Do a lot of burlesque performers in Chicago have a theater background?
CD: I think a lot of Burlesque performers have a dance background. Some have theater backgrounds too, but I think the dance background is the big driving force. Everyone I know who wants to do burlesque and hasn’t done it, it’s because they don’t have a dance background and so they feel a little intimidated. Cheeky: And that brings up my next question, which is about training. What did you do to prepare for this? CD: I took a class at Early to Bed that I thought was a strip class. Cause I was like, hey, that’d be fun. I’m uncomfortable with that. Let’s go try it. And it turned out it was a burlesque class from Miss Behavin. And then she ended up doing another series of classes that I took there, and I’ve done some belly-dance workshops and that sort of thing, and it’s a blast. Cheeky: It seems like the workshops are springing up everywhere too. And sometimes it’s bachelorette parties, but do serious performers go to train there too? CD: I can only speak for myself on that. It depends –
