Brown Girls Burlesque (BGB) is a collective of women of color dedicated to creating our own reflection in an art form that we have supported and enjoyed but traditionally, has not well-represented people of color.
Our mission is to take our rightful place on the stage to celebrate our cultures, sexuality and artistry with humor, fierceness and nudity.
*In case you really need clarification, all self-identified women of African / Black/ Caribbean, Arab, Asian & Pacific Islander, Latina/o, and Native/Indigenous descent.
Music
BGB Fall Follies Playlist
Chihuahua - Bow Wow Wow
Experiment IV - Kate Bush
CrawFish - Elvis Presley
Jazz Is Paris - Malcolm McLaren
The whole goddamn Hair soundtrack!!!!
Calming Water - Imani Uzuri
Firecracker - Red Lotus
Happy and Satisfied - Toshi Reagan
Beautiful - Me'Shell Ndegeocello
Everyday Sunshine - Fishbone
D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
Say Goodbye to Love - Kenna
Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Need You Tonight - INXS
Not Like Me - Jean Grae
Twice - Little Dragon
List of Demands - Saul Williams
Money Ova You - Chip Tha Ripper
It's Our Anniversary - Tony! Toni! Tone!
Stars - Kindred the Family Soul
In A Heartbeat - Koop
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
Strong Me Strong - Yellowman
Broken English - Marianne Faithful
Colossal Insight - Roots Manuva
Sarah - Bat for Lashes
In My Bed - Amy Winehouse
3rd World - Immortal Technique
All Is Full Of Love - Bjork
Southern Girl - Erykah Badu
Teena Marie - Lovergirl
Duran Duran - Rio
Beyonce - Get Me Bodied
Thunderheist - Jerk It/Suenos 2k8
Santogold - Creator
Movies
Space Is The Place
Bound
All About Eve
Paris Is Burning
Abre Los ojos ( the original Vanilla Sky)
Annie Hall
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Carmen Jones
Do the Right Thing
Dame Cuchifrita's Bio
Baby Cuchifrita was born in the foot of the volcanic mountain in the middle of rice paddy field during the Monsoon season in a paradise island. As the only child of the village chief, Lil Cuchi 's rebellious wild streak, which was cultivated in her mother's womb, drew the chief's concern. Being the only child, he took her under his protective wing and bestowed upon her various trades, among them his notorious hunting skill, (yes the Chief was known to kill two boars at once w/ one arrow head). All this in the hope that he would tame her flaring temper and refocus her energy.
Growing up most loved and privileged, sparked a lot of jealousy among the tribes peoples. Young Cuchifrita was then accused of witchcraft and chased from the Island of the Gods, bringing w/ her a healing elixir that is the source of her people's vitality, youth & vigor.
Her fighting spirit kept her alive despite the odds, surviving the tropical jungle, she gained strength from eating a diet mainly of wild boar and sugar cane. She fled and landed in the New World only to find a different kind of jungle, one of concrete. Still chased by her people to this day, Dame Cuchi developed many ways of disguising herself in order to remain incognito.
A huntress, a warrior, a glamour puss, she will always be on the run ….
When asked about her favorite body movement :"Anything that uses one muscle to tell a thousand sexy stories and no, I don't necessarily mean just THAT one ;)."..DameCuchi 04/08 interview
Brown Girls Rule in TRACE magazine's Black Girls Rules issue
Download the issue at www.trace212.com
and race to page 17 to see
the BGB Broad Squad in full effect
The BGB Lovelies Quaked the House on June 6th & 7th!
Over 300 royal subjects came out
to celebrate the baddest Prince ever.
The Zipper Factory was soaked in the
Purple Reign of the BGB Lovesexies.
Shockadelica!
Celebrating 50 Years of His Royal Badness
Check out the TRACE Insider video featuring Brown Girls Burlesque at our April 5th performance of Itches Brew.
The Village Voice kicks off Summer with BGB.
The BGB Beauties, $$$Royale & Dame CuchiFrita, are featured
on the cover of the Village Voice Summer Guide 2008.
The Guide is inserted in the May 14-20 issue.
Photos by
Brown Girls Burlesque is BUSTin' Out!!
The BGB Lovelies are featured in the Feb/Mar 2008 issue of BUST magazine.
NY POST hearts BGB
Check out the amazing press we received from NYPOST.COM Watch the online video feature, Burlesque in Color, below:
Who I'd like to meet: Carmen Miranda, Josephine Baker, Umm Kulthum, Big Maybelle, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee, Moms Mabley, Prince, Eartha Kitt, Celia Cruz, Baby and Johnny, Grace Jones, Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam,....
Pictured: Sitting in for Kobayashi Maru, Nasty Canasta; Ruby Valentine; GiGi La Femme; Clams Casino and Peekaboo Pointe - Photo by Luke Ratray
REVEALED RETURNS, Wednesday, June 17th, 2009.
June's show will showcase scintillating performances by: The Girl Dreams Are Made Of, GiGi La Femme, A Mastermind of Bizarre Extravaganza, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Delinquent Darling, Peekaboo Pointe, The Borg Queen of Burlesque, Kobayashi Maru,The Alabaster Beauty, Ruby Valentine, and in her Revealed Burlesque Debut, The Limb-Licking Good Girl, Arms O’Neil!
This month also features Salacious Stage Kitten Sidekick, Madame Rosebud and Hosted by the charming and inebriated, Bastard Keith!
Join us at Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks place between 1st and A, presented by The Horse Trade Theater Group. Buy your tickets here!
***Psssst! Are you a Burlesque/Variety performer? Email revealed.burlesque@gmail.com for a discount code!***
*** There will be a drop-off bin*** Please donate books, media, zines, and more to a literary grassroots collective! WRITTEN W(HER)D is an upcoming Brooklyn-based lending library and book collective for womyn, girls, & LGBTQ people/youth of color. As part of the collective, WRITTEN W(HER)D will develop initiatives fostering literacy among LGBTQ incarcerated youth.
We just want to send you a quick reminder that applications for the New Orleans Burlesque Festival are due in by June 1st. This year’s festival will be held at Harrah's Casino at the edge of the French Quarter. More details can be found at BurlesqueCommunity.com
Tuesday May 12th The CABARET SHOW Identity 511 E. 6th Street (Ave. A and Ave. B) Show at 9:30 PM $8.00
Hard Candy Burlesque This Month Juliet Jeske will sing live DURING the Burlesque Acts. We may only try this once. Don’t miss it!!! Apathy Angel Miss Kissy Wishes Connie Baker Jezebel Express Jenny Cest Quoi Hard Cory Victoria Privates And Juliet Jeske aka Princess Sunshine as Sally Bowles Joe the Shark on the Door And our very own Stage Monkey – Leo Acton
SUGARNY! Join us as DJ Cub and a rotating lineup of guest DJs bring you the best booty-shakin' electro, breaks, sexy trance and trip-hop from 8:00pm to close; the luscious liquor pimp Persia serves up our exclusive sugar martinis and drink specials; and our delicious electro go-go girls, led by Mandy, shake it just for you. No cover charge!
Wednesday, April 15th, 10:00pm $20 Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place, New York, NY
*** April’s show will usher in spring with themed performances by: The Girl Dreams Are Made Of, GiGi La Femme; The Sultry Siren of Burlesque, Harvest Moon; Professional Sensationalist, Amber Ray; Delinquent Darling, Peekaboo Pointe; The Borg Queen of Burlesque, Kobayashi Maru; and the sugar-coated cutie, Lil Miss Lixx in her Revealed Burlesque debut!
Hosted by the charming and inebriated, Bastard Keith and his Sensational Stage Kitten Sidekick, Your Gibson Geisha Girl Fantasy, Madame Rosebud.
"Worth considerably more than the paltry $20 admission fee it demands, the neo-burlesque show Revealed offers up a substantial helping of coquetry, comedy and camp, along with other, pinker, softer words beginning with the letter C. " –New York Press
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Revealed Burlesque
UNDER St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place
The third Wednesday of every month, at 10:00 PM
Admission is $20. Tickets are available online here or by calling 212-868-4444
***Pssst! Are you a Burlesque/Variety performer? Email revealed.burlesque@gmail.com for a half price discount code!
Tuesday April 7th Identity 511 E. 6th Street (Ave. A and Ave. B) Show at 9:30 PM $8.00
This Month’s Headliner Jessica Delfino – Musical Comedian as featured in “What would Jesus Buy?” Joel Jeske Magdalena Fox Poppy T Miss AuroraBoobRealis Princess Sunshine Hosts!
Joe the Shark on Door
SUGARNY! Join us as DJ Cub and a rotating lineup of guest DJs bring you the best booty-shakin' electro, breaks, sexy trance and trip-hop from 8:00pm to close; the luscious liquor pimp Persia serves up our exclusive sugar martinis and drink specials; and our delicious electro go-go girls, led by Mandy, shake it just for you. No cover charge!
Please take a moment to complete the market research survey on behalf of www. BlacGurlzInk. com (its located on the website - click the "March 2009 Survey" tab) and we will send you a FREE gift for your time!
Being a new business we are eager to start off on the right foot, and to do that we would like to know whats on YOUR mind as a consumer. The only way we can think to do that is by asking you, thus, the survey.
So here's the scoop on how this works!
*The first 10 people to complete the survey will receive FREE, our 2009 Calendar!
*Everyone else who completes the survey will receive a FREE greeting card of our choosing for your time.
*Free shipping for US respondents. To our overseas friends, we will work with you to ship international, so please complete the survey, too, if you so choose.
This all ends, March 30, 2009 so hurry and complete your survey and Thank you!
February’s show will feature performances by: The Girl Dreams Are Made Of, GiGi La Femme, The Borg Queen of Burlesque, Kobayashi Maru, the exotic Maiiah, the sultry and mysterious Ms. Tickle, Delinquent Darling, Peekaboo Pointe, and in her Revealed debut, Your Gibson Geisha Girl Fantasy, Madame Rosebud.
This month features Salacious Stage Kitten Sidekick, Scooter Pie and Hosted by the charming and inebriated, Bastard Keith!
Join us at Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks place between 1st and A, presented by The Horse Trade Theater Group..
This month featuring Carla Rhodes as seen on Last Comic Standing And the return of Princess Sunshine!!! March 3rd, 2009 Identity 511 E. 6th Street (Ave. A and Ave. B) Show at 9:30 PM $8.00
Featuring Carla Rhodes Miss Mary Cyn Victoria Privates Busty Springfield Miss Fleur de Lys Joel Jeske And Joe the Shark on Door!
Join us as DJ Cub and a rotating lineup of guest DJs bring you the best booty-shakin' electro, breaks, sexy trance and trip-hop from 8:00pm to close; the luscious liquor pimp Persia serves up our exclusive sugar martinis and drink specials; and our delicious electro go-go girls, led by Mandy, shake it just for you. No cover charge!
