou Rose—those elements are byproducts of their routines.
For them, dancing neo-burlesque is a ritual of self-intimacy and liberation. Both dancers discussed how powerful it is to have the freedom for their Black bodies to take up space, unapologetically.
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