Comments on: The Onyas @ The Tote http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:29:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Media Slut http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-167 Media Slut Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:58:31 +0000 http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-167 Today's MX had a short article on burlesque, featuring an interview with a dancer from Man's Ruin. <h2>Burlesque just for kicks</h2> Burlesque dancing is about dressing up, not dressing down, for <a href="http://www.mansruinburlesque.com/images/bio_images/Lola.jpg" rel="nofollow">Miss Lola Cherry Cola</a>. The city burlesque artist, also known as Sara Cross, 25, performs the decades-old dance form with Man’s Ruin Burlesque just for kicks. “We don’t really make money from it at all, we do it more for the sheer enjoyment we get out of it. It’s so much fun,” she said. Cross’s fascination with burlesque began when she and her friends strutted the catwalk in a retro-styled fashion parade She took the concept further in 2004, gathering her friends to create dance routines and costumes that mesh PVC, gingham, suspenders, fishnets, high heels and the odd tattoo. The perform nationally, combining striptease and sexy dance routings with rock and roll, rockabilly, funk and soul. Like more well-known burlesque performers such as Dita Von Teese, Cross said Man’s Ruin attracted a diverse female-centred audience. “Burlesque has gone through a bit of a revival,” she said. “This is a way for the entertainer and exhibitionist in a girl to get up on stage.” Watching and performing burlesque also gives women more body confidence, Cross said. “It’s powerful. Because we’re not all size eights it’s given us a platform to make women feel good about their bodies.” Today’s MX had a short article on burlesque, featuring an interview with a dancer from Man’s Ruin.

Burlesque just for kicks

Burlesque dancing is about dressing up, not dressing down, for Miss Lola Cherry Cola.

The city burlesque artist, also known as Sara Cross, 25, performs the decades-old dance form with Man’s Ruin Burlesque just for kicks.

“We don’t really make money from it at all, we do it more for the sheer enjoyment we get out of it. It’s so much fun,” she said.

Cross’s fascination with burlesque began when she and her friends strutted the catwalk in a retro-styled fashion parade

She took the concept further in 2004, gathering her friends to create dance routines and costumes that mesh PVC, gingham, suspenders, fishnets, high heels and the odd tattoo.

The perform nationally, combining striptease and sexy dance routings with rock and roll, rockabilly, funk and soul.

Like more well-known burlesque performers such as Dita Von Teese, Cross said Man’s Ruin attracted a diverse female-centred audience.

“Burlesque has gone through a bit of a revival,” she said. “This is a way for the entertainer and exhibitionist in a girl to get up on stage.”

Watching and performing burlesque also gives women more body confidence, Cross said. “It’s powerful. Because we’re not all size eights it’s given us a platform to make women feel good about their bodies.”

]]> By: Schooley http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-41 Schooley Tue, 02 Aug 2005 02:33:49 +0000 http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-41 Went on A LITTLE too long? Understatement of the year! Tho' actually, I was waiting for THEM to finish... Went on A LITTLE too long? Understatement of the year! Tho’ actually, I was waiting for THEM to finish…

]]> By: Stu http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-40 Stu Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:32:31 +0000 http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-40 <a href="http://www.mansruinburlesque.com" rel="nofollow">Man's Ruin Burlesque</a> now have a website... Man’s Ruin Burlesque now have a website…

]]> By: Vishwa http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-35 Vishwa Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:22:31 +0000 http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-35 I went to see the Voodoo Trash Dolls on Saturday night at Cherry Bomb. They were amaaazzing! I've been to lots of burlesque shows around the place, but these sassy girls were definitely the best. i think they are all professionally trained dancers, but multitalented and very sexy. thanks for telling us about them I went to see the Voodoo Trash Dolls on Saturday night at Cherry Bomb. They were amaaazzing!

I’ve been to lots of burlesque shows around the place, but these sassy girls were definitely the best. i think they are all professionally trained dancers, but multitalented and very sexy.

thanks for telling us about them

]]> By: mabo http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-32 mabo Fri, 10 Jun 2005 10:34:07 +0000 http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-32 very impressed. this was one of those rare nights of great, no bullshit rock'n roll. schooley and the onya's were on fire. i look forward to seeing this 'one man garage band' with the sailors this sunday at the old bar. very impressed. this was one of those rare nights of great, no bullshit rock’n roll. schooley and the onya’s were on fire. i look forward to seeing this ‘one man garage band’ with the sailors this sunday at the old bar.

]]> By: Aimee http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-30 Aimee Wed, 25 May 2005 10:20:23 +0000 http://www.twopotscreamer.com/the-onyas-the-tote/#comment-30 I believe they called it a "cabaret extravaganza" rather than a burlesque one, although your point remains both the same and accurate. However, I feel in the interests of journalistic integrity (bwahahahah!) that you might have noted that said non-extravaganza did actually take place in a strip club, and hence it was no surprise that said ladies got naked. You get what you pay for. Or in your case, Mr My-Girlfriend-Gets-Free-Tickets-To-Nudey-Things, what you didn't pay for. Oh and thanks, now I have images of your Mum in a pub and it's all getting tangled up with Linda Lovelace and...ugh. I believe they called it a “cabaret extravaganza” rather than a burlesque one, although your point remains both the same and accurate. However, I feel in the interests of journalistic integrity (bwahahahah!) that you might have noted that said non-extravaganza did actually take place in a strip club, and hence it was no surprise that said ladies got naked. You get what you pay for. Or in your case, Mr My-Girlfriend-Gets-Free-Tickets-To-Nudey-Things, what you didn’t pay for.

Oh and thanks, now I have images of your Mum in a pub and it’s all getting tangled up with Linda Lovelace and…ugh.

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